Reiss Nelson Quotes

I believe it was seventh or eighth grade: I went to a Danny Ford football camp. A buddy of mine was a big Clemson fan, and coach Ford put on a camp, and we did actually enjoy ourselves.

When I was eight, I went into a football school in my neighbourhood, and we played five a side on a little court.

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.

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

I used to go with my father to practice on the village pitch and with my friends.

I loved football as a kid.

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

My father drove a bus in Anderlecht and he took me to training every day in Brussels from when I was 11 to 18.

When I lived in Hungerford, it was wake up 5:30 A.M., get to the van at 6 A.M. with eight other blokes, drive to Shinfield, which is in Reading, 45 minutes away. Start at 7:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. with two half-hour breaks and then home. Train Tuesday and Thursday and then play on Saturday.

When I was little I got to dribble the ball around while my older brother Paul, who played for a long time for Kilmarnock, my dad and my uncle Jimmy - who was at Celtic as a kid and played with Morton and Cambridge City - kicked it hard and I got punted out the way. But gradually I got allowed into the game.

When I was growing up, I played football, I loved football.

I played for the first time when I was three. My neighbour was six, and I went to train with him. But I don't have many football memories from when I was young.

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.

The best thing about having a footballer dad is seeing the game up close. You watch him train, then go home and practice what you've seen in the front room, rearranging the furniture.

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

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

From the time I started playing... When I tried out for a team in sixth grade and on - I was always starting through high school.

Playing as a striker is a nice role because I spent all my youth there so that's why I like it.

At the age of 16, when I had my first traning session with the first-team squad, I came into the cabin and there stood Ribery and he said: 'Come here, sit down. Take the locker beside me.'

I have always been in love with football. As a child, I started playing football.

I've got a lot of very fond memories playing football from the ages of four.

I think that's vitally important, that we get players playing at a younger age group.

Thank God I had football. I remember when it used to rain, all the kids would run outside and play football in the puddles, just splashing around, having the best time.

I work out in the morning before I join group training sessions with the team.

I really actually started when I was 10 years old, but before that, I loved to play with Father because he played as an ex-player. I just enjoyed it, so I started at 10 years old with Father to be a proper football player.