Quotes from Bradley Wright-Phillips

From the bottom of my heart, I've always found compliments hard to take. It makes me feel awkward.

So much of my game is owed to Thierry. We text regularly.

I feel like I'm quick enough, and on my day, I can be dangerous in the box.

I'd rather go under the radar and win an MLS Cup. I really don't need to be credited.

I wasn't happy with how I left England. I didn't like where my mind was football wise. I felt like football was coming second.

There's been a few great moments, I don't hate my career in England.

Every striker from England I know is the same; they're greedy and they want to get goals.

I would stay up till 3 A.M. playing Xbox or Playstation, go training at 8:30 A.M., go home and sleep and wake up at a crazy time like 7 P.M. and eat something ridiculous like a pizza and then get back on my computer. I was not living right and I wondered why I was not starting games.

When people say I don't get recognition, it doesn't matter. If I'm scoring, what does it mean? If I'm still playing well and I'm still helping my team, I don't care who thinks I'm amazing or who doesn't.

I don't want to define New York Red Bull as one player, or one manager.

I grew up watching Arsenal. You don't think you're going to get to play with Thierry Henry. Him breaking my dad's record and now he assists half my goals, it's weird. How'd that happen?

If you've got someone like Thierry Henry in your team, you get him on the ball.

Who doesn't want play with Thierry Henry?

Making my debut at Man City, playing with my brother, that was a high point and was amazing. Going to Charlton and winning the League One championship. Even when I was at Southampton, my first year there I really enjoyed it.

I have relatives in New York.

I don't choose to be humble.

I don't really like too much credit. I know nobody's going to believe this, but I'd rather be able to score goals and nobody saw or even spoke about it. That would be just about the perfect world for me.

My dad tells me to ignore any expectation.

Where I'm from, everyone wore tracksuits. If I was younger and I got a new tracksuit, hat, trainers, you couldn't tell me I didn't look good.

If I was younger and I got a new tracksuit, hat, trainers, you couldn't tell me I didn't look good. I thought I was dressed up.

I'm not really a big fan of doing interviews.

I like to just be humble. The more interviews, the more embarrassed I kind of get.

Sean Davis is one of the best youngsters I've been around. He's got an old head on his shoulders and he's a very good player.

Sometimes I feel like you can toot your own trumpet too much. I don't really like that.