Jermain Defoe Quotes

I was only used as a fullback at K-State - I wish I was used more.

My dad had a lot of bad luck. You could see his suffering, his terrible suffering, living a life that was disappointing and looking for another one.

I'm disappointed that I really haven't been able to race in a way that is reflective of the amount of work that I have done and how I have trained. But I don't regret giving this a go.

Playing eight years, never making the playoffs, you feel like you're running on a treadmill that's going nowhere. You're like, 'Is this it? Is this all football is?'

I wasn't playing at Arsenal, and I was frustrated. I was doing everything I could do, looking after myself, scoring, and playing in the Europa League then when the cup came, but it wasn't enough for me, and I wanted more.

I think it's very difficult when you're constantly on the bench and waiting for your time to come on and make an impression.

I wanted to prove myself on the pitch, but I didn't have many chances, so it put a lot more pressure on every single game that I played. I found myself in situations where I was so keen to show my qualities, but many times it worked against me and I was punished for being too eager.

Sometimes it is tough and frustrating to sit on the bench.

I've been dropped out of many movies at the last minute so that hurts because you feel sheer helplessness because you know how good you could've been in that role.

I have an enormous sense of having failed in life.

I kept giving up runs. It was, for sure, a rough road and a very rocky one. I enjoyed my time there, but not as much as I could have if I would have pitched well.

I hated my work. It never seemed to me to be what I should be doing.

I don't very often think I've done a good job. I don't like the majority of what I do. I shouldn't say I don't like it, but I'm not satisfied with almost everything that I do.

I'm disappointed about how my career ended.

It's always frustrating when you leave people on base.

Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them.

The treble parade would have been the most perfect moment of my footballing life, but for the two people standing behind me, clearly already plotting their next move.

You know you have more to offer, and it gets frustrating when you aren't given the chance.

My biggest criticism is how can people be so easily satisfied? Even people with talent.

Discontent arises from a knowledge of the possible, as contrasted with the actual

The faces of most American women over thirty are relief maps of petulant and bewildered unhappiness.

The worst part about not playing is when you think that you are ready to do it. You try to get more minutes, taking the chances, but you end up in a situation where things have not gone well for you for weeks - or for years. That is like swimming wet clothes.

Our lives are not what we deserve; they are, let us agree, in many ways deficient.

You always have the nightmare of, you know, working with the guy that you've just admired forever, and then he's just totally disengaged and awful to be around.

You can finish the day's filming or the whole shoot or watch something months later and think you could have done it so much better. It's frustrating.