But, at the moment, when I step on the pitch, when I have the ball I know it’s mine. It’s just a feeling.
THIERRY HENRYAt 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.
More Thierry Henry Quotes
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That’s the way I’ve been educated: I always think about what I missed and the things that you did, you did them, so you don’t have to think about them any more.
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I can’t stay in the box and wait for the ball. I can’t – I would die.
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It was tough at the time but when I was younger, my Dad. I would say my Dad, because without him I wouldn’t have been here. I mean it was tough for me because he was really demanding. With him, it was never enough, you know, anything I did was never enough.
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Sometimes being young and confident is better than being old with experience.When I was young I wasn’t scared about anything.
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I’m still young and everyday I want to learn more. I feel I am beginning to find myself.
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You learn from your mistakes.
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People always see the goals, and for me, strikers are not only about scoring goals.
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But one thing you need to do in the game, is to adapt and adjust your game to what you have been asked to do and also to what your body is telling you to do.
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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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Barcelona is always a club that, at the beginning of the season, wants to win everything. I will try my best to do that with them and I’m sure I will help as much as I can.
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My dad always taught me to never be satisfied, to want more and know that what is done is done.
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The moment I’ve got a ball at my feet, I’m happy.
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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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And I don’t really like golf. I know a lot of English footballers play, but I know that if I go with the club to play, sooner or later I will end up trying to smash the ball with my foot.
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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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It’s difficult to talk about Pele because I didn’t see him.
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Sometimes in football you have to score goals.
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What Leo does is so incredible that I have to be careful not to stand still watching him make his moves.
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Ledley King would get the ball off you without you even noticing he’s the only defender in England who doesn’t hold onto you, and he sometimes still gets the ball off my feet easily.
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Because that’s just the way it is, and don’t sleep on what you did before, you know, because it can not hurt you, but you can find yourself sleeping on something that happened in the past, but you dare to progress and there is always room for progression.
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Being seen as the best striker in Europe doesn’t spur me on-it’s helping my team to success. That’s my only aim. I’m not a machine.
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I don’t like to plan anything.
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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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I like to score a proper goal, you know – a passing move.
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Everybody knows how much I love Arsenal – I became a fan. And to be out here celebrating a goal against Tottenham, there’s not much else to say after thatLike I’ve said before, Once a Gooner, always a Gooner.
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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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