A Quote by Oliver Burke
People used to say that I thought I was Gareth Bale, and that's not the case at all. I'm nowhere near that level. The guy has won so much - Leagues, Champions Leagues, scoring worldies in finals.
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What can you say about Messi? A guy who has won five Ballon d'Ors, four Champions Leagues and has scored 97 goals in a year. There is no need to win a World Cup to certify that talent.
Nobody thought Real Madrid could win three Champions Leagues on the trot, and they've done it.
When I was younger, I had two players: Luke Shaw and Gareth Bale. When Shaw was at Southampton, he was a left-back, and I loved watching him bomb up and down the wing, create goals, score goals, so I think I try to emulate that. Gareth Bale - same thing, really.
The high demands on teams in national leagues and of course the Champions League - it's too much.
You cannot underestimate Zidane's achievement of winning the Champions League three times in a row - it must have taken superb skills to motivate the likes of Ronaldo, Luka Modric, Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema et al to have the desire to become serial Champions League winners.
In a year without the World Cup, the national leagues and the Champions League have much more weight.
I kept listening in the minor leagues, and even earlier than that, people would say, 'If you don't hit the fastball, you're not going to get to the big leagues.' Every game, you're going to get a fastball.
I couldn't believe I was in the big leagues. I also knew that I have to work hard every single day to stay in the big leagues. One thing is getting to the big leagues; another thing is to stay.
Everybody in the minor leagues - if you're a player, an announcer, whatever - wants to be in the big leagues.
The minor leagues were great. When you first sign, that is your big leagues.
It was always a dream as a footballer to compete in the best leagues in the world and those leagues are here in Europe.
I played good ball in the minor leagues, and that's why they called me up to the major leagues.
I wanted to be in the big leagues, not stuck in the minor leagues.
Any time you're in the coaching business or managing in the minor leagues, when you see a player who has made it to the major leagues, you get a thrill out of that.
The old line of thought used to be that local government is the bush leagues.
I went to college for a reason, and that was to skip the minor leagues. I spent a year in the minors and got my at-bats in, and then I felt like I was ready for the big leagues.
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