Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Welsh athlete Aaron Ramsey.
Last updated on December 25, 2024.
Aaron James Ramsey is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Juventus and the Wales national team. Ramsey mainly plays as a box-to-box midfielder, but has also been deployed on the left and right wings.
To win the FA Cup - scoring the winner in the 2014 FA Cup was very nice.
I am a central midfielder, and that's where I like to be.
There's always pressure on Arsenal to go out and win games and win trophies.
Manchester City are a big team, and Chelsea are a big team.
You have to give 100 percent in the Champions League, as you're up against the biggest teams.
I think there's always pressure at Arsenal to win trophies - it's nothing new - and to us, as players, we know what we are capable of doing.
When you're wide, you're taught to try and get in at the far post so the ball doesn't go straight across, but from that central position, you can use your instinct where to go.
Ever since I was a boy, I have wanted to be a professional footballer and to captain my country one day.
Obviously, I was disappointed to lose the captaincy. I was very proud to be captain of my country.
Nothing's in my head when I'm out there; I'm just trying to have fun on the football pitch.
Competition is to be expected at a club like Arsenal.
I'm an Arsenal player, and I want to remain an Arsenal player.
I've always been passionate about animals.
When I was in school with my friends and stuff, you always used to put yourself in the situation of footballers of the time and pretend to be them.
You have to be on top of your game, train hard every day, and try to convince the boss throughout the week that he should put you in the team.
The Premier League used to be two teams going for the title, but it has come on a long way since then.
Hopefully I can be one of the best midfielders in the world. That's what drives me on: to try and achieve that and to try and go on and win many things.
I try to give my best for the team, help the team, and try and go out there and play the best I can for myself as well.
It's quite strange looking down the list of players who've won the young player award in the past and then thinking I'm in there too now. There's some great names like Ryan Giggs, Craig Bellamy - and I can't miss out Chris Gunter - and it's a big boost to be included.
All I have ever wanted to do is be a professional footballer.
At the beginning of the season, you're still getting your fitness levels up, and those first few games are quite tough.
When you haven't got the ball, while we're defending, sometimes I am not always where I need to be.
Winning just makes you more determined to go on and do more.
I am not shy.
I've said it once: I would love to someday play in La Liga at one of the greats. I see their league each week. It suits my style.
I stay away from desserts, but every now and then, I have a sticky toffee pudding or a cup of tea with some biscuits.
It's always been something I've wanted to try and do, to take Wales to a major championship.
I'm a very motivated guy.
We have to take every game as it comes.
I need to be playing well, be involved in the game, and taking matches by the scruff of the neck.
Having the chance to win a gold medal doesn't come around very often.
I like to be involved as much as I can in the game, and in the middle, you're definitely the heartbeat of the team. When you're on the right, you can go minutes without seeing the ball, and that's a long time when you're out on the pitch.
I had to grow up quite quickly.
I much prefer playing in the centre of the park; that's where I feel comfortable.
I've always been able to get into the box, but in the past, I'd been very rash in my finishing; I wasn't clear with what I was doing in the final third. When it came to shooting, I was very rushed. I wasn't hitting the ball cleanly.
All I want to do is improve as a player.
I know my qualities.
As a kid, I was always pretending to score the goal in the FA Cup final, and I managed to live my dream.
I'm happy to be in the centre for Wales - that's my favourite position and where I play my best football.
I know I am not a screamer and a shouter, and I won't change the way I am.
I used to pretend to be Ryan Giggs.
It's nice to have it recognised that I'm doing well and to have people saying good things about me, but I try not to take too much interest. I just try to focus on my own game and what I need to do to improve.
I grew up watching the Olympics and did some athletics for my school, winning the Welsh pentathlon championship.
You would want to play in every game if possible, but I am realistic.
The worst position you are in is when you are on the medical bed, and you can't get out on that training pitch.
I am quite a down-to-earth person.
We're professional footballers, so we have to go out there and perform as best we can and try and get the results that we want.
It's unbelievable what the rewards are like with being a footballer, but I'm not stupid - I don't go around flaunting it.
I'm not one of those people who goes home and has to put football on the TV straight away or has to watch Sky Sports News.
When Bale first started at Tottenham, they were struggling to win whenever he played at left-back, but it is unbelievable how quickly things can change in football.
It's important to take your mind off football; otherwise, you become too obsessed, and you look into things too much.
I'm not one that is the life and soul of the party, but I do speak up when there is something to say.
I'm a player who always gives 100 percent, regardless of what's going on.
I get the normal stats, like tackles and pass completion and high-intensity runs. I get them after every game to see how similar they are to every game and to make sure I'm hitting the targets - or not too far away from them.
When you're playing, it's important to focus 100 per cent on what you're doing.
The only way you can get match fitness is by playing games.
I am not the life and soul of the camp, but I do speak a lot throughout the team and to everyone.
I give everything when I'm on the pitch. When I'm at the training ground, working in the gym or whatever, I always give everything I've got.
I hate being in the gym.
I want to be the complete midfielder, someone who can defend and attack. Steven Gerrard is someone who's done that very well over the years, and he is someone I am trying to emulate.