Quotes About Thierry Henry

#1. When he's on fire, he is impossible to stop. He dribbles like a winger, but is still able to score 20 goals a year in the Premiership.
(on Thierry Henry)

Fabio Capello

#2. Thierry Henry, he was definitely the best. He was just too quick. Oh God, what a player he was. I was so relieved when he went to Barcelona. He used to have everything. You couldn't even kick him, he was big and strong, oh, Jesus, he was a nightmare

Jamie Carragher

#3. Thierry Henry is a fantastic professional and will be massive here in New York, i'm sure, he is world class

Harry Redknapp

#4. I'd have to say Thierry Henry. From the ages of ten to 16, watching him in the Premier League was amazing and he scored all different types of goals - free-kicks, volleys, left foot, right foot. He was entertaining. He's probably the best centre-forward, I think, to play in the Premier League.

Wayne Rooney

#5. People say he doesn't score a lot of goals with his head, but does he really have to with the ability he has in his feet? He makes spectacular goals look easy. His technique is fantastic.
(on Thierry Henry)

Alan Shearer

#6. The best player I ever played against is Thierry Henry. He was something else; i've played against Rooney and Ronaldo and players like that but i think he was the best player ever to play in the Premier League

Jamie Carragher

#7. There isn't a single player I would pay to watch. You can say Thierry Henry, he's a fabulous striker, with pace and power, but a great entertainer needs to have charisma, too. Does he have charisma? No.

George Best

#8. Arsene Wenger was talking about comparisons with Johan Cruyff, a player who only comes around every 10 years and Thierry Henry is definitely one of those

Gordon Strachan

#9. Thierry Henry could take the ball in the middle of the park and score a goal that no one else in the world could score.

Arsene Wenger

#10. They're a very offensive team and even without Thierry Henry they can still do damage to you all over the pitch.
(on Arsenal)

Frank Lampard

#11. And then there is the magnificent Thierry Henry - someone who has blistering pace and is unbelievable when he is finishing at his best.

Andy Gray

#12. Thierry Henry my grandchildren, hopefully my great grandchildren gonna have to hear about him because is super, absolutely super, top guy, top player

Martin Tyler

#13. If I could reincarnate as another player, I might want to reincarnate as Thierry Henry at the top of his game.

Cesc Fabregas

#14. He's a fantastic talent and the complete footballer, probably the most coveted in the Premiership. It's a privilege for the rest of us to be on the same field. If i could have anything i wanted for Christmas, i'd take Thierry Henry

Steve Bruce

#15. I don't recognize myself in the players I see today. There's only one who excites me, and that is Thierry Henry. He's not just a great footballer, he's a showman, an entertainer.

George Best

#16. Congratulations to Thierry Henry on a truly wonderful career. One of the great footballers of our time and a top bloke. Bonne chance.

Gary Lineker

#17. Ronaldinho is a special player, but Thierry Henry is probably technically the most gifted footballer ever to play the beautiful game.

Zinedine Zidane

#18. The only way to stop Thierry Henry? With a gun!

Gianluca Vialli

#19. I've always been a big fan of Thierry Henry. I enjoy watching all the great players, really. But we're always drawn to some players more than others, and in my case, it's Titi. He's my favourite player. I also really liked Luis Figo when he was at Real Madrid.

Stanislas Wawrinka

#20. Quite simply, it is true that I can be a pig! It is not a lie to say that. Sometimes, I feel that I am in the right even when I am wrong

Thierry Henry

#21. You learn from your mistakes.

Thierry Henry

#22. I take the ball, I go wide, I cross, I shoot, but when the moment beckons, I am ready to make the difference.

Thierry Henry

#23. People always see the goals, and for me, strikers are not only about scoring goals.

Thierry Henry

#24. You kind of never leave Arsenal. How many comebacks do you make? At one point it will turn out to be a bad move. We all love the first Rocky but I'm not too sure about the last one.

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#25. I can't stay in the box and wait for the ball. I can't - I would die.

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#26. I would love this place to be my garden.
(on Arsenal's old stadium)

Thierry Henry

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

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

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

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

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#32. Barcelona is always a club that, at the beginning of the season, wants to win everything. I will try my best to do that with them and I'm sure I will help as much as I can.

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#33. 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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#34. 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.

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#35. 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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#36. 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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#37. I'm obsessed by the idea of making my mark on history. And Arsenal is my paradise.

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

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#39. 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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#40. I like to score a proper goal, you know - a passing move.

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#41. I'll never forget the club or him I don't see Arsenal without Arsene Wenger

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#42. What Leo does is so incredible that I have to be careful not to stand still watching him make his moves.

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#43. It is important for me to feel at home.

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#44. You can never have enough trophies. If there were ten to be won a year I'd want to win them all! That's not being greedy, it's just a natural thing.

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#45. People are talking about me more than they talk about Eastenders.

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#46. I am always honest, and I am not the sort of player to say, 'Oh, I love Arsenal' and then sign for someone else. I think if I was unhappy, I would say that, but I'm not. I do love Arsenal.

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#47. 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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#48. Sometimes being young and confident is better than being old with experience ... when I was young I wasn't scared about anything

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

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#51. I have the possibility to watch Messi in training each morning, and because of what he demonstrates he is the best player in the world, he stated during a press conference. It is a pleasure to watch him, and because of the way he plays he is an undisputed leader of the Barcelona team.

Thierry Henry

#52. 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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#53. I can't understand why Scholes has never won the player of the year award. He should have won it long ago. Maybe it's because he doesn't seek the limelight like some of the other 'stars'.

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#54. Everybody knows how much I love Arsenal - I became a fan. And to be out here [in front of the Emirates as a statue] celebrating a goal against Tottenham, there's not much else to say after thatLike I've said before, Once a Gooner, always a Gooner.

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#55. 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.

Thierry Henry

#56. Arsenal is in my blood as well as my heart. I will always, always, always remember you guys. I said I was going to be a Gooner for life and I did not lie because when you are a Gooner, you will always be a Gooner. This club is in my heart and will remain in my heart forever.

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#57. 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.

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#58. There's nothing I'm scared of in football.

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#59. A lot of different races and nationalities play football, so it is a good way to try and stop racism.

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#60. I don't like to plan anything.

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#61. What makes the difference between a great player and just a normal player is dedication, work, commitment.

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#62. What I believe is this: Catalunya is not Spain, it is something else and you have to feel it.

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#63. 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.

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#64. 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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#65. When you look at other sports, like golf, the players earn a lot more money without running around.

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#66. 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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#67. 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.

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#68. For years Paul Scholes has been one of the best players in the Premiership. He's incredible. He has always been under-rated throughout his career. He's a team player, a one and two-touch footballer who makes good decisions on the pitch and makes his team play.

Thierry Henry

#69. If I had a Paul Scholes in my team, everything would be around him. At Manchester United, they saw it like that, but I think Paul Scholes is one of the best I've played against in this league, and seen anywhere.

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

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#72. Without any doubt the best player in the Premiership has to be Scholes. He knows how to do everything, and he is one who directs the way his team plays. On top of that, he has indestructible mental strength and he is a genuine competitor.

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#73. 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.

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#74. I am not a cheat and never have been

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#75. I can't think of a striker in the world who has scored so many important goals, never mind a midfielder.

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#76. 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.

Thierry Henry

#77. 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.

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#78. I hope you have enjoyed watching as much as I have enjoyed taking part.

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#79. Sometimes in football you have to score goals.

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#80. I eat football, I sleep football. I am not mad I am just passionate

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#81. 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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#82. Being seen as the best striker in Europe doesn't spur me on-it's helping my team to success. That's my only aim. I'm not a machine.

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#83. It's not about me, it's about how I can help my team to achieve more. And I do that through scoring goals.

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#84. King would get the ball off you without you even noticing he's the only defender in England who doesn't hold onto you, and he sometimes still gets the ball off my feet easily.

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#85. I'm still young and everyday I want to learn more. I feel I am beginning to find myself.

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

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#87. 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.

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#88. 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!

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#89. There's just something about Highbury that is difficult to describe. When you first arrive, you hardly see the stadium and wonder where it is but then you find it between two blocks of flats

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#90. There are many things I want, and the only way I will get them is to keep my head down, listen to the right people and work hard

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