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Emile Heskey

(1978) Association Football Player

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Emile Heskey is an association football player.

Quick Facts About Emile Heskey

Born: January 11, 1978
Profession: Association Football Player

About Emile Heskey

[Wikidata] English association football player... | [Wikipedia] Emile William Ivanhoe Heskey is an English former professional footballer who currently serves as head of football development of Leicester City Women. Playing as a striker, he made more than 500 appearances in the Football League and Premier League over an 18-year career, and represented England in

Quotes by Emile Heskey

Its easy to underestimate how much scrutiny players are under in England. Look at someone like Wayne Rooney - having to deal…

Easy

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My childhood was spent in a poorish neighbourhood in Leicester so that makes you cherish money more than if youd had a…

Cherish

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After 20-plus years of looking purely from an individuals point of view as a player, now I have to look at it…

Look

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When you went to Old Trafford, you feared what was going to happen.

Fear

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But I loved my time with Liverpool - they were great times, fun times and emotional times.

Fun

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Growing up, playing in a World Cup, scoring in a World Cup, is what you dream about.

Dream

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Ive never been one for having a huge number of fast cars. The fastest one I ever had was a Porsche 911…

Fast

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I was lucky enough to have Tony Cottee when I was at Leicester, who was a senior pro at the time and…

Advice

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As a No9, when youre up front on your own, your job is to keep the defence as far back as possible.…

Defence

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No one should have to put up with someone screaming in their face. Theres got to be a better way of getting…

Best

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At the end of the day a player has to show willingness to actually want to play for the club, and want…

Day

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I do media work and have some investments.

Investing

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After playing 21 years in football its difficult to just do nothing, so Im just trying to keep as busy as possible.

Busy

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Every striker wants to score more goals but as a target man I've always taken great delight in bringing other players into…

Game

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I was lucky enough. I won four League Cups, FA Cup, UEFA Cup, Super Cup and two Charity Shields. I went to…

Charity

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And for me, you get the best out of yourself when the pressure is on. You want to play in cup finals…

Best

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At Liverpool and England I formed a great partnership with Michael Owen who played off me with great success and in more…

England

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You can score as many goals as you want, but you are always going to have your critics.

Always

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I always wanted to play abroad, but Ill admit I didnt think it would be Australia.

Admit

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I left Birmingham for Wigan because I was impressed with what Paul Jewell was doing, but I ended up back with the…

Back

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Im very much a peoples person. Ill always sacrifice myself for other people. And its done alright for me.

Done

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Within football we've got this unwritten rule that we're all in this together, we're all one.

Football

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Football is about the team winning the game, it doesnt matter who scores, its who has won after 90 minutes, its 11…

Football

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Critics are going to be critics, people are always going to get on your back, but as long as you go out…

Always

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When you ask any player when they enjoyed their football, it was before the politics - when they just played, never thought…

About

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