Wayne Rooney Quotes
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Everyone who watches me play knows I am an honest player.
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If you look at my bookings, they've gone down each season. That's something I'm trying to keep improving. On the pitch you don't want any silly bookings.
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I've matured since joining United, on and off the field.
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Some players don't like training and I've seen some players who aren't bothered if they play or not. But I want to play every game. Sometimes you have to rest in certain games, but I want to play in every game.
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Part of my preparation is I go and ask the kit man what colour we're wearing - if it's red top, white shorts, white socks or black socks. Then I lie in bed the night before the game and visualise myself scoring goals or doing well.
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Early on in my career I had a lot of bad press about my temperament, but I was only a young lad then.
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It's strange but I suppose I'm one of those senior players now and I'll be helping the young players as much as I can.
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I don't think I look up to any players. Obviously you respect everyone.
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I don't normally cook, but if I did it probably would be beans, sausage, bacon and eggs. I never really get to eat that to be honest.
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The important thing is to be there, score when needed. It's better if the goals are beautiful, better still if they are important.
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If I'm staying in a hotel or I'm sleeping on my own I have the hairdryer on.
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I love football, I've never really taken an interest in anything else.
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I'm proud I'm English and I'm passionate about my country.
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The lifestyle I lead as a footballer means I am always in the spotlight.
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You're trying to put yourself in that moment and trying to prepare yourself, to have a 'memory before the game. I don't know if you'd call it visualising or dreaming, but I've always done it, my whole life.
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Pulling on your country's shirt is the greatest honour a footballer can have. It's what I always dreamed of as a kid and I get a buzz every time.
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Sometimes you have to rest in certain games, but I want to play in every game.
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I'll keep doing my training and I'm sure the goals will come.
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I've started doing my coaching badges, I'd like to be a manager one day.
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I train as hard as I can every time I train and I do extra training every day and I've done that since I was a young boy.
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Football is made up of all kinds of conflict. In a dressing room, between players, between us and the manager, between us and loads of people who don't seem to matter. It's constant and harsh sometimes.
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Those who said I'm not an out-and-out goal-scorer are probably right. I always feel I could score more.
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I'm just a normal young lad who plays football.
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Perfect partners don't exist. Perfect conditions exist for a limited time in which partnerships express themselves best.