Ruben Loftus-Cheek Quotes

Everybody expects you to play well, and when you don't have the results, that's tough.

Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.

I was 19 years old, pumping gas and going nowhere. I was kind of a high school dropout at that point because I had left school to play hockey, but no one drafted me.

I'm disappointed about how my career ended.

When I was at Kingsoft, I was under pressure and worked hard, but the results were not satisfactory.

It is bitter to think of one's best years disappearing in this unpolished country.

It's difficult when you're young and you're not playing for your club.

There never were any roles for my kind of acting. That's the story of my life.

Chelsea was the most difficult time. In the middle of the season, I already knew that I wouldn't play again, because the club had decided I wouldn't play. It was a frustrating decision because I felt rather good, and I thought that I could contribute something.

I never got a lead role and I make no bones about it.

No team wanted me. No overseas team. Not even a D-League team.

Probably the biggest thing for me was my Wrestlemania match getting cut; I don't think I ever really mentally recovered from that.

The players you really feel bad for are the younger players, who haven't had a chance to experience playing in a World Cup.

I very much regret that I haven't been taken more seriously. I would love to have been at the National or the RSC.

It was frustrating at Arsenal, obviously. For a year and a half, it went from bad to worse. I could no longer continue like that. I could not bring myself to spend another year at Arsenal and remain a reserve, even a second reserve.

The hardest thing in the world is to watch someone you love really not be able to get themselves together and really struggle on a level so bad when it seems and it appears that they have it all.

I'm not going to lie: I fell out of love with football for a little bit because I had some good performances but then just didn't get the chance to play on.

I got really depressed when Sidney Moncrief lost to Larry Bird. That really depressed me.

It's difficult losing, but it's even more difficult when you didn't make a shot. I could see the ball just didn't go your way on an out-of-bounds play or something like that, but when you're just not making them, it's frustrating.

It is always disappointing when you miss a match.

It's so disappointing to put in your best, hard work and then find the film flopping at the box office for no fault of yours.

In my head, I felt if I'd stayed at City and got a chance, I could have done a good job. It was made clear that wasn't going to happen, though.

It is always annoying when you cannot play and cannot help the team.

Mark Hughes really liked me, because he played me in a lot of games, but for some reason I just couldn't hit the form I wanted. It was nothing personal against him or the way he did things.

I've enjoyed so little success as a professional player.