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Football Quotes by Peter Crouch

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Peter Crouch jokes that footballers are superstitious, yet he trusts his heading skill and the feeling that playing for England means a goal is coming. He stays grounded by keeping friends from school and enjoys the comfort of having the ball at his feet.

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I've always felt that, when I play, I have never let anybody down.

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Footballers are very superstitious.

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I am very proud of my goal record for England.

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I really enjoy tennis, but football's the game for me.

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I know my strengths and weaknesses, and I play to them.

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There shouldn't be a stigma about age with footballers.

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I ve got a boot boy from the Youth team. His name s Kudos - he's a good lad and has been…

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Analysing games on the TV is something that appeals to me, and anything where you watch football and get paid for it…

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I know I can play, but people who haven't seen me and look at me on a football pitch think, 'He's tall,…

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I don't know why, but playing for England, I always feel I am going to score.

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I don't think I was ready for the Premier League until I was 24 at Southampton.

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One thing that annoys me in football is when people get carried away by results after four or five weeks of a…

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As for my personal ambitions, I always loved playing for England and always felt I did well.

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I've played for England; I've been lucky enough to do this for a long time. So why can't you do it with…

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When I was a kid, the FA Cup was the one: it was bigger than the European Cup, even. So to win…

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Everyone that I have taken the mick out of, or told a story about, is someone I know properly or someone who…

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I think it's helped me that I've always been very grounded, very down to earth. Lots of my friends are people I've…

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I've been promoted, relegated, won big trophies, gone months without scoring, played for my country at World Cups, been bought, sold, loaned,…

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A little voice keeps telling me an Aston Martin really isn't me, but a louder voice is telling me that, as an…

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I've got my own targets... To establish myself in the team and once you are a regular for Liverpool then England, recognition…

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Even when I was at the top, playing in the Champions League final for Liverpool and playing at the World Cup for…

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Ronaldo, the Brazilian one - incredible player. I met him once. I was in Ibiza on holiday and quite by chance ran…

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I once walked out of a nightclub with my team-mates to see our star midfielder reclining across the bonnet of a Ferrari,…

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I was here at Spurs as a kid, too, and I cleaned David Ginola and David Howells boots. I got a nice…

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I am thrilled to be joining a club as prestigious and successful as Liverpool.

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I can keep the ball and pass it, and I've always felt comfortable with the ball at my feet.

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So many kids want to be football players, and to still feel like I'm living the dream at 37 is amazing.

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For whatever reason, I have got a few goals against Arsenal, so I do enjoy playing against them.

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I always stick with the same pair if I am on a scoring streak. I wouldn't change them until I go a…

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At first, I was overwhelmed at moving up to international level, but the England lads are top class at making you feel…

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In my opinion, whenever I've been given the opportunity to play, I've done well and scored goals, and that will continue to…

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There is one thing that I would really enjoy, and that is, of course, to get 100 Premier League goals.

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The lowest period was when I was with Tottenham, and they loaned me out to Dulwich Hamlet.

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Spending time in Sweden on loan was one of the best things I ever did.

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Nothing can prepare you fully for how harsh football fans can be, but it makes you more robust, able to deal with…

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I thrive on quick players getting to the byline and sending over crosses. I just have to be quick enough to get…

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Heading is a skill, and it would be a shame to lose that from the game. There is nothing more dramatic than…

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When some kids get a sniff of the first team at a big club, you see them change. They can become big-time,…

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If you're good enough, you're old enough: that's what everyone says. When a talented young player emerges, his age doesn't matter; people…

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There is one thing you must know about Marko Arnautovic if you want to understand what makes him tick: he believes he's…

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I'm not the type of player that's going to run in behind or go past three and score.

I've always been the tallest; I didn't shoot up. That's who I am.

My dad got me my first pair of boots. It was a big occasion for us to go to the shopping centre. It was…

Footballers are very superstitious.

I feel proud I was part of the old school and still around in the new school.

I can understand why people laugh and make jokes, but I'm comfortable with being this tall. It's not as if I've had a sudden…

The death of Cyrille Regis, a giant in so many ways, was such a shock and deeply upsetting.

Heading is a skill, and it would be a shame to lose that from the game. There is nothing more dramatic than when you…

People tend to assume I was terribly self-conscious about my height. In fact, I've always been perfectly comfortable with the way I am. And…

In my early years, I wanted to be like Paul Gascoigne.

I didn't come from a council estate like a lot of the lads do.

In my opinion, whenever I've been given the opportunity to play, I've done well and scored goals, and that will continue to be the…

I don't know why, but playing for England, I always feel I am going to score.

I was always quite technical as a player, but when you are the size I am, if you are crap in the air, it…

I ve got a boot boy from the Youth team. His name s Kudos - he's a good lad and has been looking after…