Lily Aldridge Quotes

If I can inspire kids to do what I do - want to become professional soccer players - then I think that that's everything I want to do.

I got to experience soccer at the highest level at a young age; I decided I wanted to be part of that for as long as possible.

I want to be playing in the Premier League.

I was hell-bent on being a soccer player all through junior high and high school.

I wanted to be a soccer player; I wanted to do it at the highest level.

One day, I hope I can play in MLS.

My ambition is to play in the Premier League, like every player.

I didn't dream of joining Man City as a professional one day, or representing England, because I didn't know that was even possible.

My head has just been all about wanting to play regular football in the Premier League.

I kind of had to convince myself when I was playing for the Washington Freedom that this was the highest level that I'm going to reach. 'I'm going to be a professional player, and I'm going to try and be the best one I can be, but it's maybe just not in my cards to be an international player. I won't play in a World Cup.' That was hard for me.

I never had a dream of being in the Premier League.

I have been playing soccer since I was about four years old. You always hope you can reach the top of the profession, that you can play in the big leagues and achieve all of the goals you hope to accomplish throughout your life.

I would love to play for Manchester United and, if things go as I want them to, I believe I can achieve that.

My wish is to concentrate on playing football for Manchester City.

I didn't know there was such a thing as professional soccer, but I knew that Brazil had a women's team that competed against other countries, and I wanted to be on that team.

I wanted to be a soccer player. I knew that couldn't happen.

There are a lot of big players and a lot of big teams, but I don't know if I'll get the opportunity to play in the Premier League.

If I would have had the absolute will, I would have been a starting XI player at Barcelona or would have played 10 years for Real Madrid or Manchester United.

When I was five, 10, 15 years old, I always dreamed of being in the best league in the world, playing with some of the best clubs.

Aston Villa were signing this player and that player, and I was thinking this is my chance to get to the Premier League. I was a little bit over-eager to join them.

I am ambitious; I want to play in the Champions League or in the Europa League.

When I started, when I was eight, I never thought I would make a career out of being a woman 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 looking forward to playing soccer, playing more minutes on the pitch, and I didn't have the chance to play more minutes in Manchester. So I came here to the Chicago Fire.

My big goal is to be a champion in MLS.