Eidur Gudjohnsen Quotes

Eidur Gudjohnsen

Profession : Coach

Birth : September 15, 1978

If you're a country of 320,000 people you're always going to be the underdog, against the majority of teams anyway.

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My main concern is to find something, in football or in life, that would give me 10 percent of the feeling or adrenaline or satisfaction of playing the game. Then I'd be a happy man.

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Injuries came into play and in certain situations in the latter stages of my career I've found it difficult at times to settle in at clubs that I've been to.

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I remember when I played for Barcelona. They had never had a shirt sponsor in their entire history. Barca's first sponsor was UNICEF - and that link-up generated huge awareness for a worthy cause. When a club that is so dominant in the game, like Barcelona, does something like that it can have a huge impact on the world that goes beyond football.

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Advertising is so influential. Everybody is affected by it because we see it on TV, on billboards, on football shirts. It's become a part of our everyday lives.

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You have every football fan, every kid in the world, with their eyes on the shirts of our biggest clubs every single day. A shirt sponsor is a strong message.

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Footballers feel this immense pressure to perform and be at the top level all of the time. It can have an effect on you when things are not going right. Sometimes you look for something different to get that adrenaline rush or whatever.

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Players all have big egos.

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We all want the headline and when you feel confident you just want to grab that headline and make it your own, but in a way it's disrespecting you team-mates.

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Rijkaard is more relaxed and Mourinho shouts a lot, shows more emotion, but the basic ideas they speak about are the same.

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Barcelona Football Club is the heartbeat of the city. We win games and everybody is happy, there's a smile on people's faces. We don't win and they're sad.

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When I grew up, when I was playing in Iceland during the summer, we would play on gravel. It would be a treat for us if you could play on grass.

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When you play for Iceland I don't think there is often such a thing as a must-win game.

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I have always said it is good to come to Scotland and play. There is always a lot of atmosphere at the games.

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When I was with Chelsea I would probably have said I'll never play for Tottenham because of the rivalry but never say never in football.

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The atmosphere makes the Premier League special, the passion of the fans and waking up on a match day it seems the whole world is looking at the Premier League.

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It has felt like a natural development to move to midfield. If there is a pass on, I will play it.

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Maybe I'm not selfish enough for a striker but I enjoy football too much.

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When Gianfranco Zola came into the Premier League he was just miles better than everyone else, talent wise, technique, the flair.

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It feels like home straight away again, which is a good thing. It's just a great feeling. Not only at the club, but the people here in Bolton are so friendly and we have such great memories, me and my family, from being here.

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