Quotes About Focus

I believe that, deep down at heart, I'm a football player.

A football player at any level must set goals.

If you don't have ambitions then you're not a football player.

Football players are creative when they're in the moment.

It wasn't like I grew up wanting to be a competitive eater at all. Not like a lot of people, like football players, famous people - they knew that that's what they wanted to do when they were young.

When it's football season, I'm all football.

I'm a footballer through and through. It's all I've ever wanted to be.

I want to be a footballer. I don't want to do anything else.

I was born a footballer. Before I could walk, I was chasing balls.

The teacher would say, 'Not everybody makes it as a footballer, so what do you want to be?' I'd say, 'A footballer.' The teacher would say, 'But not everybody makes it. So what do you want to be?' I'd say, 'A footballer.' Every year that happened! Nothing was going to get in the way of me being a footballer.

As a footballer, everything you've achieved can easily be lost, and then you are nobody. That's just how life is, and that's why you shouldn't let things get you down. That's the reason I treat every match like a final.

As a footballer, if you work hard, then everything else falls into place.

Your eyes are very important as a professional footballer.

There is something about a cup final that brings out a different quality in a footballer. Do they have the courage to win a one-off match?

I only ever wanted to be a footballer.

As a footballer, I have always found it better not to be too emotional. Better to be cool, consistent, clinical. Celebrate goals, yes, but keep your feelings for those you trust most.

It's impossible to imagine doing anything else because I always had in my head that I would be a footballer.

You know, I was going to be a footballer at one stage, but... nah.

You want to achieve the most you can in the short period you have in your career as a professional footballer.

We all like a party but when that 'becomes the main feature of your lifestyle as a footballer, I haven't got time for that.

If I had the choice I'd be a boxer or a footballer.

Even if I'm not a big guy, I have good footwork, I'm fast on the court, and I see the ball really early.

In training, for example, when you feel your position on the team is in danger then you have to be fully focused.

I go up to my office and sit down in front of my computer and turn on the internet and then I don't work - that's the end of work for the day.