Football Quotes by Jermaine Jenas

My dad's a football coach, that's what he does.

— Jermaine Jenas

As a young player all you want to do is develop.

— Jermaine Jenas

As a player or as a manager, you want to go to the biggest and best club.

— Jermaine Jenas

No player has a right to be in the team, but the minimum you expect is basic respect.

— Jermaine Jenas

Tottenham's number one derby will always be Arsenal.

— Jermaine Jenas

To go to Milan and play against the European champions at the San Siro is phenomenal.

— Jermaine Jenas

Aleksandar Kolarov has technical ability, but I'm not sure he has what it takes defensively.

— Jermaine Jenas

Playing Tottenham seems to rile up West Ham like nothing else - something that when I first went to Spurs I didn't…

— Jermaine Jenas

A lot of the time at Spurs, I was fitting in around other people, letting the likes of Luka Modric go and…

— Jermaine Jenas

With Tottenham's Mousa Dembele, there is a long list of reasons why he is an opponent I would hate to face.

— Jermaine Jenas

I wanted to play for England at a World Cup and to grace the pitch for even two minutes at such a…

— Jermaine Jenas

I remember when I left Newcastle to join Tottenham Hotspur, the money was in no way a motivation for me, it was…

— Jermaine Jenas

Of course, stuff happens off the ball in any football match. Standing on people's toes, pinching, hair pulling, punching in the back.

— Jermaine Jenas

I've never been a selfish player. I've never been able to just say I am going as well. I've always thought about…

— Jermaine Jenas

Harry Winks is a very different kind of player to those we usually develop in England. He is more fluid in his…

— Jermaine Jenas

I'm a big fan of Steve McClaren. I worked with him over several years during my career and I can say with…

— Jermaine Jenas

Speaking as a midfield player myself, I know it's easier to make your runs into the box from that deeper, more central…

— Jermaine Jenas

A lot of the best managers in the game were forced into it by financial necessity. From Sir Alex Ferguson to Jurgen…

— Jermaine Jenas

I used to find most joy with those long, bursting runs from your own box where the opposition's central midfield player has…

— Jermaine Jenas

You almost need a psychology degree to be a manager these days. Even with Fabio Capello - who may not have done…

— Jermaine Jenas

During my time playing for England we had Wayne Rooney, David Beckham, Michael Owen, Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, Paul Scholes. They were…

— Jermaine Jenas

My career has been like that - when I went to Newcastle, Kieron Dyer and Gary Speed were ahead of me and…

— Jermaine Jenas

It doesn't really matter how much you've got saved up in your bank account. If someone offers you £10 million to play…

— Jermaine Jenas

I can bring my drive, I can get behind centre-halves, get on the other side of midfield players, score goals. That's what…

— Jermaine Jenas

There is no doubt that not having Harry Kane and Son Heung-min will have an impact on your team.

— Jermaine Jenas

In my opinion, the root cause of all Arsenal's problems is that Arsene Wenger is just too nice. He's too nice, too…

— Jermaine Jenas

We are obsessed in England with the idea that we're not good enough at retaining the ball, and that our players treat…

— Jermaine Jenas

Professional footballers get up, train, play games, and that's it. They don't worry if the club gets fined. They don't investigate the…

— Jermaine Jenas

When Pep Guardiola accepted the Manchester City job, he would have asked himself one question about the club's current squad: is this…

— Jermaine Jenas

If you want to make your mark as a footballer, you think England, Germany, Italy, Spain. Maybe France or Holland. But not…

— Jermaine Jenas

As it is, I played 99 per cent of my football in the Premier League and I'd proud of that fact. That's…

— Jermaine Jenas

I had been played at left back, right back, and I just felt like I wasn't developing as a player. I saw…

— Jermaine Jenas

Around the time Andre Villas-Boas became manager I went to a summer training camp in America. But when I got back, to…

— Jermaine Jenas

When you're out there together on the pitch, you're fighting for each other. It's amazing, overwhelming and you either sink or swim…

— Jermaine Jenas

People sometimes ask me what my biggest regret is in football and it's not being able to have that 'Steven Gerrard' moment…

— Jermaine Jenas