Top 44 Troy Deeney Quotes

My dad was well known on the streets, shall we say, and he had a different lifestyle, which could spill into the home setting. Being exposed to that at a young age was difficult.

Part of my job leading the line for Watford is to occupy centre-halves – by that I mean those battles with Huth, say, to try to win headers when the ball is played forward. But I also look to bring centre-halves out of position to the flanks and make space for my team-mates in the middle.

We do not stand for racism on the pitch, in society or anywhere else it rears its ugly head.

The Sun is a massive paper and I understand the roles and responsibilities that go with that. I want to add something unique and give a different perspective, not only on sport but many areas.

The core of who I am and what I’m about, I’m a loyal person, I’m honourable, as I say I’m a softie I’ll do anything for anyone. But, there’s this other part of me that, I’ve been exposed to so much at a young age that’s now, right, I have to look after myself.

There’s so much negativity over this issue of dual nationality – nearly always from people who don’t have mixed family backgrounds and don’t understand that it’s perfectly natural for those of us who do, to feel loyalty to more than one country.

When I talk about it, now people imagine I had an impoverished childhood, especially when I tell people we used to have to put coins in the side of the telly. But we were really happy. Mum never complained, there was always music playing in the house and we were always dancing around. It was a great childhood.

When you get to Spurs you know the difference between the lesser clubs and the big boys. It’s a different experience.

When you get into that mould of being a super sub you can’t go back.

I know what I can do and what I can deliver and there’s not many people who can do what I can do.

Whoever you are, it is nice to treat your parents to stuff.

Back in the day you used to have a fight. You win, you lose, you get up and go home, dust yourself down. Social media made it so that if you lose a fight it is on camera, you are embarrassed and you are forced to react.

For me, when I was growing up I was told the police weren’t on our side. From being stereotyped because we drive nice cars to being judged for the clothing we wear, I was told I would never be given the benefit of the doubt.

When you talk about bullying I always go back to when I was at school, a bully was a big kid picking on a little kid.

To be perfectly honest, most fans see a different game to players. I am not being rude when I say that.

It’s perceived that money can take care of anything but in my experience it makes everything 15 times harder because you can’t act ‘normal’ and you’re not allowed to be vulnerable or weak but we all are.

I have never been to Jamaica and in footballing terms, I feel English because this is where I grew up and played all of my football. That is not to say I don’t have immense pride in my Jamaican heritage – I certainly do.

I remember a life before social media. I remember phone boxes, that’s what I grew up on.

When you are not having the best of moments in front of goal, just smash it down the middle.

It would have been great to play for England but it is not something I have lost sleep over.

If I play at Wembley and score I will be a hero, but I am still normal Troy, making mistakes and trying to learn and improve on a day-to-day basis.

I still find it a bit surreal that Sir Elton John can call Troy Deeney from Chelmsley. It’s quite entertaining but a bit surreal.

Everyone’s got bills, everyone’s got heartache, and everyone’s got problems.

Premier League players are a lot cleverer, but they don’t like being roughed up. They’re not used to that.

Relegation has happened to plenty of players who were bigger names than me.

It’s heartbreaking for the people who work behind the scenes. A lot of people who are at clubs normally get affected by relegation. We feel sorry for them.

Actually, I used to think that it was normal to feel bad, like, Doesn’t everybody feel like this? It was only when my drinking really got out of control that people went, ‘Troy, you need to see somebody.’

I don’t mind women’s football. I am of the business understanding though, when people say ‘it should be equal pay.’ If the business makes sense, it does.

You can’t be an athlete and doubt yourself.

When I was 15, Aston Villa offered me a trial for four days. In those days, I was more interested in making mischief and I didn’t even turn up until the fourth day and then they sent me packing because they said I wasn’t dedicated enough.

We’re all humans – people make mistakes.

Dad was involved in a lot of crime and the police were regularly coming to our door looking for him. From the age of three he always made sure I had a football and he’d make me play with much bigger kids. But he’d tell them, ‘Kick him and if he moans he’ll come in.’ So I got taught to grow up very quickly.

My dad was diagnosed with cancer of the oesophagus in February 2012, and finding that out really messed me up.

Alex Ferguson, Mourinho, Pep you can always see the vision.

If my kids look up to a man bigger and better than me, then that’s me not doing my job.

As long as I can remember, I’ve always kicked a ball.

Everyone’s got issues. There’s a stigma in football that you earn a certain amount of money, how dare you have issues.

There’s much more to life than football.

You don’t appreciate the level of the Premier League until you are there.

When I got to jail, it was a blessing in disguise because it made me reevaluate and check who I am as a person.

There’s always going to be setbacks.

When the world’s moving towards being the most inclusive it’s ever been, it’s unthinkable that certain basic aspects of life are still so unfair for the black community.

I’ve said for a very long time that I’ve got a massive respect for Joe Gomez.

I’m a big boy with big shoulders and I’ve had some real world issues so getting some stick online doesn’t bother me.