Eniola Aluko Quotes

I remember when I was at St Mirren someone called me the ugliest thing they had seen at Tynecastle, and two minutes later I scored - it was brilliant. I just laugh it off - I agree with them most of the time!

My players know the 'fear' word or something like that does not go inside our dressing room. Never.

Basically, I think you need two things to get by in this world: a sense of humor and the ability to laugh when your ego is destroyed.

It's lovely to work with a group of actors who make you laugh and smile.

Your teammates give you the confidence. They give me the confidence all year, all postseason.

There's nothing like being a soldier for confidence or learning your limits or enduring utter humiliation.

I don't care what the haters and naysayers say. If they make jokes about me, I'll laugh because they'll probably be funny.

I'm not a good joke teller.

Humor is a very important part of leadership.

In the dressing room, you can never lose that group concept.

You can never really replicate the dressing-room environment and building something as a group of players.

I like to create a good atmosphere in the dressing room.

Having a sense of humor is a part of being courageous. It's a source of strength.

The best players I have seen and known have confidence in their teammates. They know that basketball's not a one-man game. That confidence brings out the best in everybody, because it's contagious.

The dressing-room environment is very difficult to replicate, camaraderie is very important.

My team-mates at Chelsea have told me about the 'Kante-facts.' It is just a bit of fun. I obviously do not cover 30 per cent of the surface of the earth.

When you're losing that tends to kind of build the character of everybody together.

Diego Costa is the one who plays around a lot, who jokes a lot in the dressing room. It's just his way, joking around with all of us, every hour of every day.

I could never make a joke about somebody unless I could say it to their face and they'd laugh.

We joke around a lot with our ballclub.

The game was much like our season. This game tested our toughness, our resilience, our unselfishness. It's only fitting that it turned out this way. This is a great bunch of guys to play with. I feel very, very grateful.

Comics who grew up surviving their childhood by being able to be the first one to make the joke about their weight or their hairy arms - like me - whatever they're insecure about, whatever they're apologizing for, that becomes their strength.

Yeah, you're probably right," I admitted and slowly pulled myself out from underneath the covers. "You know, I really wish you'd catch onto the fact that I'm always right.

I am not funny. The writers were funny. My directors were funny. The situations were funny… What I am is brave. I have never been scared. Not when I did movies, certainly not when I was a model and not when I did I Love Lucy.

I feel more confident in being able to be funny if I'm comfortable with the people I'm around. When you're friends with them, it just makes it all the better. Plus, shooting a movie, you're sitting on your ass for hours at a time, so if you have somebody there to mess around with and have fun, then it's great.