Ollie Watkins Quotes

Ollie Watkins

Profession : Footballer

Birth : December 30, 1995

I can remember going to Whitehawk away, the pitch was terrible, the changing rooms were tiny and compact, it was wet and rainy outside and it was the worst possible day ever because we lost as well.

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I cannot wait to wear the famous claret and blue in the Premier League.

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I'm always going to be striving for more. You can't settle.

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I had 18 months with Thomas Frank. It's weird. You get used to someone and then they go and I spent a long time with Thomas Frank and got really close to him.

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I spent a lot of time at Weston Super Mare and it played a big part of my development to play men's football on loan. I realised how much senior football meant to people who had kids to feed and mortgages to pay. It definitely gave me a switch in my mentality. I think it was a massive key to my development.

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Everyone wants to succeed and do well and win.

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Even if I've had the best game possible, nothing is ever perfect. I'm still looking for perfection - I know that's not real, but it keeps me pushing for more.

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I got into the Exeter academy at under-11s - I came for my first trial when I was nine and didn't get in. If it came when I was 16 I'd have been very disappointed, but luckily I had that time to improve and become a better player.

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I am so excited to join Aston Villa and to reunite with Dean Smith as my head coach.

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I've tried to ease off putting the pressure on myself and I just try to go out and enjoy it and get into that mindset of not being too high or too low.

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When I join up with the England lads, I'm just going to take it in my stride, enjoy the whole camp, and live each day like it's the last. I'm going to give it my all, and whatever happens, happens.

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I had some tough times along the way but also some great ones.

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Going to Weston opened my eyes. There was a lot of physical contact. I was used to youth-team games and reserve-team games.

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Non-league helped me to develop a lot. There were older players, perhaps not as fit or as quick as me but able to use ways to stop me with the odd niggle here and there. Or they'd just foul me if I went past them. It was completely different to reserve-team football.

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I've come up through Exeter, I've been given a chance like some other young players and I'm very grateful of that.

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That's the dream to play for Arsenal one day. But it's a long shot.

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Both are under the radar. People think: 'small Exeter,' 'small Brentford' and everybody just thinks: 'they are a small team.' But it doesn't matter how big a team you are, all that matters is the football you play.

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When I was at Brentford I was the only striker really for the whole season.

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When you are a striker your aim is to score goals and it doesn't change whether there are three or four strikers behind you or you are the only one - the target remains the same.

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I feel like Steven Gerrard wanted me to do well and picked me regularly in the team. I had a really good relationship with him. He had a lot of belief in me.

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