Roberto Firmino Quotes

I did, but I'm not real fond of giving interviews.

I don't like giving interviews unless I have something to talk about. Why bore people and why bore media?

People always think I hate doing interviews. I don't. I wouldn't do them if I didn't like them.

I never mind doing press; it's never bothered me.

I didn't have any media training - I didn't have anybody but myself.

Most athletes are media shy. They keep to themselves and to their training. I'm not saying it is absolutely necessary for them to come out and face the cameras with confidence, but if they do, it will only help them. They will find themselves closer to their fans and will also get their word across more effectively.

Facing the press is not easy, but because you have to go, you have to try to take a lot of positive things for yourself from these face-to-face meetings.

I'm totally not media shy and do interviews all the time and go to events and totally play along and actually enjoy talking to journalists most of the time.

In an ideal world, everybody would find it easy to talk to the press... but not everybody is so excited.

I do give interviews, but I am generally media-shy because I am an introvert by nature.

I'm really not comfortable doing interviews in a group, in press conferences. One-on-one, I'm all right, but those press conferences at the All-Star Game, I just don't... I feel better when I'm by myself.

Yup, I'm not good at selling myself, my PR skills are atrocious.

Doing the press, it's part of my job, so I do it with a smile on my face, but I'm not comfortable in the hot seat.

Players shy away from talking to announcers today.

I think for more than half of my career, I have refrained from talking to the media.

If there were rankings for press conferences, I wouldn't have to worry about dropping out of the top five, I hope.

I'm not shy, exactly, but I am private. I don't like to talk about myself. I had to learn - I was interviewed for print, radio and even TV.

People say to me, 'You don't seem that interested in interviews.' Well, you know, I'm not, often. I'm not going to talk tactics with the press, so you are left with talking about how you are feeling; for me, it is not the most interesting thing to be doing.

When somebody wants to interview me, I've always got something to say.

There are times in my career where I can see it would be helped by having a bit more of a profile, but it's not like I refuse to do interviews, no, not at all.

I usually hate going around and doing press. It sort of stresses me out.

I get along fine with the press.

The way you personally communicate is 90 per cent of how you will be evaluated by any future employer.

I still can't believe that I went on 'The Colbert Report' myself; for the appearance I wore a lot of makeup, my hair was curled like a poodle's, and I could barely breathe in my Spanx undergarments. But, hey - an authoress has to lean in, right?

I'm the worst person about publicizing myself.