Alex Iwobi Quotes

At Milan, Kaka used to work even when we had two or three days off. And our fitness coach, Daniele Tognaccini, made him run.

This is no ordinary nine to five day job and I have a 24/7 in terms of my boxing and my career as a professional sportsman.

Take a look at all of them: Marichal, Jenkins, Spahn - what do you think made them successful? They conditioned their arms by pitching more, not less, starting from when they signed their first contract.

What does being an athlete mean? It means I have to be a little selfish again. I have to put my career sort of ahead of everything else - and I don't like doing that.

I started with Paul Le Guen. He told me to double up in positions if he was missing a left back or a midfielder. From that moment, it was clear in my mind that I would be a professional footballer, and I began working even faster to get there.

I want to play until I'm 38.

It's never nice to sit on the bench. Everybody knows it is not what you want as a professional footballer but it's about responding and coming back.

I've always liked Deron Williams because has the same mentality as me.

As long as I can play at a certain level, that's what I'll do.

Mesut is a great player and he also works hard off the ball.

Marquinhos is very good in the middle, as in defence. He is an incredible player who must and always wants to improve.

Maybe I wish I could be out there on the big occasions playing like I did at my peak, but I certainly don't miss the six and seven hours a day practice that went hand in hand with being world champion in the nineties - or losing to guys knowing that it would never have happened when I was at my best.

Since a very young age, I've dreamt of being a professional soccer player, and from a psychological and mental aspect, I've tried to prepare myself to be a good player.

People really don't understand how hard it is and what it takes to be a WWE Superstar.

If someone like Cristiano arrives at the club, then inevitably you will improve.

Players like Alastair Cook do not come around very often. To play for so long and achieve so much says everything about his fitness, concentration, discipline and skill.

As a player, you have to assess how fit you are and look at your performance graph - how long you are delivering. Take Imran Khan's case: he played till 39.

I want to be a top player.

I want to become a world-class player.

It's not easy to be a footballer.

I'm very happy with Bale. He loves playing for Real Madrid, and he's got a chance to show what a wonderful footballer he can be.

That is what all the top players do and if you want to be the best you know you are going to get marked.

If he is having a bad game, a team-mate might feel Paul Scholes is not quite on his game, but a spectator wouldn't notice. Scholes, of all the players I have played with, has the highest bottom level.

I want to be regarded as a world-class midfielder.

To me, I just play baseball, whether I have the contract or not.