Wilfried Zaha Quotes

I love playing for this team, the fans want me to play for Napoli.

Since being a wee boy, I've wanted to be on the pitch at Hampden. I don't know why. I love all the international games and such but I've never been that partisan. But I've always wanted to stand on that pitch.

As players, you just play for the club. I love Man United, I'm going to play for Man United, and that's what my focus is on.

I love scoring goals for England and playing for England. That's one of the reasons I didn't retire - I love playing for my country.

I'd give my life to be the national team coach.

Football has been good to me. Everyone has their destiny, but you have to make use of the opportunities. I have spent 15 years at the top of my game. It makes me happy. I love the game. I love scoring goals. But I have always taken it seriously. It is not what the game gives you, it is what you give it.

The matches with the national team give me life.

I live football as passion and emotion.

I feel I have the Juve shirt sewn to my body because I breathe it every day, but wearing the national team shirt is also an honour.

I train hard, every day, not because it's my job but because I love football.

Soccer runs in my blood.

I signed for Tottenham for a reason, and I love to play here.

Football, to me, is a passion, more than a game. It is everything. But more than anything, it is love for Roma. I have always been Roma. There has never been anything else.

One hundred per cent, to play for Spain is my dream.

Inter is my life.

I will love the Champions League for life.

Leading my country out at the World Cup was something I'll never forget.

I still love football, though, and I think cooking is like football. It's not a job, it's a passion. When you become good at it, it's a dream job and financially you need never to worry. Ever.

Football brings you lots of lovely things, but then you have to realise that it's actually a job.

I give everything I have every time I take the ball. With that, I also know that there will always be a risk of injury when playing this game that I love.

I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead, 'A pretty move, for the love of God.' And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle, and I don't give a damn which team or country performs it.

I love the fan support, though, because it all comes from passion.

Nearly 30,000 fans turned out to support the tribute match and provide one of the best atmospheres at the ground for ages. I was so happy to be part of it.

People confuse fame with validation or love. But fame is not the reward. The reward is getting fulfillment out of doing the thing you love.

Soccer is my life.