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I don't want to be modelling G-strings. It's not that good for my image – I'm a footballer not a tart
Real are the best club in the world. Any footballer dreams about playing there, and I am no different.
I've always wanted to be a footballer, and I've always believed that's the path I was going to go down.
I just want people to see me as a hard-working footballer and someone who is passionate about the game.
I wanted to be the best footballer in Belgian history. That was my goal. Not good. Not great. The best.
The dream of every footballer and why we train and work is to reach the top, and a World Cup is the top.
Ever since I was a boy, I have wanted to be a professional footballer and to captain my country one day.
I was born in a village where there had never been a footballer who'd made it in the major championships.
My talent as a footballer was medium. But I had heart, a will to win, to work to overcome my limitations.
The odds are stacked against you becoming a footballer, so my family made sure I always had a backup plan.
Would I swap what I have achieved as a cook if I could have been as successful as a footballer? Definitely.
Luck - it's key for every footballer's career. I have been incredibly lucky during my career and in my life.
It's impossible to imagine doing anything else because I always had in my head that I would be a footballer.
The disappointment of getting relegated from the Premier League is an awful time for anybody as a footballer.
My two years at Juve were fantastic. I was just a lad when I arrived, and I was a real footballer when I left.
It's hard to say you're struggling if you're a professional footballer. Other people have far greater problems.
A footballer can have even more problems than other people. Sometimes money and fame can become a problem, too.
I was determined to become a footballer, not only because I loved the game but so I could provide for my family.
As a footballer, you want to keep testing yourself and you also want to be playing at the biggest clubs possible.
I was born in Germany, grew up in Germany, and when I was becoming a professional footballer, I felt like a German.
Besides my father, who used to be a footballer at the local level, it is Messi for whom I started to play football.
I think I get a raw deal from referees. But as a professional footballer I have to accept it, and that's what I do.
When my career is over, I want to say to myself that I've done whatever I could to be the best footballer I could be.
Removing myself as a footballer, I watch the Premier League. It's a great league. Fantastic football is played in it.
You can't manage every footballer the same. Of course you'd love to, but it doesn't work like that. We're not robots.
I started out in Scotland, not as a footballer of any note, and I didn't play to draw the attention of people abroad.
If a footballer is well motivated and has various things to motivate him every day, he will keep achieving his goals.
As a footballer, you always want to get better personally. And if you get better personally, you make the team better.
There would be no debate about who was the best footballer the world had ever seen - me or Pele. Everyone would say me.
I always said in my career as a footballer, I owe everything to Newell's. But as a coach, I owe everything to Paraguay.
As a footballer, it can be enjoyable to do a proper interview where you trust the journalist to reproduce your thoughts.
There was a footballer, Matt Le Tissier, from Guernsey. But as far as music, no, not many people have come out of there.
It's unbelievable what the rewards are like with being a footballer, but I'm not stupid - I don't go around flaunting it.
I'm enjoying playing football, and as a footballer, that's what you want to do, and that is exactly what I've been doing.
I used to play everything, but people in my village said football is in my blood because my father has been a footballer.
My mum and dad always knew that my dream was to be a footballer, but they also warned me that it doesn't always work out.
After winning the World Cup and the European Footballer of the Year award too, I do not think I can ask for anything else.
Being tall isn't what makes you a good footballer, and I don't think that's the defining factor in English football at all.
When I was a teenager, my idol was the Dutch footballer Johan Cruyff. He's the only person I've ever asked for an autograph.
When you are a footballer, you will not always play 90 minutes. Sometimes you are not happy, but this is not important for me.
When you're growing up and thinking about being a footballer, you want to make as many caps and play as many games as you can.
I've been booed in Holland and in Uruguay - as a professional footballer, you need to have thick skin and just get used to it.
I really loved football from a young age. And my only thought, my only objective in life, was to be a professional footballer.
My father pushed me to be a footballer. At every opportunity, he took me with him to play football. He came with me to matches.
I was brought up correctly and in the right way, and my parents are very proud of the fact that I am a professional footballer.
When I went to Real Madrid, I was only 18 or 19 years old. It was my first year as a professional footballer. I was very young.
I was very well received by Dortmund, by the whole club. I felt a lot of love; a footballer is stronger when he has confidence.
I'm very happy with Bale. He loves playing for Real Madrid, and he's got a chance to show what a wonderful footballer he can be.
When you become a professional footballer, there's no written contract that says you have to strive to play first-team football.
Every footballer knows the Premier League is a great league. It's very competitive, and it's among the best leagues in the world.