A biography for Peter Crouchhasn’t been written yet.
“The death of Cyrille Regis, a giant in so many ways, was such a shock and deeply upsetting.”
“I didn't come from a council estate like a lot of the lads do.”
“I was always quite technical as a player, but when you are the size I am, if you are crap in the air, it is going to look bad.”
“When I started out, nobody told you how to do an interview. That's how I ended up on the front page of a newspaper dressed as Rodney Trotter with a Reliant Robin.”
“As for my personal ambitions, I always loved playing for England and always felt I did well.”
“So many kids want to be football players, and to still feel like I'm living the dream at 37 is amazing.”
“I've got a good record, but maybe, for whatever reason, it's not built up by people. I wouldn't say I'm hard done by. But it's true that I sometimes don't get the praise.”
“I really enjoy tennis, but football's the game for me.”
“In my early years, I wanted to be like Paul Gascoigne.”
“I made so many mistakes when I was younger.”
“I'm lucky: whatever I eat, I've never wavered from just under 14 stone.”
“Never give up, and always believe you can achieve something.”
“Nothing ever stays the same for very long in my life.”
“The Championship is a ferocious league, physically demanding, and it simply does not allow players the luxury of cruising through.”
“I'll be walking down the street with a mate, and someone will stop and say 'All right Crouchy, how's things?' and so on. Once they're gone, the person I'm with will say 'Do you know them?' and I'll say 'I've never met them before in my life'. Happens all the time.”
“I've played for England; I've been lucky enough to do this for a long time. So why can't you do it with a smile on your face?”
“I've been promoted, relegated, won big trophies, gone months without scoring, played for my country at World Cups, been bought, sold, loaned, and called 'a freak.'”
“I am not the sort of character to get carried away.”
“There is one thing you must know about Marko Arnautovic if you want to understand what makes him tick: he believes he's the best player in the world.”
“You should never get ahead of yourself car-wise; no Merc when you're still in the youth team, no Porsche unless you're a Premier League regular.”