Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Shaun Wright-Phillips - Page 2

Even when I was growing up and playing with friends I used to get kicked.

Mourinho was good; a very good family man. If people had children and there were days we had to come in he would let you bring kids in and mess about with them while the training session was going on.

I never try to prove anybody wrong. Everyone is entitled to their opinion.

It's always going to have meaning if you can help your brother achieve his targets.

Football is like a rollercoaster and if you keep dwelling on what's happened in the past you're never going to move.

If you are hurting inside, you can't really show it because you want the team to do well because that's part of football.

I prefer getting a lot of the ball.

I remember so many times, playing for City in which Man United would give us a whooping, and the fans always stood beside us.

I am strong minded, a believer that you can make things happen if you really want it that badly.

Representing your country is a highlight in everybody's career.

I find it quite funny to see players rolling over trying to win free-kicks or get opponents booked. I've never done that, even at an early age. My friends would have just laughed at me.

I first learnt to play football as a striker and it was only when I joined City that I learnt how to become a midfielder thanks to the help I received from the staff at the Academy.

I first came up under Joe Royle and when Keegan took over it was even better for me because I felt his style added more to my game.

I want to show people I can play.

Everybody manages differently and as far as I'm concerned the results are the only thing that counts.

I think my best spell in terms of personal performance was in 2004 - but the best team was under Mark Hughes with Elano.

Sometimes people don't realise just how hard it is to play with 10 men in the Premier League.

I've been to Dubai many times for holidays.

Everyone knows what a great player, as well as a person, David Beckham is. I am just hoping that I can learn from him. I know if I want to go far in my football career I have to do as well as him.

Carrying the ball is one of the strongest points in my game and I like to be a danger on the pitch.

I saw U.A.E. play at the London Olympics for the first time and I was really impressed with how they played against the likes of Great Britain and Uruguay.

It's really great to see all the people who've become involved in building up the Premier League, especially in the States.

I just want to play football.

Keegan was definitely an attack-minded manager and at times for a fan it must have been crazy because it was entertaining but at the same time we were quite open and conceded goals as well.

I wouldn't particularly say I liked rugby but it got us playing football.

I just thought as a kid, I'm just going to play for City forever.

I like playing on the right because it favours me as it is my natural side.

I am never not going to want to play for England so I don't care how old I am. If I am doing well I hope I am going to get picked.

Chelsea are a massive family, that is the great thing about the club.

It's not so much frustrating, it's just that if you don't know when you are going to play, how do you focus on a game? That's part of football, though, and if you are going to be at a big club you have to deal with it.

I don't want any QPR fans to feel I am short-changing them.

I take every day as it comes, try to work hard and benefit from the training.

I am not a person to quit. If something needs harder work then I will put my head down and do it.

I just want to give 110 per cent and do the best I can when I'm used.

If I am on the pitch then I am happy.

My dad's helped me a lot as a player, encouraged me in all the right ways, kept me focussing on the right lines.

I don't read the newspapers, to be quite honest with you.

What everybody talks about is their own problem, to be honest with you.

When I left City I was still young and there was a lot for me to learn in all parts of my game. To come back and have learned something at a place like Chelsea is down partly to the kind of players I played alongside.

Unfortunately, many children throughout the UK witness violence in the family home. Let's stand up for those children. Domestic violence needs to stop.