43 Thierry Henry Shareworthy Quotes
One of the most successful French footballers of all times, Thierry Henry currently manages the French football club Monaco. Born and raised in a suburb of Paris, Thierry was initially not enchanted with the game. But the good football facilities in his locality prompted him to join club at a young age. He was unstoppable from his teenage years itself and climbed the ladder to success and ended up in an Italian Club Juventus. But it was during his time at Arsenal that he became an all-time football legend. With 228 goals to his credits, Thierry is the all-time best goal scorer for the English club and has won several individual honours due to his incredible career as a striker. His quotes on football, games, sports, life, struggle, fitness and focus have been inspiring to his large fan-base across the globe. We have compiled a list of his best quotes taken from his interviews, commentaries and speeches.
People always see the goals, and for me, strikers are not only about scoring goals.
So few people recognize me, I can do what anyone does.
I've followed the NBA religiously since I was a kid, and now because of my boy Tony Parker, I'm a huge Spurs fan.
I am always honest, and I am not the sort of player to say, 'Oh, I love Arsenal' and then sign for someone else. I think if I was unhappy, I would say that, but I'm not. I do love Arsenal.
I'm obsessed by the idea of making my mark on history. And Arsenal is my paradise.
To say that my dad pushed me is an understatement. I was never naturally drawn to football.
I don't like to plan anything.
That is something that I always want to do when I arrive somewhere is to know about the culture of the country, about the club and make sure I know what it takes to wear the jersey.
My dad always taught me to never be satisfied, to want more and know that what is done is done.
I only deal in what is real. To be honest, I've never thought about what I could get out of football or where it would take me. I just wanted to play. I'm the same now.
And I don't really like golf. I know a lot of English footballers play, but I know that if I go with the club to play, sooner or later I will end up trying to smash the ball with my foot.
And I don't watch cricket. How can you like a game that requires you to take four days off work to follow a Test?
No, because retiring is stopping. If I wanted to stop, I would have stopped.
At the beginning, you are 20 and you can just imagine... don't get me wrong, but having money. Then you realise that it's not only about you and what you are doing but that you have to give back.
I have to say that when I was young, when any politician was talking I wasn't even interested. Maybe they were saying some nice stuff, but then if you put Michael Jordan on TV, I was interested!
Politicians are there to try to deal with stuff, but sometimes it's both fortunate and unfortunate that people like us have more... not involvement, but more power in the stuff that we say.
In football you always get judged on your last game. Whoever you are, or how amazing you are, it's the last game that everyone has seen.
I always think about what I missed, and I think that was my driving force - never be satisfied with what I've done.
That's the way I've been educated: I always think about what I missed and the things that you did, you did them, so you don't have to think about them any more.
So when I go home, sometimes, even when I had an amazing game, I always think about what I missed.
It's difficult to talk about Pele because I didn't see him.
So many people say that obviously my game has changed since I arrived here and I say that it's good that it changed, otherwise it would show a lack of intelligence.
Sometimes in football you have to score goals.
But one thing you need to do in the game, is to adapt and adjust your game to what you have been asked to do and also to what your body is telling you to do.
I may be French, but I'm playing for Arsenal.
But, at the moment, when I step on the pitch, when I have the ball I know it's mine. It's just a feeling.
When I was younger I was trying to do what I wanted to do, not what the game wanted me to do.
You learn from your mistakes.
But the moment I've got a ball at my feet, I'm happy.
I always have a football handy at home, and I'll play with it. Sometimes it'll get on my wife's nerves. But the moment I've got a ball at my feet, I'm happy.
