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The Champions League is a big ambition, and all the footballers want to play in it; it is a very important competition.

~Fernando Torres

Topics: Ambition Big Champions Champions League Competition Footballers Important League Play Very Want

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Footballers do get a hard time, and there is a lot of generalization going on. When you get to meet players and know them as lads, it's always a bit different.

~Frank Lampard

Topics: Always Bit Different Footballers Generalization Get Going Hard Hard Time Know Lads Lot Meet Players Them Time You

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The trouble for today's footballers is they have too many distractions. We used to get our old players coming to watch training with football magazines in their hands. Now, more often than not, they are checking the share prices.

~Franz Beckenbauer

Topics: Checking Coming Distractions Football Footballers Get Hands Magazines Many More Now Often Old Our Players Prices Share Than Today Too Training Trouble Used Watch

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As footballers, you just grow up with people from different backgrounds and different colors of skin.

~Gary Lineker

Topics: Backgrounds Colors Different Different Backgrounds Different Colors Footballers Grow Grow Up Just People Skin Up You

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Football's the big cheese, if you like. It's easy to have a swipe. There's a lot of footballers, and when they fall foul, they become big news.

~Gary Lineker

Topics: Become Big Cheese Easy Fall Football Footballers Foul Like Lot News You

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Fundamentally, footballers don't look around a dressing room and think, 'He's a black player... he's Japanese.' They don't think like that. They think, 'He's a good player; he can help. He's not very good.' I'm not trying to defend anyone's actions, but there are going to be isolated incidents because it's an emotive, passionate sport.

~Gary Lineker

Topics: Actions Anyone Around Because Black Defend Dressing Dressing Room Footballers Fundamentally Going Good He Help Incidents Isolated Japanese Like Look Passionate Player Room Sport Think Trying Very

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Twitter is an amazing thing; it brings footballers closer to the fans because so many of them are on there. I was cynical about it to begin with, but I have been converted.

~Gary Lineker

Topics: About Amazing Amazing Thing Because Been Begin Brings Closer Converted Cynical Fans Footballers Many Them Thing Twitter

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Are people like Tom Cruise in touch with their public? I doubt it. Footballers are more like the rock stars of yester-year: they are box office.

~Gary Lineker

Topics: Box Box Office Cruise Doubt Footballers Like More Office People Public Rock Rock Stars Stars Tom Tom Cruise Touch

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I think medically, football is generally well looked after. There are always checks made. Anything which can be done to make footballers or sportsmen of any area safer has to be encouraged.

~Gary Lineker

Topics: After Always Any Anything Area Checks Done Encouraged Football Footballers Generally Looked Made Make Safer Think Well Which I Think

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This whole 'tired footballers' and three-games-a-week thing is an absolute myth.

~Gary Lineker

Topics: Absolute Footballers Myth Thing Tired Whole

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