Robert Snodgrass Quotes

Robert Snodgrass

Profession : Footballer

Birth : September 7, 1987

I was young and naive. I didn't have the advice I have now and made mistakes. I didn't understand it was about attitude as well as ability.

Robert Snodgrass

People have questioned my commitment to Scotland but it's actually the opposite. My problem is I can never say no.

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I understand when results don't go well, it gets broken down and people blame whoever. You've got to take the good with bad.

Robert Snodgrass

Me and my two brothers painted a football pitch and used the net from scaffolding for goals with bits of wood, although they were burnt down in the end.

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One thing the Scottish boys want in the changing room is the bragging rights over the English lads.

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It really hurt me when there was this perception that I didn't want to play for Scotland. I was fuming, absolutely gutted.

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It has never been about me. That's not the way I am. With Scotland, it has always been about the squad, the lads who were trying to get some big results to start the Euro 2020 campaign, rather than lads who were away from it, who people didn't know the truth about.

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When I had other things to deal with in my personal life, people were telling me to come and play for Scotland. So I'd come but then not play. I'd prefer people just to be honest with me and say whether they really want me there or just as a back-up.

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I had a very rough upbringing.

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I had some dark days, but not once did I think I wouldn't play again - it was just a case of what sort of level I'd get back at. Would I get back to where I wanted to be?

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I need to give a special mention to Declan Rice, I think he's going to go to the top.

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My first Premier League goal against Palace, I caught it on the bounce and reversed it across the 'keeper.

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I think I probably would have gone into stand-up.

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Coaches from Celtic actually came to my door but I wasn't interested. I thought I'd get lost in the system. I wasn't ready for it.

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It was always my intention to go with a smaller club. I reckoned I'd get more of a chance.

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I learned a lot in my last year at Livingston and even more since coming to Leeds, as a player and on the sports science side.

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I was a fan like everybody else, even before I got called up for Scotland.

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As a Scotsman, my accent can sometimes be difficult for people to understand.

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I'm just delighted to get on the scoresheet.

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I think you go through a stage where you're constantly asking questions because you're learning every day, and when it's like that you need to bring results with it.

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