Neil Robertson Quotes

I've been able to do pretty well. I don't work as many consecutive nights as I used to, but I'm still working over 100 nights a year, so that's good for me.

You learn to understand it, but if you step back, you do think it is either strange or unfair. But I know that if you don't score, play well or win, you are wrong to have a helicopter and fly home each week to see your kids. You are wrong to have a business outside of football.

I have two main reasons for retiring. The first is I can no longer play at a level I was accustomed to in the past. That has been very, very frustrating to me throughout this past year. The second one is realizing my health, along with my family, is the most important thing in the world.

My first few years in the league, I was relying on my athleticism to get me by, because that's what got me to the NBA. The problem with that is, you end up getting really, really tired by February.

I'm just happy I get paid to train every day and play football. I can't ask more than that.

I'm more than blessed to be able to play a PE sport for money.

I want to put myself in the best position to stay out on the floor.

Oh, I get a little tired now and then, but knowing my lifestyle, that's only natural.

I got to the pinnacle of the sport for a reason and that's to make money. I didn't come here just to give handouts.

As a batter you are generally playing a mental game most of the time and having too long to prepare can work against you - you can almost fry yourself out before a Test match or feel slightly fatigued two games in because you have spent too long preparing.

Oddly enough you'd think, now that I wasn't training professionally, I'd be able to enjoy a lie-in at the weekend, but I actually slept more when I was competing because I was so tired.

That's your dream, to get paid and take care of your family. But you still want to win, too.

You don't have to give up your dreams in order to earn a living - they can go hand in hand.

In my normal life, I am a private person doing a proper job.

I don't feel this overwhelming pressure to play or to 'make money.' That's not my driving goal.

Sometimes it's more tiring being at home with your child than it is being at work! But I thrive on variety, so if you can get a good balance in your life, then I think that's the key.

You're coming off the training pitch properly tired. You'd be empty. You couldn't go and do extra finishing.

They tried to make my dad play professional basketball. But he was married young, too, at 20 years old. He wanted to have a family and said that money was not enough.

Sometimes I think it would be nice to be in a warm office every day. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining because I know how lucky I am to be playing football for a living. The positives by far outweigh the negatives.

My sister was an athlete. Every time she came home during her break, I would accompany her. Initially, I took part in school sports, but gradually, my sister encouraged me to take it up professionally.

As long as I am working, I am grateful and happy.

Since long workdays lead to more errors, shorter workdays could reduce accidents. Overtime is deadly. Tired surgeons have been found to be more prone to slip'ups, and soldiers who get too little shuteye are more prone to miss targets.

I am used to working long hours with no sleep.

I've crossed every bridge to become a Premier League goalkeeper, I think I'm going in the right direction and I think I'm mature as a goalkeeper.

Wow, you're never allowed to sleep late again. You're crankier than a fat guy in stilettos.