If you don't play for your club regularly, you won't play for England. — Darren Bent Copy Share Image
All strikers go through periods when you score goals and don't score goals. — Darren Bent Copy Share Image
I think Brendan Rodgers as a coach and a manager is absolutely superb. — Darren Bent Copy Share Image
If you want ambition in the game you should be looking to captain a side like Aston Villa. — Darren Bent Copy Share Image
I had two great years at Sunderland and I hope that's how people remember me up there, playing well and scoring goals… — Darren Bent Copy Share Image
In football you get forgotten very quickly, especially when you're not playing. — Darren Bent Copy Share Image
It's unfair to judge Zaha on his time at Manchester United because he was young. — Darren Bent Copy Share Image
When you meet up with England, you can feel tense and think to yourself: 'Where's that goal going to come from?' — Darren Bent Copy Share Image
My dads a big Chelsea man, so I used to go and watch them a lot too, because he would take me,… — Darren Bent Copy Share Image
Every time you play for your country it is like you are on trial to be honest. — Darren Bent Copy Share Image
A footballer's life can be a bit lonely at times but you have to keep going. — Darren Bent Copy Share Image
It's a massive trial, if you like, playing for your country. Every time you're on the pitch, or in a training session,… — Darren Bent Copy Share Image
It's crazy, I never thought I would see Wayne Rooney in the Championship. I thought he could have gone to Asia and… — Darren Bent Copy Share Image
When I say Pochettino's greatest achievement at Spurs, people will say 'He got them to a Champions League final' but is that… — Darren Bent Copy Share Image
Luka was always stretching. That's maybe why he's supple and extremely flexible. You can tell from the way he moves with a… — Darren Bent Copy Share Image
Playing in the Premier League comes with pressure anyway. It has the best players in the world and you have to believe… — Darren Bent Copy Share Image
We thought there is no point in practising penalties because you can hit the same spot 10 times out of 10 and,… — Darren Bent Copy Share Image
Aurier, he's powerful, but he's often left wanting. He'll break forward and leave that right side exposed, a lot of the time… — Darren Bent Copy Share Image
I was relegated at Charlton. At one point we got out of the relegation zone but we then lost two on the… — Darren Bent Copy Share Image
When Luka joined Spurs, the first thing you noticed was his technique. I had played against him for England but when you… — Darren Bent Copy Share Image
I've always said to young people who ask me about playing in the Premier League that, whatever your ambitions in life, you… — Darren Bent Copy Share Image
It's just nice to know that a manager believes in you and that you are going to play for him and you… — Darren Bent Copy Share Image
Aston Villa is a massive club and I always want to play for huge clubs. — Darren Bent Copy Share Image
There will be a real admiration for Paul Pogba amongst other players in the Premier League, from the players who have played… — Darren Bent Copy Share Image
I've played for my country and now I've scored for my country and nobody can take those things away from me. — Darren Bent Copy Share Image
To be honest, I was focusing more on playing for Godmanchester Rovers than I was doing the long jump for England. — Darren Bent Copy Share Image
Once I left Spurs, I tried to show people that I'm a good footballer who can score goals. — Darren Bent Copy Share Image
You work so hard when you are young just to get to be a footballer, so when you make it you shouldn't… — Darren Bent Copy Share Image
I don't know any player with ambition who wants to sit there, week in week out, and not play. — Darren Bent Copy Share Image
I went to Tottenham 'cos I wanted to push myself and to improve, and I'm doing that. — Darren Bent Copy Share Image
It was really difficult at Villa because we weren't allowed to play in any matches, a few of us were kind of… — Darren Bent Copy Share Image
I got myself back out there at Brighton, then Derby came in and it was the right move. — Darren Bent Copy Share Image
I went to Villa to be with top players, Ashley Young and Stewart Downing, who create chances. — Darren Bent Copy Share Image
I never thought in a million years I'd be playing football against a rockstar. — Darren Bent Copy Share Image
I've played for England and at one stage I was the first-choice centre forward because I played in four or five qualifiers in a… — Darren Bent Copy Share
I've had to adapt from playing every week to having to fight for my place, but I don't mind that if I become a… — Darren Bent Copy Share
When you meet up with England, you can feel tense and think to yourself: 'Where's that goal going to come from?' — Darren Bent Copy Share
A footballer's life can be a bit lonely at times but you have to keep going. — Darren Bent Copy Share
I can't sulk and not pull my weight - then I could be even further away from the first team than I want to… — Darren Bent Copy Share
My dads a big Chelsea man, so I used to go and watch them a lot too, because he would take me, but it… — Darren Bent Copy Share
You don't get everything your own way when you are a professional footballer, and neither should you expect to. — Darren Bent Copy Share
When I left London and my parents split up it crushed me, to be honest. It was really, really hard for me. I remember… — Darren Bent Copy Share
