Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Quotes

I love working, wherever it is.

We have the hardest working people in the world, the most adaptable and the most congenial to employ.

There are always good parts. They may not pay what you want, and they may not have as many days' work as you want, they may not have the billing that you want, they may not have a lot of things, but - the content of the role itself - I find there are many roles.

Up until like five seconds ago, I just took what jobs came along.

We're all on a journey. The average American switches professions four times. I'm lucky to be in a business where I can change the character I am playing every couple of months.

I work with the options I have in front of me and my reasons for choosing a job can vary enormously depending on the circumstances. Sometimes I take a job because it's a group of people I'm dying to work with, and sometimes it can be a desire to shake things up a bit and not to take myself too seriously.

There are worse things than being constantly hired to do anything.

You have to adjust to what your team needs and what you're able to do.

I think the idea of a 'perfect job' is a myth - there are pros and cons of every position, good days and bad days, and even what most people would consider dream jobs come with their share of downsides.

A guy like me, it's probably pretty hard for somebody to pinpoint what position to have me do, where to put me all the time.

I definitely need to take a look at several positions. I'm going to be playing a little everywhere. As much as I know at every position is better off for me and is better off for the team.

I'm interested in long careers where you take detours.

Seven years I worked in landscaping. It was a good job, I don't complain. I liked going out to different houses every day, traveling.

My job description? It is many things; it is a whole universe created around the things that I like.

For me it's best to play midfield but if the team needs it, I can play anywhere.

It doesn't bother me what division I am managing in.

For India, it is all about whatever number they want me to bat and not the other way round.

It's about doing what the team needs me to do, not what I want to do or what I think I can do.

When your manager asks you to play in a position, you have to do it.

I think it's like any other job. If you want an extension as a reporter or a media guy or whatever you want to do, I think you are going to open up your ears to talking about a raise or whatever it might be. I'm in the same position.

At my age - 31, nearly 32 - the No. 9 role is perfect for me. But it is important to adapt to whatever the team and the coach need.

People no longer have one job for life, so it is right that younger generations adapt.

The thing I enjoy is that I have come to league as a union player, and I have to adapt to different situations I am facing.

Regarding my position, I feel really comfortable in any position up front.

My proudest thing in my career is that I was able to change it three times. And I'm happy about that. I couldn't have done the same thing my whole life; I would've gone nuts. I couldn't do it, because I do things based on impulsive excitement, and I'm just not that guy that can do something for 50 years and be excited about the same thing.