People said: 'You're too big to play football,' but I kept playing and it just happened that people have caught on to… — Adebayo Akinfenwa Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think it would be nice to be in a warm office every day. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining… — Adebayo Akinfenwa Copy Share Image
As long as I am feeling good I will play football. As long as I am feeling fit, strong and being affective… — Adebayo Akinfenwa Copy Share Image
More than anything I prefer the ball on the floor. I think I play my best football on the floor. There is… — Adebayo Akinfenwa Copy Share Image
I've always liked to keep myself busy so I don't get sucked in by temptations and that was part of the reason… — Adebayo Akinfenwa Copy Share Image
Football players value job security and stability as much anybody else. — Adebayo Akinfenwa Copy Share Image
For me posting videos on YouTube and interacting with people on Twitter is a great release from the stresses of football. — Adebayo Akinfenwa Copy Share Image
People think that football is all glamour and money but trust me all footballers go through the same boring and annoying things… — Adebayo Akinfenwa Copy Share Image
You play football to go out there and win - that's the bottom line. — Adebayo Akinfenwa Copy Share Image
I want to be playing competitive first-team football every week and not reserve team football. — Adebayo Akinfenwa Copy Share Image
Football was my saving grace so I want to let people know that you can achieve whatever you want. People like to… — Adebayo Akinfenwa Copy Share Image
People have tried to push me into other sports, but it's always been football. — Adebayo Akinfenwa Copy Share Image
I've been in football a long time now and I've seen plenty of managers and players come and go. It is part… — Adebayo Akinfenwa Copy Share Image
I was raised on an estate in an inner city school where people had a go about my size, people saying I… — Adebayo Akinfenwa Copy Share Image
I'm not one of those players who always gets to games or watches every game on TV. If a game is on… — Adebayo Akinfenwa Copy Share Image
As you get older, you know what you're good at and you know what you're not so good at. Your ego comes out of… — Adebayo Akinfenwa Copy Share Image
Of course I know I am not the average footballer. But I'd be lying if I said I set out to be different, I… — Adebayo Akinfenwa Copy Share Image
People said: 'You're too big to play football,' but I kept playing and it just happened that people have caught on to me and… — Adebayo Akinfenwa Copy Share Image
I'm a big believer in not getting too high when you are winning and not getting too low when things aren't going well. — Adebayo Akinfenwa Copy Share Image
When I look back at my career it is nice to know that I've been appreciated on and off the pitch because not everyone… — Adebayo Akinfenwa Copy Share Image
To be recognised as the best in the whole world at something is an achievement. — Adebayo Akinfenwa Copy Share Image
As players we have to be careful what we put out there and make sure everything we do is appropriate. And it is not… — Adebayo Akinfenwa Copy Share Image
As a footballer I know what I'm good at and I've now embraced it. — Adebayo Akinfenwa Copy Share Image
My career and my stats, they all speak for itself so to say that I've got anything to prove to people, to say 'well,… — Adebayo Akinfenwa Copy Share Image
