Thierry Henry Quotes

What makes the difference between a great player and just a normal player is dedication, work, commitment.

Sometimes in football you have to score goals.

I can't understand why Scholes has never won the player of the year award. He should have won it long ago. Maybe it's because he doesn't seek the limelight like some of the other 'stars'.

There are many things I want, and the only way I will get them is to keep my head down, listen to the right people and work hard

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

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

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’ll never forget the club or him I don’t see Arsenal without Arsene Wenger

You kind of never leave Arsenal. How many comebacks do you make? At one point it will turn out to be a bad move. We all love the first Rocky but I'm not too sure about the last one.

I can't stay in the box and wait for the ball. I can't - I would die.

When I go home, sometimes, even when I had an amazing game, I always think about what I missed.

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.

People always see the goals, and for me, strikers are not only about scoring goals.

You can never have enough trophies. If there were ten to be won a year I'd want to win them all! That's not being greedy, it's just a natural thing.

I take the ball, I go wide, I cross, I shoot, but when the moment beckons, I am ready to make the difference.

My dad always taught me to never be satisfied, to want more and know that what is done is done.

A lot of different races and nationalities play football, so it is a good way to try and stop racism.

There's nothing I'm scared of in football.

You learn from your mistakes.

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.

I eat football, I sleep football. I am not mad I am just passionate

There's just something about Highbury that is difficult to describe. When you first arrive, you hardly see the stadium and wonder where it is but then you find it between two blocks of flats

Ledley King would get the ball off you without you even noticing he's the only defender in England who doesn't hold onto you, and he sometimes still gets the ball off my feet easily.

I can’t think of a striker in the world who has scored so many important goals, never mind a midfielder.

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.

I would love this place to be my garden. (on Arsenal's old stadium)

I hope you have enjoyed watching as much as I have enjoyed taking part.

I'm obsessed by the idea of making my mark on history. And Arsenal is my paradise.

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.

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

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.

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.

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?

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

It's not about me, it's about how I can help my team to achieve more. And I do that through scoring goals.

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.

In New York it seems like there's no Monday or Saturday or Sunday. The town is always moving. The vibe is great.

We all love the first Rocky, but I’m not too sure about the last one.

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!

People are talking about me more than they talk about Eastenders.

What Leo does is so incredible that I have to be careful not to stand still watching him make his moves.

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

Quite simply, it is true that I can be a pig! It is not a lie to say that. Sometimes, I feel that I am in the right even when I am wrong.

It is important for me to feel at home.

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.

I like to score a proper goal, you know - a passing move.

Being seen as the best striker in Europe doesn't spur me on-it's helping my team to success. That's my only aim. I'm not a machine.

I have the possibility to watch Messi in training each morning, and because of what he demonstrates he is the best player in the world

Sometimes being young and confident is better than being old with experience...when I was young I wasn't scared about anything