Football Quotes by Eric Dier

I'm fully English, but Portugal is my home.

— Eric Dier

It's not nice, not playing, but you have to try and be ready and try to help the team in different ways.

— Eric Dier

I'm English. I've never said the opposite. I'm 100 per cent English. In Portugal it happens that a lot of Brazilians play for Portugal…

— Eric Dier

My PE teacher used to scout for Sporting and, when I was nine, he recommended me for a trial. From there, I just went…

— Eric Dier

It's a very relaxed approach at Sporting in terms of football. They pride themselves on bringing you up as a polite and respectful person.…

— Eric Dier

At the end off the day we're all the same, we're normal human beings with a gift we've been given so it's very difficult…

— Eric Dier

My immune system just really struggled with the medicine after the appendix and I kept on getting ill. People said I was injured but…

— Eric Dier

When I first came to England to play I saw coaches having a go at players when they made mistakes and they would literally…

— Eric Dier

For me, the sign of a bad player is someone who makes the same mistake twice.

— Eric Dier

I had become a bit spoiled or complacent at Sporting and I needed a kick up the backside, which is what Everton gave me.…

— Eric Dier

When I grew up, I always had the idea that I would play for England.

— Eric Dier

The main objective for me personally is to create something where kids can come and take advantage of all the good things that football…

— Eric Dier

Coaches like Alan Stubbs were quite hard on me but that helped a lot. It was the best thing that could have happened. It…

— Eric Dier

Obviously results are what count in senior football, but performing the right way as well is important.

— Eric Dier

In Portugal the coach would sit on the bench and not say a word. We'd just play. It was a matter of us making…

— Eric Dier