Soccer Players From England

"There’s now a place for women in the game to speak about their journeys and what has happened to them on the way. I think small changes are being addressed but for me I think a lot of what we see is more token gestures."

"If you want to get rid of any discrimination you have to really go to the heart of it and it can’t be about doing things because they look nice or enhance somebody’s reputation. It has to be heartfelt and there needs to be a desire to actually make a real change to the game behind the scenes."

"Naturally, you’re just always looking for the best in everything you do and football is no different. We want it to be a huge spectacle."

"It’s important for experienced players to remember that younger players are aspiring to be like you and will copy your actions as well as what you say."

"That feeling of winning is so addictive. And the feeling of not winning is super horrible as well – I’m not a great loser."

"I’m constantly striving for the next thing, the next victory, the next landmark in my career. I suppose it’s one of the best assets, but it also means I’m never truly satisfied with what I have or what I have just achieved."

"There’s always another trophy to win."

"As I’ve got older I’ve realised that I don’t need to prove myself every single minute and wind people up by doing it."

"Everyone loves the accolades, everyone loves people saying “oh you’re the best player” but what happens when that stops? Where are you going to get your motivation from? You have to have your own motivation to be able to keep you at the top."

"There was no stereotypical roles in my household and I think that allowed both myself and my siblings to be raised in a way like that where there was no judgement. It was just support."

"But while I’m in the thick of it, it’s always about, ‘What can I do next? What is the next thing I haven’t won or the mission I haven’t completed?’"

"People tweet me saying they have just seen me in town. It's great. But I just want to get on with the football. Just enjoy it - that's all I want to do."

"I’ve always had the view that, when I’ve retired and I look back on my career, then I’ll be happy and proud of my achievements."

"But I’m just someone who always wants to just play football, so I try not to let the external noise get into me. I like to stay grounded."

"You need to sacrifice some things for football."

"Jay-Z has come from basically nothing and is now a billionaire. That takes more than desire and guts, it takes execution and a plan, direction and confidence"

"What is the problem? ... Don't you dare touch me ... cos I need freedom."

"It was all much simpler than today - naive, looking back on it," Stiles says. "It wasn't until '70 in Mexico that there was any hint of medical stuff. Alf's preparations for Mexico, by the way, were incredible. They'd be reckoned obsolete by today's standards but in them days they was revolutionary. No stone was left unturned. He even took HP Sauce out there. I'll always remember that: HP Sauce on the tables. But for '66 we were at home, nothing special needed."

"Last summer, 1.3m children had access to food support, through my relationship with Burberry children have a safe place to be after school where they will be fed, following the November investment vulnerable children have safe places to go this summer holiday, and due to my relationship with Macmillan 80,000 children now have a book to call their own."

"It will never be off my back, sadly. That's something that will live with me for ever ... I've learned a million things from that day and the years that followed it ... When something goes wrong in your life it doesn't finish you and you should become braver, knowing that you've got to go for things in life and don't regret because you didn't try to be as good as you might be."

"There are lots of positives to come out of playing all sports, not just football.Team games can offer you different life skills than an individual sport can.Football improves your time management you have to be places on time and disciplined in terms of training."

"If you want to make it as a sportsperson, become knowledgeable in the sport you want to participate in.Think about the sport and what it can offer in its entirety.You shouldn't want to become a professional sportsperson because of the money.There's a lot more to gain from being involved in sport. Work hard to get what you want.If it's your ambition, go for it.You don't have to be the best in the world to make it as an elite athlete.You need to be a grafter and be prepared to sacrifice."

"I think part of being a good coach is knowing how to extract the best from different people."

"A great football team is the right balance and the right mixture of players.Good leaders, good communicators and good technicians.You need people that are strategically astute.People need passion, desire and most importantly, a willingness to keep learning."

"Football was just the playing I enjoyed at first,but the longer you're playing the more it becomes a social event.You meet new people and make new friends.I still know some of the people I played with when I was 11-years-old, which is nice."

"I think you can learn lots of skills playing football.Team building is one.You also learn how to solve problems within your team. Sometimes you find yourself playing with players that you don't necessarily like, but you have to put your differences aside for the good of the team.It gives you skills that you may not appreciate at the time."

"In football I enjoyed competing and wanted to be the best.That was also part of it.There were quite a few factors.I loved the game,it was a great way to socialize and I liked playing against girls because it meant competing on a level playing field."

"I think any sport needs to be accessible, affordable and practiced within the confines of a safe environment.Parents who have young children want to be able to leave their child somewhere which has good facilities and where they're going to be looked after."

"In order to play some sports there's quite a big cost implication, whereas football is relatively cheap.All you need is a ball and a couple of jumpers to practice."

"And then can I have the naked chef David Beckham?"

"I have a better understanding of my body now. … Everyone wants to feel fresh in the game – there’s no better feeling – so I just make sure I’m doing the right things and trying to tick every box: , massage, eating the right things. … I think I’ve managed [to adopt veganism] successfully. … I don’t find anything hard to give up, as such, because I know the feeling scoring goals gives me. … I just want to try to play as long as I can. So I do the stuff that will give me the best opportunity to perform and score goals."

"I've always been a religious person, and I try to think that every disappointment might just be a blessing in disguise. … I pray every day. In the mornings and, before I go to bed. I think it's important to pray not just when things are going bad."

"...absolute precision from the Dark Invader...this one is a death-ray hit from Real Madrid's glamour boy..."

"...magisteeerial...the corner kick sails in...and Ramos leaps...like a fresh salmon from a summer stream...it's an exquisite header...with power and accuracy measured down to a pixel!"

"...aaaaahhhh...excuse me for being excited...I think I just saw a ghost...a flash of 1960 Di Stéfano or Puskás...that goal has just woken the spirit of Bernabéu himself...astonishing and mesmerizing skill and grace..."

"...it's as electrifying as a hair dryer thrown into a bathtub...look at the balance...the timing...he's like a master thief stealing the silverware in the dark night...the galácticos are gladiators tonight...and Gareth Bale is Spartacus!"

"...the German's defense was stretched out like a spandex at Miami Beach...once again the pure genius of Raúl to anticipate the throw-in...the throw-in is perfection...sublime...and the finish is the personification of grace under pressure..."

"Their football Arsenal is on another level but Spurs are fighting like beavers defending for their lives, It's a terrific game, still one nill" Jeff: "Did I hear that correctly? fighting like beavers? not tigers or lions but beavers those ferocious little devils" Chris: "The game as a spectacle is magnificent. Spurs working like beavers but the football from Arsenal Jeff, well it's out of this world it's sensational, their carving them up as easy as.....well, as easy as anything Jeff"

"Chris: "I don't know Jeff, has there? I must have missed that. Is it a red card? I don't know, I don't know, the rain must have got in my eyes, Jeff. No, you're right, I saw him go off, but I thought they were bringing a sub on Jeff. Still nil nil ha ha ha""

"Unbelievable Jeff"

"Jeff Stelling: "There's been a red card but for who, Chris Kamara?""

"Papa Bouba Diop the man mountain himself is playing as a striker and he's got healey one side of him and Diamante's coming out the over side of him, it's Papa Bouba Diop with the header! It's a goal. It's a goal Jeff....is it David Healy he's running away. Andrew D'Urso playing on sorry my monitor's down again I'm looking over my shoulder, I don't really know the assistant, has he give it? Oh the assistant has it give it I don't think Jeff. No the referee hasn't give it either...don't really know what's happening Jeff ha ha. Could be, could be not ha ha ha!"

"It seemed a pity so much Argentinian talent is wasted. Our best football will come against the right type of opposition—a team who come to play football, and not act as animals."

"We will win the World Cup."

"Never change a winning team."

"You've won it once. Now you'll have to go out there and win it again."

"Very proud of this moment that I'm going to be taking on my first job as a head coach. Yeah, so, of course, some apprehension but not in a nervous kind of way, more in a really-excited-to-get-started way."

"Men against boys, Ian. Isn't it?"

"Please, do not adjust your television set."

"How we started the game and how we're going to finish the game, are just extraordinary. Polar opposites."