Troy Deeney Quotes

I wish I was a great writer or a great journalist or a great scientist or a great artist; I'm not.

As for me not playing for England, I've got no regret at all.

I'm 47 years old, and I have to accept the fact that I'm probably not going to set the world on fire... If I was going to do that, I would have done it by now.

I always wanted to play in the Super Bowl. That never happened. It hurts. I'm not going to lie about it. It's reality. You deal with it.

I came to England because I thought it would help me to get back in the Brazilian national team.

The World Cup is the World Cup, and I'm sad I won't play in it; that's my only regret. But to play a friendly with my national team, I did it many times, so it's not something I'm missing.

Obviously, when I was playing in the Championship, I always dreamed about playing for England, putting on the jersey.

I don't think anyone ever turns down their national team opportunity, but I think it has to be at the right time.

I experienced great sadness with our elimination from the 1990 World Cup, with many penalties. I still have that feeling of injustice in me.

To miss out on the top four in Europe is heartbreaking, really.

I waited for the opportunity to be invited to play for the national team of Nigeria, and immediately, they found me worthy; I did not waste time to honour the call.

I am going to graduate school, but that ain't got nothing to do with football.

I remember coming out of college thinking, 'OK, I'm gonna get an agent, and I'm gonna make money. I'm gonna make millions of dollars.' And that never happened.

I have taken a leap forward at United which has allowed me to get into the national side.

I did very little at Real Madrid. I would have liked to do much more but I didn't get the chance.

I was always happy to play for the Dutch national team.

I tried to do everything on the pitch to play at the World Cup. It wasn't enough.

I try to show myself at Liverpool, and when I come to the national team, I try to show myself in training or in games.

When you give up something as big as playing for England there are going to be moments when you miss it.

Winning the title in my first season at City was a dream come true, but the downside was not being selected for Spain's World Cup squad.

To not play in the Champions League is a disappointment, something negative.

You have a lot of guys who've been given opportunities in the league. I'm not one of those guys.

Losing is part of football.

If I were to finish my career without a title, I would certainly be disappointed. But I don't think it would be something that would eat away at me... I think I certainly would be able to live with it.

I always look forward to playing for my national team, especially at a major tournament.