Top 30 Thierry Henry Quotes

I’ve always loved New York; I’ve been visiting New York since 1996. People don’t look at you like, ‘What are you doing? What are you wearing?’ There is also that thing that when people know that you have worked hard to get something, people have that respect for that here. You worked hard – good for you.

Because that’s just the way it is, and don’t sleep on what you did before, you know, because it can… not hurt you, but you can find yourself sleeping on something that happened in the past, but you dare to progress and there is always room for progression.

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.

Politicians are there to try to deal with stuff, but sometimes it’s both fortunate and unfortunate that people like us have more… not involvement, but more power in the stuff that we say.

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.

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.

I have to say that when I was young, when any politician was talking I wasn’t even interested. Maybe they were saying some nice stuff, but then if you put Michael Jordan on TV, I was interested!

I am a believer in passing the ball on the ground, I was lucky to be part of teams like that at Arsenal, with the French national team and with Monaco and at Barcelona. I know you can win in other ways, but I believe that is the way football should be played.

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

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

To say that my dad pushed me is an understatement. I was never naturally drawn to football.

No, because retiring is stopping. If I wanted to stop, I would have stopped.

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.

Baseball and American football and hockey are all ahead because they have a history. The MLS is kind of new. So hopefully, in time, and with players coming and trying to develop the game, and the U.S. team also doing well – at the last World Cup, they finished above England and created some buzz.

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.

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

At the beginning, you are 20 and you can just imagine… don’t get me wrong, but having money. Then you realise that it’s not only about you and what you are doing but that you have to give back.

That is something that I always want to do when I arrive somewhere is to know about the culture of the country, about the club and make sure I know what it takes to wear the jersey.

You learn from your mistakes.

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

In football you always get judged on your last game. Whoever you are, or how amazing you are, it’s the last game that everyone has seen.

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

I’ve followed the NBA religiously since I was a kid, and now because of my boy Tony Parker, I’m a huge Spurs fan.

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.

My dad always taught me to never be satisfied, to want more and know that what is done is done.

I don’t like to plan anything.

Sometimes in football you have to score goals.

But one thing you need to do in the game, is to adapt and adjust your game to what you have been asked to do and also to what your body is telling you to do.

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.