Top 60 Quotes & Sayings by Jamie Redknapp
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English athlete Jamie Redknapp.
Last updated on September 16, 2024.
As I say, you get labelled. To stop all that, I've got to win things - that's the only way you make your mark.
You have to be professional and think about the future.
But I just want to be known for my football.
I never got to the point when I felt like running away from it all.
In the past I've had a bad injury, and then struggled when I've got back because I've been unfit.
But I've never once thought that I wouldn't get back, as if you do think like that, then you're in trouble.
People always seem to be interested in my private life because I'm married to a pop star.
I'm a footballer, that's my job and that's all I want to be known for.
There is pressure every day as a footballer.
But what goes on in my life outside of the game should be my business.
Although my dad Harry is the manager of West Ham, we get on very well.
Once Liverpool had asked me to sign again, there was no hesitation.
I am a positive person and do not allow things to get on top of me.
It's not enough just being a good passer of the ball.
I'm enjoying myself this year and for once I'm not chasing my fitness.
People have always thought of me as a passer of the ball, but you can't just be that these days.
At no point was my career under threat, so I always knew that I would get back into action.
I have always passed the ball and worked on that part of my game.
From a personal point of view I want some medals because that is what you aim for when you start out playing.
You want to win things and I am at a club where we have the players to do that.
People ask me why I keep getting injured but I have just had to accept it is one of those things that happen.
Sometimes, you just get a label and it sticks.
I suppose it hacks me off sometimes when people go on about all the other stuff, because I have really worked hard at my game, and I've been incredibly dedicated in getting myself fit, and getting my game right.
I know I'm 25 now, but there's still that little lad inside me who likes his dad there to see him.
I'm looking out for myself, but I'm looking out for my dad, too.
My dad knows the business, and he tells me I've got to do what's best for me.
I enjoy spending time at home or going out for a quiet meal in a restaurant.
I haven't achieved as much as I should have done in my career.
It's important we win and because of the players we have we should win some matches in style.
But there's no point in looking back and saying I was unlucky.
I've had two or three injuries when with England and it's been a bit bizarre.
I've been at Liverpool for eight years, and the time has come for us to start achieving.
You can't play when you're not 100% fit especially at this level.
The way I am, I like to look forward instead of looking back.
We need to win something for the fans because they have been patient and very understanding and we owe them.
You've got to do it all, the physical as well as the skilful.
Gareth Bale literally has three lungs
Arsenal's width comes from wide areas.
My guilty pleasure is One Direction.
Suarez will improve and he will get better.
You could have the best suit in the world, but if you haven't got the right shirt and tie with it you could look like a bag of rubbish. I think the shirt is the most important thing - you need a nice collar with it so that you can make it look good.
I cried at my son's sports day, for God's
sake. I'm a huge baby
It's a horrible feeling - there's nothing worse for any player than to be thinking at the back of your mind that there's something wrong with you.
The importance of a warm up and cool down can't be stressed enough.
Frank Lampard has a vision for seeing things.
You look at Patrick Vieira and Emmanuel Petit at Arsenal or Roy Keane at Man United, and they are players that can do everything.
I've worked on the physical side and I think I'm a player that can do most things.
In his youth Michael Owen was literally a greyhound.
When you play a team with as much attacking power as Barcelona and you restrict them to one shot on target in the second leg, you are doing something right. Have the best football team gone through? Yes. Have the best organised team gone through? No.
Arsenal have been literally passed to death.
The ball was coming down like a butterfly with sore feet.
I haven't counted, obviously, but I reckon I've lost over a year and a half of my career through injury so far.
You have to be physical - that's the way it is in a midfield in the modern game.
Only one thing can stop Luis Suarez from being voted as the Players' Player of the Year... his fellow players.
As I say, you get labeled. To stop all that, I've got to win things - that's the only way you make your mark.
Most goals are scored between the posts.
Physically and mentally I'm stronger right now because an injury is not playing on my mind all the time.
I've always loved wearing a suit. When you have on a crisp shirt and a tie you always feel like you're going somewhere. It feels like a bit of an occasion.
Me Grandad is 74 and he's football bananas, so me nan gets loads of grief.
You can't just play on the edge of games - you have to be in the thick of it.
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