Quotes About Transition

I used to play as a No. 10, in Bilbao, in most of the games, but when I came to United, when you come to one of the biggest clubs in the world, you realise that if you want to be a No. 10, you have to score 10, 12 goals per season.

Niko Kovac had to understand the system inside Bayern, to realise that this is a very different club to Eintracht Frankfurt, where he was before.

I always knew it was going to be difficult when I got beyong 40, but I didn't realise it would start at 35.

In your mid-20s, you think you'll go on for eternity. Then a point comes where you realise that's not going to be the case.

A lot of new signings find it difficult to settle because they don't realise how fast and how physical it is and how fast the games come round.

A lot of times, we think we're set out to do one thing, but then you realise that's maybe not what's best for you. So I've just learned to accept and embrace.

All my foster homes were very good to me. But it's still not a very nice experience. It's only when you're older, you realise: we were on our own in there. As kids, you don't know what's happening. You're here. Then you're in the next house. But the families were all very good to us.

As the years go by, you have to realise when it is the right time to do something different.

When you realise that the ball is faster than you, you say to yourself, 'OK, I love the game. I want to go on in this game, but not as a player.'

When you are no longer England captain, you suddenly realise it's over, you are no longer England captain, and you appreciate what you had.

I think that the older I get, the more I play, you realise when it's your time.

As a child, I thought we had come to Mumbai for a holiday. I did not realise that this holiday was permanent.

It's just this feeling of when you're a kid, you have these ideas about the world and about people in your life that don't always hold up as you get older and start to realise that things are more complex than you might've realised. That's always a big part of a coming-of-age story.

When I went to art school, I was just having fun. I realised that was the last chance I had, and then I would have to get a job.

One fine day, I realised that advertising was not my calling. I closed shop and plunged into theatre.

There was a time in my life when I used to plan elaborately; not anymore. I gave up when I realised nothing was going my way.

My father realised that for me to become a publisher in his firm would have been the end of the firm!

I started as a musician. I play the saxophone, but from the age of 17, I realised that it's very hard to make a living as a jazz musician in Australia. So I went for an audition and got an acting job and, fortunately, I completely fell in love with that.

I started a French degree at university, but packed it in when I realised I really wanted to be an actor.

I started in '69 to have psychoanalysis, and I realised very soon that I was changing, and that's I think why my movies were changing. They became much more open to dialogue.

Until I was 21, I wasn't going into the media. I was a professional show jumper; I was going to have a farm... Then my father died, and it changed my life. I realised I had to have a go at being a journalist to see if I could cut the mustard.

My dream was, start young, take hormones, live as a woman, try and become as passable as possible, bury your past, change your friends. Now I've realised that I don't have to be ashamed of my past.

I realised in 1985, after sitting for months and being very down, that I have to move. I have to be busy. Because, otherwise, it is like being in a waiting room. And waiting for what?

When I was younger, I played as a right-back. I also played as a central defender, but I realised that I could dominate the ball quite calmly, so I started playing further forward in front of the back four.