Theo Walcott Quotes

You can't let injuries dictate the outcome of a football game. You have to persevere and keep fighting. That is how we are. If there is a blade of grass to defend or take, we do it.

We just play, man. We go out there and we fight no matter the situation.

One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you come into a situation where you want to, and where you have to, reach down and prove something.

Everything that's going on within the peloton - there's about ten different races going on. There is also a survival element to it - I love the fact that it's so epic. You crash on a bike, the first thing you do is try and get back up on it. No whinging!

It's the playoffs. You find a way to get through.

As a decathlete, you take pride in saying, 'The elements, I'm not going to let them affect me. It's just the 11th event. Another thing you have to fight through.'

When you play on bad surfaces, you have to show your character and keep your concentration for the whole 90 minutes.

We don't always get our respect but you've got to deal with it and go out there every week and just win football games.

When I first started playing in a youth football league, I was the worst kid on the team. I quit the first year. And then the next year, I was still the worst kid - I didn't even play.

One should be brave. It's life, there will be ups and downs. It's only when you are down, that you get the strength to get back up.

After the leg break it was a very tough time. I'd be lying if I said I hadn't sometimes thought about stopping playing football.

Any injury I have had, I have come back stronger.

I've been in the boxing ring, taking punches to my face. I've always got back up.

I look at the opportunity to play football as a blessing and I think what doesn't kill you certainly makes you stronger.

I've dealt with adversity before, had injuries before. I didn't let that slow me down. It just changed my attitude about the game.

There were many times that I took such a big hit that I was dazed; I'm not going to lie. I'd see black, but I'm still looking for the puck. Where's the play going? I'm going to keep going. Same thing in figure skating. If I take a hard fall, I'm going to get up, and I'm going to do the next jump.

I feel like after my incident, it really made me realize football is not here forever. I'm all the more anxious to come out here and let my teammates know, 'Look, hey, this is the same JPP. Missing fingers aren't going to stop me from playing some ball.'

Messi is the world's best and gets physically attacked every game but all he ever does is get up and get on with it.

We'll not give up even if we're 12 points behind with one game left.

It's been a tough season for all of us, but all we can do is keep fighting and showing character to the end of the season

I got knocked down, I don't know how many years ago and I haven't been off my feet since, and I responded again against the best in division without the respect of having the chin I'm supposed to have.

You can be angry and pissed off at the coach and put your head down and pout. Or you can rise above it, respect the decision, but also know that you're going to go and work that much harder and prove everybody wrong. And that's the road that I chose.

Something deep in my character allows me to take the hits and get on with trying to win.

It's been a long road. I've been cut, I've been all over the place, but my mentality has never changed.

In the Champions League you need a certain level of perseverance, strength, dedication to scoring over 90 minutes.