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
It may sound cliched, but it just shows that when you don't let people put you in a box then anything can… — Adebayo Akinfenwa Copy Share Image
There was a long period when I was younger where people always talked about my size and I was going 'but look,… — Adebayo Akinfenwa Copy Share Image
People concentrate on 'oh you can't do that,' or 'you're a bit too big for that' or whatever, rather than just concentrating… — Adebayo Akinfenwa Copy Share Image
I know that I don't look like a footballer but I've always enjoyed working out and I've always been bigger than most… — 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
It used to get my back up because people would only say 'he does well for his size' and it's like, forget… — Adebayo Akinfenwa Copy Share Image
It's about sticking to your strengths - I'm not trying to run away from nobody or do any double stopovers or anything… — 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 only see what they want to see and sometimes you can't do anything about that, so you just pick up the… — Adebayo Akinfenwa Copy Share Image
Beast Mode On is a state of mind. Beast Mode is about applying yourself and defying the limitations people put on you. — 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
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
