Funniest Quotes by Footballers

Footballers can dazzle people with their skills on the field but when it comes to giving statements they can have an even profound effect on our minds by the sheer stupidity of some things they say. Lets treat ourribs to some of the Funniest Quotes by Footballers.

#10 Roy Hodgson

“I’m not prepared to make any comments on the World Cup in Qatar in 1922.” Hodgson seems to have taken the movie- ‘X-Men- Days of Future Past’ way too seriously. Why else would he be disrupting the space-time continuum?

In the pic: Hodgson: ‘ England won the cup last in 2066. Mark my words.’

#9 Mark Draper

“I'd like to play for an Italian club, like Barcelona.” Looks like Draper had pretty solid Geography lessons in his school.

In the pic: Draper: ‘I love pizza. Heard it’s the favourite dish in Barcelona.’

#8 Ruud Gullit

“We must have had 99 per cent of the match. It was the other three per cent that cost us.” Another case of excellent schooling. Gullit was one of the finest players of his era but clearly Mathematics was not one of his stronger suits.

In the pic: Gullit: ‘Count the number of strands in my dreadlocks.’

#7 Ade Akinbiyi

"I was watching the Blackburn game on TV on Saturday when it flashed on the screen that George Ndah had scored in the first minute at Birmingham. My first reaction was to ring him up. Then I remembered he was out there playing." Live TV seems a distant distopian concept to Akinbiyi or maybe he was just thinking out loud. Either ways, that was plain ridiculous.

In the Pic: Akinbiyi : ‘I am on TV. I want a burger.’

#6 Graham Taylor

“Very few of us have any idea of what life is like living in a goldfish bowl, except, of course, for those of us who are goldfish.” Very few of us have any idea what that means except, of course, those who are Goldfish.

In the pic: Taylor: ‘We’re just two lost souls, swimming in a fish bowl, la la la.’

#5 Ian Rush

"I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign country." Apparently the great Liverpool and Welsh striker had a hard time recollecting that Italy is not a part of England and Wales and they speak a different tongue and countries like that are called ‘Foreign Countries’. This comment was made after a painful year at Juventus.

In the pic: Ian Rush: ‘The Queen is a foreigner. You better get that straight.’

#4 Jose Mourinho

“Young players are a bit like melons. Only when you open and taste the melon are you 100 per cent sure that the melon is good. Sometimes you have beautiful melons but they don’t taste very good and some other melons are a bit ugly and when you open them up, the taste is fantastic.” Now what does the special one mean by this is beyond the comprehension of a sane mind which can otherwise draw numerous multi meaning inferences from this melon-astic comment. Mou should count his Melons before they ripen.

In the pic: Mourinho: ‘Quack-Quack, now give me my MELONS’.

#3 Theo Walcott

"I've been consistent in patches this season.” If only his mind ran as fast as he does, he wouldn’t have uttered these golden words of self-reflection. Sometimes this leaves us to wonder, should we actually envy footballers?

In the pic: Walcott: ‘My head’s so smooth, everything just rolls over and tumbles’.

#2 Alan Shearer

He’s a repeat offender of the dumb-quote police. Not the sharpest of the not-so-sharp bunch, he’s had his moments of glorious wisdom. Behold:“You only get one opportunity of an England Debut.”“We haven’t been scoring goals. But football’s not just about scoring goals.It’s about winning.”“One accusation you can’t throw at me is that I’ve always done my best.”And the best one- “ I never wanted to leave. I’m here for the rest of my life and hopefully after that as well.”

In the pic: Shearer : ‘I hereby applaud my wisdom by decree of Her Royal Highness‘.

#1 David Beckham

With sexy hairstyles,a razor-sharp jawline, those tattoos and crazy shooting skills, one couldn’t care for a brain less as he has everything. But Becks over the years has said some crazy things. Just have a look:“Alex Ferguson is the best manager I've ever had at this level. Well, he's the only manager I've actually had at this level. But he's the best manager I've ever had.”“My parents have been there for me, ever since I was 7.”“Well, I can play in the centre, on the right and ocassionally on the left.” on being asking if he thought he was a volatile player.”And the best “I definitely want Brooklyn to be christened, but I don’t know into what religion yet.”In the pic: Beckham: ‘ What? Nooo. My hair looks awesome’.