Shaun Wright-Phillips Quotes

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Shaun Wright-Phillips

Profession : Athlete

Birth : October 25, 1981

The fact that on the day I came back to City we stayed in the UEFA Cup through a last-minute own goal against Midtjylland and then won a dramatic penalty shoot-out made me smile.

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All Premier League fixtures are tricky, you always need your wits about you whether you are playing top or bottom.

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I get kicked every game, it's part of football, I just try to get on with it.

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If I am on the pitch then I am happy.

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Everyone knows what a great player, as well as a person, David Beckham is. I am just hoping that I can learn from him. I know if I want to go far in my football career I have to do as well as him.

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I want to show people I can play.

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

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

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I just thought as a kid, I'm just going to play for City forever.

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It's really great to see all the people who've become involved in building up the Premier League, especially in the States.

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

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I first came up under Joe Royle and when Keegan took over it was even better for me because I felt his style added more to my game.

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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.

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I wouldn't particularly say I liked rugby but it got us playing football.

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

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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.

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

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

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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.

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

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