Bradley Wright-Phillips Quotes

It is a violent sport that we choose as men, and that we as parents allow our children to play.

I went for a tackle with Radamel Falcao against Colombia, and he just dropped to the floor. I said to him 'Just get up!'

My goal is to beat you whether you're clean or dirty.

If you don't want to play clean football then go up into the stands.

I started out as a football player. I liked to inflict pain. In basketball, it was the same thing.

There are no gentlemen in anything competitive - you want to win.

Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting.

My whole life I've hated to lose, no doubt about it. I've been guilty of that since I was 6 years old, at camp. I have always played to win. That's who I am. But I never hurt anybody. The problem is when you're perceived as being too aggressive where you hurt somebody or do something improper.

I'm not an aggressive person, but obviously on the sporting field I'll do whatever it takes.

In all sports, people get competitive; things happen that shouldn't happen.

It's the most violent sport there is.

Sport is dirty if you want to win, but I am not a dirty player.

If you worry about hurting your opponent you are probably in the wrong game, because it can happen. I wouldn't wish ill on anyone. I wanted to knock him out, not hurt him badly.

If you watch me play, you'll see how often I get kicked. I don't go off the pitch and cut myself to act like I've been kicked.

Teams are always hitting me in the gut, trying to grab me when I jump and stuff like that. But I expect it.

I am physical, not aggressive. Well, aggressive with the ball, but I don't kick people.

I like to bump people, to feel me getting into somebody's jersey. I'm just different. I like contact, like physical play, like pushing and holding. But I'm not dirty.

Playing dirty has never been part of my game.

I want to show in a violent sport like our sport, you don't need to hurt anybody in order to win.

There's shouting, there's blood, there's boogers, there's a whole thing. I mean, there's spitting, there's fighting, there's ripped jerseys. There's someone grabbing someone's throat. I mean, it's why you have football.

Opponents know how to get the fouls and it's gone against me a couple of times.

I am not a big supporter of sledging or insults that are hurled at you. But I don't mind if a bowler glares or stares at the batsmen. During my career, I have faced these situations numerous times.

I don't complain if I get a hard tackle.

I never wanted anybody to think that I deliberately hurt opponents. The vast majority of players are the same.

Check my records: you'll find I've never caused a bad injury to a player.