Adrian Lewis Quotes

First of all, when I was making the decision, I never thought that Pittsburgh fans would want me back. Every time I played there, they were booing me every time I touched the puck. I didn't think it would be such a big deal that I didn't sign with Pittsburgh.

Of course I expect to be booed. People always have to find the bad guy, and for some reason, the look on my face or something, people just want to boo me. That's fine.

I don't need to be in New York. If you've had a bad game, they're booing you and all that mess.

I know that Perugia is probably the least-welcome place for me in the entire world.

When they boo you, you know they mean you.

I would hope that people didn't think I was anything like Joan! It's very hard for me because Joan says such cruel things all the time. It sort of makes me cringe every time I read them because I think, 'Who could be so horrible?' To be able to deliver those lines and do them with a coolness, yet still make her likable, is a bit of a challenge.

I don't spend a lot of my time in the locker room. That's my least favourite place in the world.

The problem was just a mean attitude that festers and has to be challenged.

There is a garbage culture out there, where we pour garbage on people. Then the pollsters run around and take a poll and say, do you smell anything?

'Mean' is a song I wrote about somebody who wrote things that were so mean so many times that it would ruin my day. Then it would ruin the next day. And it would level me so many times, I just felt like I was being hit in the face every time this person would take to their computer.

I have been attacked by Rush Limbaugh on the air, an experience somewhat akin to being gummed by a newt. It doesn't actually hurt, but it leaves you with slimy stuff on your ankle.

I'm accustomed to being harassed.

Bullies really bother me a lot. A lot, a lot.

Insulting players and coaches and spitting on us is simply wrong. You cannot go out and walk around town and just start insulting people or spit at them either.

I literally cringe every time I see someone trying to trash talk. Some people just don't have it and they try, and I find that funny.

I've never been in a place where I've wanted to be that nasty to someone.

The fact is, it wasn't enjoyable being in secondary school. I was a weird kid.

People could be really horrible, you know? They would threaten my parents.

I don't feed off of the boos, I don't feed off anything like that... No one likes to get booed, no one likes to get cussed out, no one likes to get yelled at by 20,000 fans when you go places.

People don't really care to be around you when you're going through tough times.

Guys come to play against Brazil and want to intimidate, putting their hands on us, talking, wanting to hit us.

I could hear from the crowd some monkey noises, and this went on for about 25 minutes. Every time I touched the ball, I could hear the crowd. I said to myself, 'In this kind of environment, in this situation, I don't want to play football anymore.'

I know I get abusive, very abusive, when I'm angry.

Every time I stepped on the practice field when I was in San Diego, I dreaded going to work. It wasn't any fun. I didn't like the people I was playing with. They didn't like me.

I got booed a lot of places.