Nikita Parris Quotes

Since I was a child, I watched tapes of Baggio, Zico, and Maradona, and then I tried to replicate them just playing on my own against the wall. Certainly it's talent, but you have to cultivate that talent.

Those years in Denmark changed my game and how I played football.

When one goes to school, you don't have any idea of what you're going to learn. But as each day passes, you learn things. I believe sport is the same way. Some guys are born with a talent. But you have to nurture that talent and continue to learn.

You know, I was crap. But I had the commitment, and I had the understanding, that the basis of football is skill on the ball, and if you spend the time with it, you're gonna reap the rewards.

Every performer can get better. It's not about staying with what God gave you and doing nothing with it for the rest of your life.

What soccer and coaching gave me was sort of a stage.

Leipzig made me a better player.

I think every game in the NBA, I'm a lot better than I was before just by learning a lot.

When you're at a club like Liverpool, it's always about what you can do with the ball.

Playing for Barcelona's academy was a very important time for me and my career, as I learned a great deal here.

You are born with the talent; then you work with it. You develop the right mentality.

One thing you notice is, there's a lot of people with raw talent, and then there's people who take that talent and work hard.

I was not a very good football player when I started out.

If you have great talents, industry will improve them: if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency.

So for a year I spent all my time hiding from Jack Charlton in the car park practising my skills.

I play a lot of football, watch a lot of football, and think about football.

My understanding of the game has improved. The technical side has improved. All round I have improved in leaps and bounds at United. I learn something every day in training here and I am just loving it.

It is not my decision who plays in La Liga, the Champions League, or the Copa. In any case, I just do the best possible in each training session and in each game to be able to get a chance in La Liga.

If you want to play at Arsenal you need to be top, top, you need precision.

It's a complex sport; you're always learning.

At Liverpool, I studied Steven Gerrard all the time and improved my game that way. Here, I absorb all I can from Iniesta and Messi.

Football always changes. There are always new players coming in at your club or young players coming through with your club or England. You have to be ready, given 100%, improve, and get better.

Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso was always bemused by our enthusiasm for tackling, because he saw it as the last resort.

I really like Ronaldinho. He is the player I have watched the most and tried to copy the most, but I am still learning.

I learnt to do bicycle kicks watching Robinho on the television.