Adebayo Akinfenwa Quotes

Adebayo Akinfenwa

Profession : Athlete

Birth : May 10, 1982

If I'm destined to play in the MLS, I will.

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There was a long period when I was younger where people always talked about my size and I was going 'but look, I can play, though, I can play' but you look at it, to have a career, 12-13 years, you've got to be more than just a brute.

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People may laugh or whatever, but my strength is something that I have to work on. It's not something that just happens overnight, it takes dedication and hard work and it has a purpose as it helps me every week on the pitch.

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As you go through your career you learn what works for you and what doesn't and you pick things up with experience.

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I'm an eclectic individual when it comes to film. I love my Disney: 'Aladdin,' 'The Lion King.' Also, 'Romeo+Juliet,' the Leonardo DiCaprio version.

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You play football to go out there and win - that's the bottom line.

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Let me clear something up: I don't like KFC. Or McDonald's.

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It used to get my back up because people would only say 'he does well for his size' and it's like, forget the size, I do well because I do well.

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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 it, and then you realise you can't play every game, there'll be certain games where you won't be so affected... so you've just got to concentrate on what you are.

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As a footballer I know what I'm good at and I've now embraced it.

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There ain't nobody going to run me out of nowhere.

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I've always been big, my brothers are my size, we come from good stock.

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I went to bikram yoga once, it was fun, but boy was it tough.

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It's about sticking to your strengths - I'm not trying to run away from nobody or do any double stopovers or anything like that, have you seen how big these legs are? Though i'm sure people would love to see it.

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The time you are happy to sit on the bench, is the time you should retire in my opinion.

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When you hear Beast Mode, you automatically go to my size, but I always say the strongest thing I own is not my chest, my legs, not my arms. It's my mind. It's that mindset that says: Look, you're not always going to succeed but don't take it as a loss, take it as a lesson. That's the mindset of Beast Mode.

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To be recognised as the best in the whole world at something is an achievement.

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I'd like to be a Marvel character and get in one of those films.

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More than anything I prefer the ball on the floor. I think I play my best football on the floor. There is a delicacy to this big giant.

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It may sound cliched, but it just shows that when you don't let people put you in a box then anything can happen.

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