Football Mindset Quotes

In football, you always look forward, and it's about the next game you play.

I've always enjoyed the coaching side, working with young players, trying to improve them and to make them not only see football different but to see life differently.

My philosophy was simple. I was trying to score when I got the football in my hand. There was no question about that.

I have always tried to live football from a survivalist perspective.

You need a certain type of balance in life and I know where to put football in its proper place. But my love for the game, I have it just like everybody else. If you don't, you're going to get yourself hurt out there.

I'm not going to lie: I'm a competitive player. I think there's no point playing football if you're not competitive and you don't want to win games.

I think how football works, the way you have to look at football, that is the difference between Leicester and Newcastle. There is big motivation here to keep growing and to get better here at Leicester. I didn't feel they had it at Newcastle.

Three rules for coaching: 1.) Surround yourself with people who can't live without football. 2.) Recognize winners. They come in all forms. 3.) Have a plan for everything.

Confidence is sky high, but we're also all very grounded. We know, in football, nothing can be taken for granted.

If we win 1-0, I don't care if the goalkeeper scores.

I never felt I would get to the stage where I would to have to actively think about retiring from international football as I always thought it would pass me by.

I think I needed to hit the reset button and figure out how I want to play football. I want to play football at a smooth, calm level.

All I do is try to do my best, and I try to enjoy my football as well.

I think you need to be aggressive. That's offensive football.

You do get a chance to think about things when you're at home, but that is when you want to relax and forget about football for a bit. Honestly, you don't really get time to stop and think about things. We have a job to do. That is all we concentrate on, going game by game.

I don't really put too much pressure on myself. The only time people feel pressure is when they put it on themselves and listen to the outside stuff. I have great teammates and great coaches that do the right things around me that allows me to just focus on the game of football.

To me, football is so much about mental toughness, it's digging deep, it's doing whatever you need to do to help a team win and that comes in a lot of shapes and forms.

Here's what I always tell people: It's a mentality that you have to have in the NFL. It isn't about if you have the athleticism. When they bring you in, you've already shown what you can do athletically.

I don't think about scoring more goals than a team-mate, only to score.

First I was still excited and elated about winning the Rhodes scholarship. That was an amazing feat. But then I put my iPod on and started listening to my pre-game music and started to switch my mind to football and was just hoping that the jet would land as quickly as possible so that I could get on the field and help my teammates win the game.

When it comes to football, I think it's vital you always enjoy playing, and when I arrived at Anfield, I was determined to do just that, whatever anyone else said.

In football, you can win; you can lose. The most important thing is the feeling and the attitude that you show on the pitch.

To any young kid who wants to be a footballer, I would simply say: Have fun playing football and enjoy the team - spirit. That's the right attitude; that will bring you pleasure and fulfillment in football. A baker cannot live on bread he made yesterday, and a footballer cannot live on his last game. It's about the here and now.

I think, as a midfielder, you need to have that aggression as part of your game.

I never worry about injury. When you go out there, you're playing football. And when you start worrying about those things, that's more when they happen, playing timid or keeping it in the back of your mind.