So many people say that obviously my game has changed since I arrived here and I say that it’s good that it changed, otherwise it would show a lack of intelligence.
THIERRY HENRYIf I had a Paul Scholes in my team, everything would be around him. At Manchester United, they saw it like that, but I think Paul Scholes is one of the best I’ve played against in this league, and seen anywhere.
More Thierry Henry Quotes
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I would love this place to be my garden. (on Arsenal’s old stadium)
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It’s not about me, it’s about how I can help my team to achieve more. And I do that through scoring goals.
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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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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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I like to score a proper goal, you know – a passing move.
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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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People always see the goals, and for me, strikers are not only about scoring goals.
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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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My dad always taught me to never be satisfied, to want more and know that what is done is done.
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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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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 am not a cheat and never have been.
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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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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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