A Quote by Kyle Lafferty

Playing in Norway allowed me to get back out onto the pitch and get game time, it was great to be playing regularly again. — © Kyle Lafferty
Playing in Norway allowed me to get back out onto the pitch and get game time, it was great to be playing regularly again.
The Premier League is the toughest in the world probably, there's not going to be an easy game. It is what I've dreamt of, so when I step onto that pitch I'm just playing how I want to play, playing with freedom and that is what the manager wants.
Imagine if you're playing at home and your girlfriend is badgering you all the time not to play. Wouldn't it be great to have a game you could play with her? Because then you can carry on playing the game and not get beaten up for it.
Don't get me wrong - it's amazing playing basketball. But being 19 years old, playing and interacting with grown men with families wasn't fun all the time, especially during a grueling 82-game season. That, mixed with Toronto's freezing winter climate, made me miss my buddies back at Tech even more.
I'm happy to be back out on the court. Whatever role that I'll be in and whatever minutes that I get, I'm just grateful to be playing a game I love again.
If I couldn't get to the national team, I wanted to get as much as I could out of soccer, and I think moving abroad was my opportunity to do that. I think that, in turn, playing with that freedom and that spirit allowed me to play a lot better. I escalated my game quickly just by being happy.
Playing in midfield is a different ball game. You have to be on the half-turn all the time, have a different picture in your head of what is behind you and in front of you. Playing at right-back is different again.
We wanted to get everyone back focused on the fact we are playing live again. It really does sound great.
They are playing a game. They are playing at not playing a game. If I show them I see they are, I shall break the rules and they will punish me. I must play their game, of not seeing I see the game.
When I was a kid, I used to try and hit every ball out of the ground. After playing one-day cricket and Test cricket, I never thought I'd get a chance to play like that again, ever. Twenty20 has given me the opportunity of playing like a kid again. I can just feel free and go out there and hit.
I will never again stand on the pitch as a professional player. But I won't stop playing the game.
I like to have a good time. I'm playing a great game, so why should I stop smiling when I get on the field?
When you are playing regularly, you feel a lot sharper on the pitch.
When I get onto the pitch, I block out everything around it, and I really focus on the pitch.
I get more work when I'm thinner. I was playing Alice Cooper, and I had to lose a stone, so I wasn't eating sugar. You can't just get straight back onto sugar, as it's quite a powerful thing.
Being injured, coming back, playing a few games, trying to get your fitness back, getting injured again - you don't get a chance to prove what you can do.
You keep playing, you get a lead and build on it. People get mad when you keep playing, but that's part of the game, too.
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