Top 66 Shaun Wright-Phillips Quotes

Some people handle situations differently – some people have a reaction, some people let it go over their head.

Mourinho was good; a very good family man. If people had children and there were days we had to come in he would let you bring kids in and mess about with them while the training session was going on.

If its proven that there’s racial abuse, the team’s fans where there’s abuse should quit the game as a loss and the result should go to the winner basically.

I’ve never been able to touch my toes. Seriously, never.

That’s the downside of playing for one of the top teams: that no matter how well you play, sometimes you have to step aside.

I like the way Pulisic plays. I have kept an eye on him from when I was in the United States.

I would love to retire a City player and I have my fingers crossed it is something that can still happen. When I did leave in 2005, I broke down crying on the way to sign for Chelsea, but back then, we needed the money my sale brought in.

At City I went back there on the basis of playing for manager Mark Hughes.

Obviously, I know there are players here who earn more than twice what I do. But that’s not the issue for me.

The only thing Chelsea and Manchester City have in common is the fact that both clubs have a lot of money.

I take every day as it comes, try to work hard and benefit from the training.

I remember so many times, playing for City in which Man United would give us a whooping, and the fans always stood beside us.

In football there’s passion so you have lifelong fans, they bring their sons up, their grandchild comes.

I always try to think positive and move forward.

Being out of a team changes you as a person. You don’t realise it but, away from the game, you can be snappy with your family or friends if you’re not playing. It hurts not to be involved, but I guess you have to accept it. It’s part and parcel of being at a big club.

I don’t want any QPR fans to feel I am short-changing them.

I find it quite funny to see players rolling over trying to win free-kicks or get opponents booked. I’ve never done that, even at an early age. My friends would have just laughed at me.

You look at someone like Jadon Sancho, he took the chance of going abroad to get more game time and now he’s possibly up there with the top players, wingers, in the world.

Sometimes people don’t realise just how hard it is to play with 10 men in the Premier League.

Even when I was growing up and playing with friends I used to get kicked.

Quite simply, I want to play at City for the rest of my life.

Football is like a rollercoaster and if you keep dwelling on what’s happened in the past you’re never going to move.

I think Mark Hughes is the type of manager people want to play for.

Only players can understand what it’s like, travelling and playing every three days, it gets on top of you.

I’m not one to give up fighting.

I ain’t flash. I’m just plain old Shaun, the same as I was when I grew up in South London.

Ideally, you want a defender with Premier League experience.

It’s not so much frustrating, it’s just that if you don’t know when you are going to play, how do you focus on a game? That’s part of football, though, and if you are going to be at a big club you have to deal with it.

I’m not the sort of person to entertain doubts or dwell on negative comments from other people in any case.

When I left City I was still young and there was a lot for me to learn in all parts of my game. To come back and have learned something at a place like Chelsea is down partly to the kind of players I played alongside.

I worked under Jose Mourinho, a manager who taught me new things and stressed I should believe in myself.

I never try to prove anybody wrong. Everyone is entitled to their opinion.

Keegan was definitely an attack-minded manager and at times for a fan it must have been crazy because it was entertaining but at the same time we were quite open and conceded goals as well.

Express yourself in any way possible.

I am never not going to want to play for England so I don’t care how old I am. If I am doing well I hope I am going to get picked.

My dad’s helped me a lot as a player, encouraged me in all the right ways, kept me focussing on the right lines.

I just want to give 110 per cent and do the best I can when I’m used.

I saw U.A.E. play at the London Olympics for the first time and I was really impressed with how they played against the likes of Great Britain and Uruguay.

I think Callum Hudson-Odoi can go to the top.

I learned a lot at Chelsea partly down to the players I played alongside.

In a game I’m, like, ‘Rubber Man’ or something but, off the pitch, I’m the least flexible person you could imagine.

City have always had families coming to watch them and we should always stick to that, but try to get other people interested too.

If I am on the pitch then I am happy.

Yes, when the time comes for me to hang up my boots, I would love to stay and work with the City coaching staff. It would be great to give something back like that.

Carrying the ball is one of the strongest points in my game and I like to be a danger on the pitch.

What everybody talks about is their own problem, to be honest with you.

At a club like City, you cannot forget about the kids that have come through and are still emerging from the academy. We can’t forget about them and we should always keep that in mind with an eye to the future.

It’s always going to have meaning if you can help your brother achieve his targets.

I prefer getting a lot of the ball.

I think my best spell in terms of personal performance was in 2004 – but the best team was under Mark Hughes with Elano.

I am not a person to quit. If something needs harder work then I will put my head down and do it.

For Man City, and the teams up the top or even the teams at the bottom, if you’re getting into your stride at that time, the winter break can almost break it and when you come back you could be doing the opposite things.

I first learnt to play football as a striker and it was only when I joined City that I learnt how to become a midfielder thanks to the help I received from the staff at the Academy.

I have no regrets whatsoever about coming back to City.

I’m always learning and you are never too old to stop learning new things and improve your game.

I don’t read the newspapers, to be quite honest with you.

Criticism is part of football. Everybody gets it at some point. I have had it, most players do.

To work with the kids and help them come through from the Academy to the first team would be brilliant.

I just want to play football.

You can always get better and always improve so that’s what I do.

Sometimes it’s about gritting in and getting the results.

On a personal level, I never worry – I’m always up for the challenge, especially at City, and will keep my head down and work as hard as I can to play as often as I can.

Well, I like cars. Just because you have two it doesn’t make you flash.

Everybody manages differently and as far as I’m concerned the results are the only thing that counts.

If you’re a footballer there will be certain silly people in the world who try to set you down. But just focus on your football.

I am strong minded, a believer that you can make things happen if you really want it that badly.