Thierry Henry Quotes

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Thierry Henry

Profession : Athlete

Birth : August 17, 1977

When I was 20 or 21, I didn't... I won't say care about anything, but you're like in your own world - you made something that you always wanted to do, and then you kind of think only about your family and yourself.

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You learn from your mistakes.

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I'm obsessed by the idea of making my mark on history. And Arsenal is my paradise.

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I may be French, but I'm playing for Arsenal.

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In New York it seems like there's no Monday or Saturday or Sunday. The town is always moving. The vibe is great.

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At the end of the day, you either want or you don't want to know about it. It's a mercy thing - you have to give back. However you do it, you have to give something back. You have to.

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It's difficult to talk about Pele because I didn't see him.

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But the moment I've got a ball at my feet, I'm happy.

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I always think about what I missed, and I think that was my driving force - never be satisfied with what I've done.

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The only thing I won't watch is darts. And I don't watch cricket. How can you like a game that requires you to take four days off work to follow a Test? And I don't really like golf. I know a lot of English footballers play, but I know that if I go with the club to play, sooner or later I will end up trying to smash the ball with my foot.

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I am more than proud to be European. I love Europe, I love France, but I have an American mentality, and I don't know why. The way I see things, the way I talk, I'm the kind of person who, if I want to say something, I will say it - sometimes in Europe, it's not always what you need to do.

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To be a footballer was just a dream, and I don't believe in dreams. I only deal in what is real. To be honest, I've never thought about what I could get out of football or where it would take me. I just wanted to play. I'm the same now.

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When I was younger I was trying to do what I wanted to do, not what the game wanted me to do.

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So few people recognize me, I can do what anyone does.

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And I don't watch cricket. How can you like a game that requires you to take four days off work to follow a Test?

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So when I go home, sometimes, even when I had an amazing game, I always think about what I missed.

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So many people say that obviously my game has changed since I arrived here and I say that it's good that it changed, otherwise it would show a lack of intelligence.

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But, at the moment, when I step on the pitch, when I have the ball I know it's mine. It's just a feeling.

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It was tough at the time but when I was younger, my Dad. I would say my Dad, because without him I wouldn't have been here. I mean it was tough for me because he was really demanding. With him, it was never enough, you know, anything I did was never enough.

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That's the way I've been educated: I always think about what I missed and the things that you did, you did them, so you don't have to think about them any more.

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