Quotes by Thierry Henry

About Thierry Henry:

Thierry Daniel Henry is a retired French professional footballer, who played as a forward. He played for Monaco, Juventus, Barcelona, New York Red Bulls and spent eight years at Arsenal where he is the club's all-time record goalscorer. At international level he represented France and is his country's record goalscorer.
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So when I go home, sometimes, even when I had an amazing game, I always think about what I missed.

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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.

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You learn from your mistakes.

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When I was younger I was trying to do what I wanted to do, not what the game wanted me to do.

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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.

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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.

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I always think about what I missed, and I think that was my driving force - never be satisfied with what I've done.

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Because that's just the way it is, and don't sleep on what you did before, you know, because it can... not hurt you, but you can find yourself sleeping on something that happened in the past, but you dare to progress and there is always room for prog...

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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!

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No, because retiring is stopping. If I wanted to stop, I would have stopped.

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But the moment I've got a ball at my feet, I'm happy.

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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.

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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.

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I don't like to plan anything.

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I am a believer in passing the ball on the ground, I was lucky to be part of teams like that at Arsenal, with the French national team and with Monaco and at Barcelona. I know you can win in other ways, but I believe that is the way football should b...

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I may be French, but I'm playing for Arsenal.

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It's difficult to talk about Pele because I didn't see him.

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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.

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So few people recognize me, I can do what anyone does.

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At the end of the day, you either want or you don't want to know about it. It's a mercy thing - you have to give back. However you do it, you have to give something back. You have to.

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Author Bio

  • NameThierry Henry
  • DescriptionFrench association football player
  • AliasesThierry Daniel Henry; Titi Henry
  • BornAugust 17, 1977
  • CountryFrance
  • ProfessionAssociation Football Player
  • AwardsKnight Of The Legion Of Honour