The money footballers earn today is incredulous
If he isn't named footballer of the year, football should be stopped and the men who picked any other player should be sent to Kremlin. (on Tommy Smith)
It's is always nice to be respected as a footballer. I am going to go out and enjoy the game and if I can set one or two goals up then so be it - I would love to.
I'm a footballer, that's my job and that's all I want to be known for.
I have never imagined doing anything other than football, but now, thinking about it coldly, if I hadn't been a footballer, I would have been a musician.
For years Paul Scholes has been one of the best players in the Premiership. He's incredible. He has always been under-rated throughout his career. He's a team player, a one and two-touch footballer who makes good decisions on the pitch and makes his team play.
It's impossible to be more of a footballer than Messi.
I'm convinced, that when you are a footballer you are a symbol. You have to be a superman in some ways, to send messages to people all the time, to the youth all the time.
I wouldn’t swap Paul Scholes for anybody. He is quite simply the most complete footballer I have ever played with. He is the best.
Would I swap what I have achieved as a cook if I could have been as successful as a footballer? Definitely.
Alfredo Di Stéfano was the greatest footballer of all time - far better even than Pelé. He was, simultaneously, the anchor in defence, the playmaker in midfield, and the most dangerous marksman in attack.
Lampard, for me, was a marvellous servant for Chelsea, but I didn't think of him as an elite international footballer. And I am one of the few who felt Gerrard was not a top, top player.
He's one of those footballers whose brains are in his head.
Footballers are slaves. I know this from the personal experience of being a footballer.
There is pressure every day as a footballer.
I am going to continue and bring this club forward. I am Paul Gascoigne the footballer.
I'll have you know that I am not a failed Third Division footballer. I am a failed Second Division footballer.
Pele was the only footballer who surpassed the boundaries of logic.
As footballers, we have time on our hands. Yes, we work very hard but we also have spare afternoons.
I want to be one of the best players around in two or three years time, to be a decisive footballer.
