Jamie Redknapp Quotes

I'm enjoying myself this year and for once I'm not chasing my fitness.

In his youth Michael Owen was literally a greyhound.

We need to win something for the fans because they have been patient and very understanding and we owe them.

You've got to do it all, the physical as well as the skilful.

Me Grandad is 74 and he's football bananas, so me nan gets loads of grief.

Frank Lampard has a vision for seeing things.

I've always loved wearing a suit. When you have on a crisp shirt and a tie you always feel like you're going somewhere. It feels like a bit of an occasion.

Physically and mentally I'm stronger right now because an injury is not playing on my mind all the time.

Only one thing can stop Luis Suarez from being voted as the Players' Player of the Year... his fellow players.

Suarez will improve and he will get better.

There is pressure every day as a footballer.

I enjoy spending time at home or going out for a quiet meal in a restaurant.

You look at Patrick Vieira and Emmanuel Petit at Arsenal or Roy Keane at Man United, and they are players that can do everything.

I suppose it hacks me off sometimes when people go on about all the other stuff, because I have really worked hard at my game, and I've been incredibly dedicated in getting myself fit, and getting my game right.

It's not enough just being a good passer of the ball.

It's a horrible feeling - there's nothing worse for any player than to be thinking at the back of your mind that there's something wrong with you.

People ask me why I keep getting injured but I have just had to accept it is one of those things that happen.

Gareth Bale literally has three lungs

I know I'm 25 now, but there's still that little lad inside me who likes his dad there to see him.

My dad knows the business, and he tells me I've got to do what's best for me.

My guilty pleasure is One Direction.

But I just want to be known for my football.

I've had two or three injuries when with England and it's been a bit bizarre.

I'm a footballer, that's my job and that's all I want to be known for.

Sometimes, you just get a label and it sticks.

You have to be physical - that's the way it is in a midfield in the modern game.

You have to be professional and think about the future.

I haven't achieved as much as I should have done in my career.

I am a positive person and do not allow things to get on top of me.

At no point was my career under threat, so I always knew that I would get back into action.

The way I am, I like to look forward instead of looking back.

You can't just play on the edge of games - you have to be in the thick of it.

I never got to the point when I felt like running away from it all.

When you play a team with as much attacking power as Barcelona and you restrict them to one shot on target in the second leg, you are doing something right. Have the best football team gone through? Yes. Have the best organised team gone through? No.

I've worked on the physical side and I think I'm a player that can do most things.

From a personal point of view I want some medals because that is what you aim for when you start out playing.

I haven't counted, obviously, but I reckon I've lost over a year and a half of my career through injury so far.

As I say, you get labeled. To stop all that, I've got to win things - that's the only way you make your mark.

Although my dad Harry is the manager of West Ham, we get on very well.

But what goes on in my life outside of the game should be my business.

People have always thought of me as a passer of the ball, but you can't just be that these days.

People always seem to be interested in my private life because I'm married to a pop star.

Arsenal's width comes from wide areas.

The ball was coming down like a butterfly with sore feet.

You want to win things and I am at a club where we have the players to do that.

I have always passed the ball and worked on that part of my game.

I'm looking out for myself, but I'm looking out for my dad, too.

But there's no point in looking back and saying I was unlucky.