Alex Iwobi Quotes

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.

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

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

My father and uncles all encouraged me to play football: every present I ever got would be boots, kit, or a new ball, and that was just how I liked it.

When I can 10 or 11, my mom was the one out there catching passes for me. She was my prime receiver.

OK, the wonderful thing about soccer is, a football is a perfectly round object, and it doesn't make mistakes. The player using it makes mistakes. And the more you use it, the less mistakes you make.

The majority of the time I'm at home with my family, I play football three times a week.

My coaches were great. My mom and dad. My dad never missed a wrestling meet.

Sport was my absolute love. It was very sporty household. We had my - my brother and I both loved sports.

I spent hours from 11 until 16 with Tottenham in the gym playing the ball against the wall. We played against the wall for an hour before we would have a match. Left foot. Right foot. In the square. In the circle. Above the line, below it. Chest control. Thigh control. Volley sideways.

Chinese players are not as naturally skilled like South American or European players, like players who learned football when they were kids. They're not good.

If I am on the pitch then I am happy.

I started off as a right-winger, but my coaches pushed me further and further back. So much so that I ended up in defence, because I wasn't good with my hands and there was nowhere else to go! So they put me there and that's when I found my position.

I was playing sports all the time, and my parents, Anne and John, encouraged me to play in grade school and high school.

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

When I was young, the best moment came when I was 10 and I got invited to the academy. I remember getting all this Ajax training gear and suddenly I was able to call myself an Ajax player.

I keep asking my son about his cricket scores. I have worked hard for his passion for sports.

I first learnt to play football as a striker and it was only when I joined City that I learnt how to become a midfielder thanks to the help I received from the staff at the Academy.

Brazil was a very good experience. I learned a lot about how to play football, both technical and physical. There would be a hundred kids of all ages, training and doing classes together.

My father was a footballer. I used to play a lot as a kid, but not like a team or something, just with my family having fun. It makes your legs stronger and helps your co-ordination.

I do enjoy seeing footballers every day, being on the training ground.

I'm blessed in that I have a family that has always helped me in everything I ever needed.

In Mexico, they didn't demand you controlled well, or they didn't get mad because of a bad pass. In La Masia, they demand perfection. Competition is the core principle.

When you play football, you have to do a lot of running.

I've been to some great clubs, great people, watched them training, getting a different view on football, and really enjoyed it.