Kim Bodnia Quotes

I became a professional footballer because I love football.

I've always wanted to be a top footballer since I was young.

First of all, I really never imagined myself being a professional athlete.

When I got to the senior national team, there was another Ronaldo, so they started calling me Ronaldinho because I was younger.

My first obsession was actually sports. I was a very good handball goalkeeper. With special permission, I played in the premier league in Germany before I was even old enough.

I turned goalkeeper. My father had been one and we had a goal in the back garden. He'd taught me a bit about it so I thought I'd give it a go. I didn't really know whether it was going to be a good choice or a bad one but I joined a small local team as a keeper and it turned out to be a really good decision.

I like to score goals, as, back in the day, I was used to scoring goals.

I have always seen myself as a Real Madrid goalkeeper and have never doubted my ability.

I have the privilege on playing at Real Madrid, which is a dream.

It's one of my goals to play in the best leagues and against the best players.

I want to play for Chelsea. I hope I do get that chance, and I think I can compete.

It was an honor to be invited to visit Real Madrid's training ground and meet Raul, Ronaldo, Kaka, and all the other footballers that play for such a successful team.

As a little kid, I wasn't even interested in football. The first time I played, I was nine, and I volunteered to go in goal, thinking it would be exciting to save penalties. In fact, it was really boring.

When I was little, I always loved scoring goals.

Why did I choose to be a goalkeeper? I don't know - it is good question. I have asked myself many times when things have not being going well.

I dream of playing in the English league.

I was a very good athlete: actually professional in the sport of handball.

I couldn't sign for Barca, as I can't play football the way Xavi wants.

I was a goalkeeper at Crewe as a kid but piled on pounds when I stopped training every day.

I guess every athlete has in the back of his mind being good at a sport and making it big.

I had an opportunity to play for Paris St-Germain when I was younger and it's important for me to represent a club with that amount of history because of the type of footballer I am.

Real Madrid? I don't have any nostalgia or bitterness.

At 16, I was a slow right-back and wasn't good enough to play centre-back.

I played a lot of sports growing up. I played soccer.

If you were good at tennis, you were a star in my dad's world.