I can’t stay in the box and wait for the ball. I can’t – I would die.
THIERRY HENRYWhen I was 20 or 21, I didn’t… I won’t say care about anything, but you’re like in your own world – you made something that you always wanted to do, and then you kind of think only about your family and yourself.
More Thierry Henry Quotes
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It’s difficult to talk about Pele because I didn’t see him.
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I may be French, but I’m playing for Arsenal.
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There are many things I want, and the only way I will get them is to keep my head down, listen to the right people and work hard.
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I only deal in what is real. To be honest, I’ve never thought about what I could get out of football or where it would take me. I just wanted to play. I’m the same now.
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Quite simply, it is true that I can be a pig! It is not a lie to say that. Sometimes, I feel that I am in the right even when I am wrong.
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And I don’t watch cricket. How can you like a game that requires you to take four days off work to follow a Test?
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Politicians are there to try to deal with stuff, but sometimes it’s both fortunate and unfortunate that people like us have more… not involvement, but more power in the stuff that we say.
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You can never have enough trophies. If there were ten to be won a year I’d want to win them all! That’s not being greedy, it’s just a natural thing.
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When you look at other sports, like golf, the players earn a lot more money without running around.
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In New York it seems like there’s no Monday or Saturday or Sunday. The town is always moving. The vibe is great.
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At the beginning, you are 20 and you can just imagine… don’t get me wrong, but having money. Then you realise that it’s not only about you and what you are doing but that you have to give back.
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There’s just something about Highbury that is difficult to describe. When you first arrive, you hardly see the stadium and wonder where it is but then you find it between two blocks of flats.
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At the end of the day, you either want or you don’t want to know about it. It’s a mercy thing – you have to give back. However you do it, you have to give something back. You have to.
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I always think about what I missed, and I think that was my driving force – never be satisfied with what I’ve done.
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I have to say that when I was young, when any politician was talking I wasn’t even interested. Maybe they were saying some nice stuff, but then if you put Michael Jordan on TV, I was interested!
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