Edin Dzeko Quotes

As a kid, you just want to play football. For me one day it will end, but until the end I love getting the opportunity to go out there and play at a high level.

I became a professional footballer because I love football.

I play because I love the game. I love the process, I love the work, I love playing football.

I just want to play football. I love the game. I love everything about it.

I play football because I love the game and I put everything into it.

My dream is to play football as long as I can and that's what I want to do.

If I can run, I'm not going to sit out any game. I'm here to play football, not to watch and collect a check.

I want to do what I like and that's play football.

I'd like to play as long as I still love the game, as long as I'm still feeling healthy and playing well so a team would want me to play for them.

I do not play football to win the Ballon d'Or. I play football to be happy, because I love it and want to play football.

Top players now will get bonuses for winning competitions or reaching various stages of them, scoring goals, or keeping clean sheets, but most don't play football for the money, because it's not been in the game that long. They do it for the love of playing.

You can play football in Bayern, in Barcelona, in Manchester, in London, wherever. In the end, it's football, and you want to play with the best.

I get paid to play football and show everything I've got.

I've always been hungry to play football.

I just really love the game. I'm very hungry, and I'm looking forward to playing in the best league in the world.

When I get out on the field, it's all about football. I love football.

We hope girls are inspired to start playing at a younger age and try to get to a World Cup themselves.

I love to play football. Why would I run away from playing football?

Chelsea were looking at me, and one day I would love to play in The Premiership - for the fans, not the money. They can be losing 4-0 and still be cheering. That, more than anything, would attract me to The Premiership.

My passion for the game comes from the city of Marseille itself. Unfortunately I can't go back there as much I want to because I play a lot here and abroad.

I am a guy who likes to do what I am doing with passion, whether it's a soccer match with friends or golf.

The only football players in my time were fellows who really loved to play football. They were not in it for the money. There wasn't much money there. They would have played football for nothing.

I used to play football for Real Madrid, and to be on stage for two hours, I can tell you it takes the same amount of strength.

I really love baseball. The guys and the game, and I love the challenge of describing things. The only thing I hate - and I know you have to be realistic and pay the bills in this life - is the loneliness on the road.

At school, myself and some pals, all football-daft, divided up the old English First Division and wrote off to half a dozen clubs each asking for a trial.