Soccer Career Quotes

I've always dreamed of playing in the World Cup and wearing the Selecao jersey, but I knew how difficult that was, what with me playing in Ukraine for Shakhtar.

I could be a model for one night. But I'm also a professional soccer player, and I like to be taken seriously on the field.

I want soccer to be a stable profession that attracts young female athletes when they graduate from college.

I played and scored for all of the teams I played for except in Turin.

I am going to be a professional soccer player.

I didn't dream of joining Man City as a professional one day, or representing England, because I didn't know that was even possible.

I changed my position when I was 16 or 17. I started in midfield or further forward as a number 10, and then in one tournament, we lost two defenders to injury in the same game, and we didn't have any on the bench. So I played at the back, and the manager of the first team saw me, and he said, 'I want this guy in the first team,' and that was that!

When I retired, at that time I had a lot of proposals to play in Europe, England, Italy, Spain, Mexico. But I said no, after 18 years I want to rest, because I want to retire.

When I was five, 10, 15 years old, I always dreamed of being in the best league in the world, playing with some of the best clubs.

When I went to Real Madrid, I was only 18 or 19 years old. It was my first year as a professional footballer. I was very young.

I was about five or six when I went to the little foundation camps. I got into the academy when I was nine, and I've gone through every age group since and into the first team.

Like so many of the players, I started at La Masia at the age of 11. I can't ever imagine not playing for Barcelona, let alone not playing soccer for a career. I don't ever want to play anywhere else.

I had the opportunity to play in the Premier League, and I did.

I got to experience soccer at the highest level at a young age; I decided I wanted to be part of that for as long as possible.

It is a great challenge to be playing against the best players in the world, and I always wanted to play in the Premier League and be a part of this league.

My dream is to play in the MLS maybe, because I love the lifestyle in America. Doesn't matter - New York, L.A. - I want the big city.

It was my dream to have an opportunity to play in a big league like the English league.

I would love to play for Manchester United and, if things go as I want them to, I believe I can achieve that.

My wish is to concentrate on playing football for Manchester City.

I never thought I'd play soccer past high school, so to go from that team to actually being most-capped and three World Cups is pretty special.

I started to play at four years old. I went to Corinthians at nine years old. Then, it started to become more serious.

You know me, I'm not that kind of person that cares to unveil all of my personal things to the world because frankly, in terms of my soccer, it doesn't matter.

I've always wanted to become a professional soccer player.

When I signed that USL contract, my perspective changed on me being a professional footballer. That was my goal ever since I was young. I never thought I could achieve it, but that's when it clicked in my head that I can really go far in the sport.

There aren't many English managers, I suppose, who've had the sort of career that I've had, outside the country. With the amount of money that is going around in the Premier League, not many people are tempted to move abroad.