Will Muschamp Quotes

The way children are taught football doesn't encourage skill; the focus is on other areas.

I am a great football player. I had my own club when I was 14 years old. Football is in my blood, and I have been a fan of Fulham for the last 30 years.

My generation put in a lot more hours playing football after school than kids today. These days, all the football these kids play, they play at their clubs, so the clubs need to work seriously on the basic skills.

I remember my first practice, from Pee Wee football when I was, like, 10, and I didn't know what was going on.

I had the good luck to have the experience of training with fantastic football players like Cristiano Ronaldo, Ozil, Modric, and I also played for Real Madrid B. That was a fantastic experience because it was my first international experience as a football player and taught me a lot as a football player.

I think every child in my town wants to be a football player.

At seven, I played centre-back. When you're so young, though, it's more to enjoy the training and to get a feel for the game. It's not heavy on tactics of a position. We were playing on a half pitch, seven against seven or eight against eight, so they say you're a centre-back, but it's not like the real definition.

Young boys and girls should be given the chance to play football.

I was nine years old, I used to play for a team in Catford. I would get up every morning with my brother, get on the train and travel to Catford three times a week.

Playing for Barcelona's academy was a very important time for me and my career, as I learned a great deal here.

I want to teach the young people the way I see football. The way I eat, the way I am in training.

There is lots of enthusiasm among youth of Haryana about sports. They have potential in sports.

Besides my father, who used to be a footballer at the local level, it is Messi for whom I started to play football.

For me, playing through all the youth teams at Borussia Dortmund was a really good experience because I was able to play against talented opponents at a relatively early age.

I always wanted to play in the NFL. I decided to go to Florida State University as my college to play football because the coach there - Bobby Bowden - had a pedigree and acumen for putting players into the league.

You try and pick up something from everyone you work with and I grew up watching Jame Carragher and it was such an honour to train with Liverpool's first team.

I've played a lot of football in my life. I know the tempo and speed of the game.

You can't play football without having a good training pitch.

I grew up playing defense all the time with my older brothers and the older players.

I loved football as a kid.

I started playing full-equipment football when I was 6 years old. My mom actually got me started in it.

When I was five, I joined a club, 'Excelsior', the club of Kralingen, in the first division. I was always training. On a free afternoon, I did individual work with Aad Putters, my youth trainer. Not with the idea growing to be a star, but for fun.

I represent college football and have been doing it for 26 years. It's a great thrill.

I believe that, deep down at heart, I'm a football player.

I'd gone to watch Wortley play in their home tournament but they didn't have enough players so I played for them. I got scouted by a guy called Sonny Sweeney and went to Leeds City Boys.