Bradley Wright-Phillips

“My dad tells me to ignore any expectation.”

“I'm not Giovinco. I don't get the ball and dribble past three players.”

“When we were younger we were always at it and, as much as I hate to admit it, Shaun would always win.”

“I don't want to go back to Europe. I've said that several times.”

“In England, your manager is like a boss.”

“If you've got someone like Thierry Henry in your team, you get him on the ball.”

“Sean Davis is one of the best youngsters I've been around. He's got an old head on his shoulders and he's a very good player.”

“When you're playing against a European side, you want to show that we can play too. You want to prove MLS is a good league when you're playing against those teams.”

“When I'm out with Shaun people will come up to him for five minutes, sometimes longer, and as they're leaving they'll say: 'Oh, you must be, erm, Bradley.' I don't mind at all.”

“I like to play up front.”

“I don't want to define New York Red Bull as one player, or one manager.”

“I would stay up till 3 A.M. playing Xbox or Playstation, go training at 8:30 A.M., go home and sleep and wake up at a crazy time like 7 P.M. and eat something ridiculous like a pizza and then get back on my computer. I was not living right and I wondered why I was not starting games.”

“I can play wing.”

“Making my debut at Man City, playing with my brother, that was a high point and was amazing. Going to Charlton and winning the League One championship. Even when I was at Southampton, my first year there I really enjoyed it.”

“I hate to go into games thinking about goals.”

“In my career I haven't been suspended much.”

“From the bottom of my heart, I've always found compliments hard to take. It makes me feel awkward.”

“It's hard in England. If I didn't score for three games, there was the chance someone would take my place or I would be loaned out.”

“Anywhere attacking, I will go. Where the manager says to go, I will try and do the job.”

“Obviously when you're a striker you need to score. The manager's not going to just play you if you're not scoring.”