Alan Pardew Quotes

It's a great feat for me to have broken my world record.

I finished three years ranked No. 1, so the ranking doesn't matter anymore.

I'm proud of my career as a player.

Your success can't be determined by your surname but only by your work.

I always want to push myself as far as possible; I always want to be up there and recognised as a good goalie and have people appreciate what you do.

There's probably nothing quite like crossing the finish line and seeing the clock read numbers that you have never seen before.

I pride myself on that, even though I'm kind of under the radar, when I step on the field, I try to do an admirable job.

My success rate speaks for itself.

I know some people expected me to be a Ballon d'Or winner.

It's good to break records, I love it.

I knew if I went home with the gold medal knowing that I could do better, I wasn't going to be very satisfied.

I never wanted the fans to remember me as anything but my best.

I won a silver medal. But really, I ended up running the fastest race of my life to become part of something that transcended the Games.

My dream is to win something here in Italy and I won't talk about scoring a specific number of goals. I just want to do the best I can.

My focus is on a ring, and giving the best individual performance I can.

I definitely want to be one of the best players in the history of the game. That's a good goal to have.

I was, in my first season, second top scorer, which is something people forget.

After I watched Tom Brady win the Super Bowl, it made me start to think that the only thing that marks greatness is consistency over a long period of time.

Everybody wants to come out and win the gold, and sometimes it takes a personal best, sometimes it doesn't. But to be able to have all those pieces come together, it's a great feeling.

I just want to do the best I can every time.

I think it's the opportunity to continue breaking records, either set by other people or by myself. I think that's what pushes me to always make the most of myself and be very demanding on myself.

Don't matter if I am playing on special teams, don't matter if I am playing linebacker: I want to be the best at what I am doing.

I do not chase after the records.

Scoring is easy for me.

I can't imagine doing anything cooler or better than what we did on 'The Stage' and felt like we're firing on all cylinders.