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“I think if you score lots of goals but nobody likes you as a person then it stands for nothing.”
“Everyday I'm just going to continue defying limitations.”
“Look, nobody can begrudge Steven Gerrard doing what he wants to do. He has just been a legend.”
“My stats speak for themselves; I've got a good touch for a big man, I know I can find the back of the net.”
“I was asked to go in a banana suit once or eat as many doughnuts as possible. I would not do those things. I don't eat doughnuts so why would I eat 20.”
“That's one reason fans take to me. They like the battle side of it. They look at me and think this guy shouldn't be on the pitch, he's just bulldozing his way through.”
“Playing on Sky Sports doesn't really make a difference to me.”
“You play football to go out there and win - that's the bottom line.”
“As you get older, you know what you're good at and you know what you're not so good at. Your ego comes out of it, and then you realise you can't play every game, there'll be certain games where you won't be so affected... so you've just got to concentrate on what you are.”
“I'd like to be a Marvel character and get in one of those films.”
“Gym sessions will always consist of 40 minutes to one-hour cardio. I try to stay off the treadmill because of the pounding, so it's the rower or the cross-trainer.”
“I think I would have held my own in the NFL.”
“Sometimes it is tough and frustrating to sit on the bench.”
“The time you are happy to sit on the bench, is the time you should retire in my opinion.”
“People only see what they want to see and sometimes you can't do anything about that, so you just pick up the baton and you just run with it.”
“I'm a footballer first and foremost and I want to be remembered for what I do on the pitch.”
“People think that football is all glamour and money but trust me all footballers go through the same boring and annoying things as everybody else.”
“Sometimes I think it would be nice to be in a warm office every day. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining because I know how lucky I am to be playing football for a living. The positives by far outweigh the negatives.”
“People may laugh or whatever, but my strength is something that I have to work on. It's not something that just happens overnight, it takes dedication and hard work and it has a purpose as it helps me every week on the pitch.”
“A player's mind, body and soul have to be right to get the best out of them, and if a player no longer wants to be at a club then the club should try and get the best deal they can and let the player move on.”