Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Quotes

Wenger never had faith in me.

As athletes, we all have egos, we all think we can help, and when you're not given that chance, it's hard to watch.

I knew I could play really well in one game, score the winning goal and then, come the next game, I wouldn't play at all or I might come off the bench for the last five minutes. So I was frustrated towards the end of my time at Spurs. I wasn't happy.

Sometimes it just doesn't translate to people. You just move on, and you feel bad because people worked so hard on it and everyone loved it... Everybody was treated so well and was going for something and trying to do the best work possible.

Revie said there was nothing between me and Ray yet he never gave me a chance to show what I could do.

I'm the classic case of a great player on a bad team, and it stinks.

When a manager doesn't have any interest in you, you can see that as a player.

I've not always played well for City, but I'd never been the scapegoat, coming off at half-time when in my head I thought I was having a decent game. It was weird, unnatural, it had never happened to me before and it felt like no matter what I did it wasn't good enough any more.

Being a fringe player is not the role I want.

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

I think with England, I look at myself and accept that I didn't do well enough; then, other times, I was playing my best football for United and England didn't happen.

I'm on my high school football team and MUST show how much I know.

I think I do deserve more than 11 carries. I think I really do.

Transfer speculation during the off-season does spur you on.

Almost always being among the reserves was the worst thing for me and for my confidence.

In games, you notice there's more sprints than in Bundesliga. It takes a while to get used to.

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.

I was usually asked to do less than I was capable of by directors who had lost control of their movie.

There never were any roles for my kind of acting. That's the story of my life.

Whoever is on the bench always says he isn't playing enough. I work hard and try to do my best. And I try to show on the pitch, even when I only get five minutes, that I can do something.

I think that's just the way football is supposed to be played, at a high speed.

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.

There are so many people who try so hard and have such big dreams, and it doesn't happen for them.

I firmly believe I never had too much of an opportunity after I left Cleveland. I was behind Jamaal Charles at Kansas City. I didn't get too much playing time. I felt when I got in I did well. And then I was in Tampa and never really got to touch the field because of Doug Martin. He's pretty good.

There's always competition in the national team.