Quotes from Robert Green

I want to walk away from football when I retire and say, 'I gave that everything,' and then I will do something else and give that everything, because that's me. That's the way I am, and I will do that.

If you walked into my house, there wouldn't be one thing to do with football in there.

If you play without the shackles and burdens, then you play like you did when you were a kid.

There is no coincidence that stability brings success, and success brings stability.

I've been in the Championship before, and it didn't kill me.

In international football, chances don't come along very often.

Eventually, I'd like to have some sort of role like a chief executive in a football club.

I have been around football a long time and know a lot about it, so if I have an opinion and don't voice it, then it is a bit of a waste.

Not playing is frustrating; you want to play in every game. But it's the life of a keeper. You'd rather be on the pitch than off.

I go along, play football, work as hard as I can, play as hard as I can, and then go home and spend time with my wife and kids.

Loftus Road is a great place to play football. The fans get behind you, and it's a great atmosphere.

The closest you are going to get to playing international football is the Champions League.

I've seen 18 managers go at the clubs I've been playing for. It's a part of football, isn't it?

This is the difficulty with not picking up points away from home: the home games become that much more critical.

It is football. I'm not a politician.

It's about being steady and taking the rough with the smooth, but that's life as a goalkeeper.

Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.

You see people with a room full of their career achievements. Brilliant. Well done. That's just not something I do. They're in a bin bag in my mum and dad's loft.

I wouldn't call going into the Premier League an ordeal. I would say the Championship is more of an ordeal than the Premier League.

You look at the guys playing in the Premier League, and they've got such quality.

Only knowing two hours before the game that you are playing is not a problem. You prepare as though you're playing. If you don't, that's the mistake.

Tell me why is it easier if you know the number one? You prepare as though you are number one anyway.

Having worked with some of the characters in football and having to be nice to them - and knowing your job depends on you having to be nice to them - just doesn't appeal to me.

I've loved every moment and feel privileged to have enjoyed the career I have.