#footballer

Celebrity culture, it's everywhere, isn't it? It's reality TV, Big Brother. I didn't become a footballer to be famous, I became a footballer to be successful. I didn't want to be famous. Now people want to be famous. Why? Why would you want people following you about all day? ↗

— Ryan Giggs

#all day #became #become #big #big brother

I had an early taste of fame. I was 20, going out with TV presenter Dani Behr and we'd have paparazzi chasing us. I'm not comfortable being photographed, though I accept it is part of the job. I had to ask myself, 'What comes first, being a celebrity or footballer?' ↗

— Ryan Giggs

#ask #being #celebrity #chasing #comes

I feel sorry sometimes for these sportsmen and women who put in just as much effort as the footballers. For example, athletes train at least as hard as footballers but have to be happy if they can earn enough to finance a decent education. ↗

— Angela Merkel

#be happy #decent #earn #education #effort

I feel very strong as an individual, but as a famous footballer I know I am prone to certain things. All the media have a continuous interest for me. It varies from once a year to every day interest. ↗

— Ruud van Nistelrooy

#certain #certain things #continuous #day #every

As a private person I think I am now totally different from Ruud van Nistelrooy the footballer. ↗

— Ruud van Nistelrooy

#different #footballer #i #i am #i think

I am going to continue and bring this club forward. I am Paul Gascoigne the footballer. ↗

— Paul Gascoigne

#bring #club #continue #footballer #forward

There would be no debate about who was the best footballer the world had ever seen - me or Pele. Everyone would say me. ↗

— Diego Maradona

#best #debate #ever #everyone #footballer

You're obviously conscious of being brash or big-headed but I always knew I was going to be a footballer when I was seven or eight. I didn't just think I wanted to be one, I knew I was going to be one. Nothing ever surprised me really. ↗

— Michael J. Owen

#being #brash #conscious #eight #ever