Quotes About Perseverance

My goal is to get my name known here in the Premier League.

My main aim is to finish as high up the top of the Premier League as possible. I have the ability to help teams survive.

It took me a little bit of time in the Premier League. I came back from an ACL and got one goal in I think six months at Crystal Palace. It wasn't great but I got to grips with the Premier League, started to understand what it's about because it's very different to the lower leagues.

The game shapes you. I played for 20 years at all levels, apart from the Premier League. I had a disaster at Bristol City, where in two years I learnt more about myself, the industry, fans, how you get treated, than I ever learnt in my career.

The first Premier League season is always tough for anyone.

Being involved with the first team, be it in the Premier League or the Europa League, you just have to take it as it comes. You keep all the nerves inside and just play your normal game.

It's very hard to retain the Premier League.

It is not so easy to turn yourself into one of the big clubs in the Premier League and also the Champions League.

I'm finally in the Premier League which is what I've worked towards.

Swansea invested in me. They took a chance on me because I was a second-choice goalkeeper with not much experience when it comes to Premier League games.

You can go anywhere in the Premier League and it's going to be tough. Every single game is so tough. So I think if you make it, and you're lucky enough to play in the Premier League, I don't think there's a need to go anywhere.

I only missed nine Premier League games from a possible 228 between August 2004 and May 2010.

In a Premier League race, it's never over until it's over.

I realise the Premier League is a very tough league and I know I have to be stronger.

It's easier to sit at your desk and have a bun, but I've been really disciplined because I feel like I have to give myself a chance. You can't let yourself down on that. You have to be mentally sharp in this Premier League.

Everyone told me the Premier League is the hardest. So I just wanted to try because I had nothing to lose.

It's a league that you really have to get used to. If you're coming from another one, it's a tough league. Getting the experience playing in a Premier League team and getting hopefully consistent games will be huge for me.

We will give everything for the FA Cup, Champions League and Premier League.

I want to be a Premier League player, a Liverpool player and an England player.

I even got game time in some Europa League matches, some other Premier League matches and managed to make a start in an FA Cup match as well.

A lot of people don't realise how mentally tough the Premier League is.

The Premier League is always difficult - Champions League or not.

A lot of people told me not to come to the Premier League because of the physical demands, especially if I came straight from Brazil to England. But it's not been like that.

When I talk about football and the Premier League I think everything is possible.