Football Quotes by Darren Bent

Listen, confidence is massive in a striker.

— Darren Bent

Pogba doesn't really want to play holding midfield.

— Darren Bent

I'd rather score five tap-ins than two wonder goals.

— Darren Bent

I scored a lot of goals at Sunderland.

— Darren Bent

If you don't play for your club regularly, you won't play for England.

— Darren Bent

I'm a big basketball fan and my team is the Cleveland Cavaliers.

— Darren Bent

All strikers go through periods when you score goals and don't score goals.

— Darren Bent

When you're doing well in the Premier League there is nothing better.

— Darren Bent

To be honest, I was focusing more on playing for Godmanchester Rovers than I was doing the long jump for England.

— Darren Bent

There will be a real admiration for Paul Pogba amongst other players in the Premier League, from the players who have played…

— Darren Bent

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

I went to Tottenham 'cos I wanted to push myself and to improve, and I'm doing that.

— Darren Bent

Once I left Spurs, I tried to show people that I'm a good footballer who can score goals.

— Darren Bent

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

I don't know any player with ambition who wants to sit there, week in week out, and not play.

— Darren Bent

If you want ambition in the game you should be looking to captain a side like Aston Villa.

— Darren Bent

Playing in the Premier League comes with pressure anyway. It has the best players in the world and you have to believe…

— Darren Bent

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

We thought there is no point in practising penalties because you can hit the same spot 10 times out of 10 and,…

— Darren Bent

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

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

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

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

It's probably instinct - know where the ball's going to drop and get there faster than the opposition. I was an Arsenal…

— Darren Bent

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

When Luka joined Spurs, the first thing you noticed was his technique. I had played against him for England but when you…

— Darren Bent

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

Aston Villa is a massive club and I always want to play for huge clubs.

— Darren Bent

I think Brendan Rodgers as a coach and a manager is absolutely superb.

— Darren Bent

When you meet up with England, you can feel tense and think to yourself: 'Where's that goal going to come from?'

— Darren Bent

A footballer's life can be a bit lonely at times but you have to keep going.

— Darren Bent

My dads a big Chelsea man, so I used to go and watch them a lot too, because he would take me,…

— Darren Bent

Every time you play for your country it is like you are on trial to be honest.

— Darren Bent

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

In football you get forgotten very quickly, especially when you're not playing.

— Darren Bent

It's unfair to judge Zaha on his time at Manchester United because he was young.

— Darren Bent

I know Martin Jol. I've worked with him before, he signed me at Tottenham and I respect him hugely.

— Darren Bent

When I was a kid coming through I just wanted to score 100 Premier League goals.

— Darren Bent

I've had to adapt from playing every week to having to fight for my place, but I don't mind that if I…

— Darren Bent

I'm a big fan of Kane and he's one of those strikers where every time they get the ball around the box…

— Darren Bent