Top 40 Quotes & Sayings by Jack Grealish
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English athlete Jack Grealish.
Last updated on November 7, 2024.
When you're a young kid, you've burst onto the scene, everyone want sort be your friend, come out with you, and you don't actually realise who wants to be there with you and who wants to be your friend.
When you've got players like Carlos Sanchez, Fabian Delph, and Tom Cleverley behind you, it makes it easy with Christian Benteke and Gabby Agbonlahor in front of me.
Watch me, and I only really like the ball into feet. I don't like running in behind so much.
All I want to do is get on the pitch and perform, and hopefully, that will do the talking.
As a footballer, there is so much spare time.
I started doing well at Villa when I was six or seven.
I'm a chilled-out player, if that's the best way to describe me.
Obviously you've got to take some time to go out, but just not every weekend!
I wouldn't change what I do for the world - every single day, I'm lucky to be doing what I'm doing.
I have to keep developing and progressing and strive to be as good a player as I can possibly be.
There are always going to be people who are against you or don't rate you.
I'm the biggest family person you'll meet.
I need to vary up my game, and I'm working on that. I know I need to get better.
I have always wanted to play for Aston Villa, so I am not going to sit there and think, 'I could have been there,' or whatever. The grass isn't always greener.
All the time, people are always saying to me that I need to shoot more.
Sometimes I just prefer to pass it if I think someone is in a better position.
I don't go flying into tackles and running around 100 mph. That's just not me.
It's such a crazy league, the Championship. People used to say that to me, and when you are in the Premier League, you don't really take notice. It's a good league; it's tough, and I like it. But the Premier League is where I want to be, with Villa.
When me and my dad are walking down the road, sometimes we catch someone with Grealish on the back - sometimes it does bring a tear to my dad's eye.
It's a big decision to pick what country I'm going to play for.
I'm enjoying it with Ireland, and I won't be pressured into playing for England.
I used to love jumping into the bushes in my back garden, thinking I was jumping into the crowd after I scored in front of the Holte End.
I struggled with the limelight.
I think the main thing about football is confidence.
I actually don't mind a bit of football banter from opposing fans. In fact, I quite like getting hammered by supporters of other clubs. But it's when you get it from your own fans that it's not nice.
It is a lifelong dream to even play for Villa, but to get to a European final tops it all off.
I think I've had a bit of a stop-start career. I came onto the scene quite early, and then I paused for a bit.
If you look at Dele, he does everything. He wants the ball into feet. Sometimes he'll run in behind; sometimes he'll get the ball in the box - he's all energy. He does everything.
I want to challenge myself. I'm desperate to play in the Premier League, and I want to play for England.
I was the kid who was waiting outside the ground for autographs.
I had my first trial at Villa at five.
You have responsibilities, and you are role models to kids. That comes with the job.
I know how good I can be. I'm not being big-headed. I think all players have to have that confidence and self-belief.
It's hard to deal with defeat.
I prefer advanced midfield, like a No. 10, but you know me: I'll play anywhere for Villa.
When you get on the pitch, you've got to take your chance, and that's what I'm trying to do.
We're supposed to be role models for kids.
Obviously I've had my problems in the past, but these are the moments you live for, when you are in the papers for the good reasons.
I feel like I have grown up.
Playing for Villa, especially in front of the Holte End, is unbelievable. I love walking out and just looking at the Holte End.
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