Jordan Henderson Quotes

I've always swung the same way. The difference is when I swing and miss, people say, 'He's swinging for the fences.' But when I swing and make contact people say, 'That's a nice swing.' But there's no difference, it's the same swing.

There's a lot more pressure on me at United. There are people out there trying to shoot you down.

We know that if you have a good game, you are God, and if you misplace five passes in a row, they want to kick you out of Madrid. You have to find the middle ground.

We are at a massive club here at Manchester United and if things aren't going as well as they should be then there is always going to be people wanting to have a dig and a pop at you.

A footballer must be prepared to be welcomed when all is well and to receive criticism when things are not working out. Of course, it is not easy nor pleasant to hear negative things about you.

If you have lost matches and not played to potential, criticism will come your way. Critics and media will say what they see and take you on. They will say things which you might not like to hear. But that's professional sport.

The thing was, if I had a bad game, I was 'the Man United reject.' If I had a good game, it was 'Man United star on loan.' And I just thought, 'I don't need that anymore.' One minute, I was hero; the next minute, I was zero. I just didn't need it. I'd rather just play football.

But Liverpool is a big club, and expectations are high, so it is normal that you are going to be criticised.

When you play quarterback in the NFL, you're going to get scrutinized.

When a striker misses a chance, people say he should have scored, but five minutes later, they don't talk about it anymore.

I think after doing a few shows now, people are ready to put me down.

I think maybe in a way it gets worse because you come in with a real reputation and they've paid you lots of money and all that.

The difficulty with any sort of esteem is that more is expected of you.

From my own point of view, I hope everybody would realise that people who work in Scottish football - referees included - are always under terrific scrutiny.

When your results are good, you are obviously going to have a lot of press. And when you start to falter a little bit, you are going to have some criticism, and there is nothing abnormal in that.

When you're 0-2 in the Super Bowl, they say unkind things about you. They say, 'He can't win the big one.' And that's the worst thing that can be said about you.

Soccer is the most difficult business that we're in, because one day you're on top, and the next day you're very low.

I'm going to have fans and I'm going to have people who don't like everything I do. All I can really do is go to work and do my job.

The skating community is very fickle. And with me, they're especially fickle for whatever reason. Maybe I bring it on myself, but if you don't prove yourself and you don't skate consistently, then they can very easily write you off and bring somebody from behind you and put them in your place.

I knew the pressure would be huge. I knew Manchester United was a massive club and a big challenge for me. Hopefully I'm proving to people that I can rise to the challenge.

Football's football, it can change very quickly. I know that, I've experienced that many times.

I am extremely proud to be appointed England manager. However, I am also conscious getting the job is one thing; now I want to do the job successfully.

When you play cricket for India, you are always under the scanner. You are always judged by others; you have to live up to it all.

When you play with a big club, you need to get results every single day, even more when a homegrown player goes into the first team. It's not easy.

At Arsenal and the so-called big clubs, you always know that there will be a bigger spotlight on every single position.