Toni Duggan Quotes

Toni Duggan

Profession : Athlete

Birth : July 25, 1991

Naturally, managers and coaches are trying to find different ways to work.

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In the past, you might have said, 'This player is technically not good - let's prey on her.' But now, the game is professional in most countries - you can't just play on that.

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We were super successful under Mark Sampson because teams didn't expect us to play the way we played. We were so direct and played to people's strengths.

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Tactics have changed a lot, but the standard is getting better.

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We've actually played badly, and people are saying, 'Ah, we're so proud.' Is it just because we're the women's team? If that was the men, you wouldn't be saying that.

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If the goals were a bit bigger, maybe I'd score a few more goals!

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Some of the games in Spain... we played at the Wanda, which was amazing, but then the next week, they're creating a penalty spot 10 minutes before the game starts.

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When you sign a contract, that's your deal. Everyone has different deals anyway.

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It was tough, so hard; it really was horrible when I was growing up. I was called so many names, all sorts.

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If I wasn't the sort of character that I am, if I was shy, I would have been intimidated by it. I stood up to it; I used to have arguments every day in the street. I was constantly told I wanted to be a boy. People used to say I was a boy.

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I was embarrassed to be seen in my football tracksuit because they knew I'd been training. I used to cross the road to avoid people. It was really hard. There were so many awkward situations. I just hope young girls now are able to play football and not have to experience what I did.

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I want to do the Atletico fans proud and hope that they will get behind me - together we can achieve great things.

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The biggest thing that I've noticed since the move to Barcelona was announced is just how positive the comments have been. It was not just in the mainstream media, but also on social media.

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I can remember, at the start of my career, there were reports of about 100 words here and there, and they would have got your name wrong or the name of the scorer wrong. It just wasn't taken seriously at all.

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It's not just about going to play football abroad: it's a chance to live and work in a fantastic city like Barcelona.

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At a club like Everton, we've always set our standards high.

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As soon as central contracts came in, it meant that girls could give up their jobs. The main focus was football, and that's what it has to be.

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I think it is just something in my head that tells me to keep believing. Andy Spence, my manager at Everton, wrote me a little card before we came away and wrote at the bottom, 'Just remember, it only takes a second to score a goal.'

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It would be a dream to go to my first World Cup.

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I didn't have role models to look up to because there was no access to them.

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