Robert Green Quotes

The Championship is such a tough division.

With Tenerife, we had to fight in the most difficult second division in Spain with Atletico Madrid, Sevilla, and Real Betis, and we were promoted. I know you have to fight until the last day. We were promoted in the last game.

I would like to win the Premier League.

I was relegated with West Ham and you never forget that. Going down, playing in the Championship, I constantly remind myself of that. I still remember the feeling, without doubt, I wouldn't allow myself to forget it.

I did good in the Premier League.

Nothing is given in the Premier League, and it is tough for spots.

You don't play 162 games without facing some adversity during the course of the year.

Don't matter what they throw at us. Only angry people win football games.

I can't believe I survived, not only my life, but I am still playing football 'cause half of those eight or nine years I don't even remember.

It's very hard to retain the Premier League.

I've been through nine camps, and they're all a little bit different, but at the end of the day, it's just football.

We have been out of the top-flight for 16 years and I am thrilled for the whole club and our incredible fans that we are back in the Premier League.

I remember when I was first time in Serie A, we were down the bottom, no one was speaking about Cagliari. And we were safe, one day before the final match. With Parma, we went down, but we were positive right to the end. There are the little details, but you have to continue.

If you lose a title, perhaps it's because your rivals are better than you are. But to be demoted from the top flight is really heartbreaking.

In League Two, it wasn't easy. You quickly learn how important it is to win games.

Relegation - that's pressure.

At the start of the season, everyone says you want to go up automatic because the play-offs are intense. But if you go up through the play-offs, it's the best feeling because it's Wembley. But to lose there, I would not like to be on the end of that.

It's very exciting, everyone wants to see Aston Villa back in the Premier League and kicking on from there. It's great to see this club with such a rich history of being in the top flight, it's an exciting prospect.

Failure is inherent in the game. So if you don't respond well to adversity, you're probably not going to have a long career.

I'm happy in the Premier League.

I am a fighter. I learned it at Genk in my first year when we were fighting against going down. Also, at Bremen last year, it was very difficult. We had to fight more often than not. I will fight again to earn my place.

Man City are a top team, but there are a lot of top teams in this division because the Premier League is the best league in Europe.

Something deep in my character allows me to take the hits and get on with trying to win.

I don't like to lose, and that isn't so much because it is just a football game, but because defeat means the failure to reach your objective. I don't want a football player who doesn't take defeat to heart, who laughs it off with the thought, "Oh, well, there's another Saturday." The trouble in American life today, in business as well as in sports, is that too many people are afraid of competition. The result is that in some circles people have come to sneer at success if it costs hard work and training and sacrifice.

When I was a young fellow I was knocked down plenty. I wanted to stay down, but I couldn't. I had to collect the two dollars for winning or go hungry. I had to get up. I was one of those hungry fighters. You could have hit me on the chin with a sledgehammer for five dollars. When you haven't eaten for two days you'll understand.