Peter Crouch Quotes

I'd grown up an athletic child, a competitive soccer player since age 4, with stints ranging from months to years in gymnastics, softball, volleyball.

When I watched the Premier League on the telly, I didn't expect it to be that hard. The opponents are all physically strong, real athletes. It wasn't like that in Germany. You must be prepared for it. But I prepared myself for it.

I try to be as fit as I can, eating well and sleeping well, because I know how intense it is here in the Premier League, especially when you play big games like Liverpool or Tottenham.

Every game is tough for me because the level of competition is so high in the Premier League, and every time you have to be at your best.

I was 20 years old when I started playing in the Premier League. Maybe mentally I wasn't quite prepared for it, and that has earned me a reputation.

Since a very young age, I've dreamt of being a professional soccer player, and from a psychological and mental aspect, I've tried to prepare myself to be a good player.

My head has just been all about wanting to play regular football in the Premier League.

In my day, 20-year-olds already had 150 first-team appearances under their belts.

I started playing for a team called Cosmos in the Tandridge League before I went for a two-week trial with Palace. They must have liked what they saw.

I've always dreamed of being a professional athlete.

I believe that the Premier League is the best league in the world, and having played in the Premier League for such a long time, it is to my advantage, and I know what to expect.

I have been in sport in different areas for long enough to know what my life is day to day.

My best ability was in just being ready when I was called upon. Then, I would be fit, and my legs would be light. If you sulk and are on the bench, and the gaffer calls you on, you are not ready because there's something going on in your head.

I know what I'm capable of doing. I just want to stay fit and healthy and let my football take care of itself.

I'm just going to continue focusing on becoming a better football player, attacking the offseason with the mindset of getting stronger and doing everything that I can to show that when the time comes, I'm ready to play football.

When it comes to peaking at the right time, I have to thank my coach Mike Holmes: he is a genius.

I'm really happy with my first season in the Premier League: I played 38 games and managed to stay injury-free.

I'm naturally fired up. I'm naturally excited to play each and every time I lace the shoes up.

I really wanted to play in the Premier League, which I'd been watching since I was a youngster every Saturday or Sunday before I'd go and play for Rosario Central.

I realise the Premier League is a very tough league and I know I have to be stronger.

The NBA is 95% mental and 5% physical, so it's more in my favor now with me being older.

I wanted to play in the Premier League and Bolton offered me that opportunity at that time and that was why I signed for Bolton.

It's always something that's played on my mind, being an Olympian, so hopefully we get there and do the job at the World Cup.

I knew I was going to be a sportsman.

When I was little, my dream was to come and play in the Premier League. So when Chelsea came in, I said yes straight away.