Jamie Redknapp Quotes

“But there's no point in looking back and saying I was unlucky.”

— Jamie Redknapp

In the past I've had a bad injury, and then struggled when I've got back because I've been unfit.

— Jamie Redknapp

“I am a positive person and do not allow things to get on top of me.”

— Jamie Redknapp

“The way I am, I like to look forward instead of looking back.”

— Jamie Redknapp

“I never got to the point when I felt like running away from it all.”

— Jamie Redknapp

“I'm a footballer, that's my job and that's all I want to be known for.”

— Jamie Redknapp

“There is pressure every day as a footballer.”

— Jamie Redknapp

“As I say, you get labelled. To stop all that, I've got to win things - that's the only way you make your mark.”

— Jamie Redknapp

“I enjoy spending time at home or going out for a quiet meal in a restaurant.”

— Jamie Redknapp

“I'm enjoying myself this year and for once I'm not chasing my fitness.”

— Jamie Redknapp

I have always passed the ball and worked on that part of my game.

— Jamie Redknapp

It's important we win and because of the players we have we should win some matches in style.

— Jamie Redknapp

“Sometimes, you just get a label and it sticks.”

— Jamie Redknapp

“You have to be professional and think about the future.”

— Jamie Redknapp

“At no point was my career under threat, so I always knew that I would get back into action.”

— Jamie Redknapp

“But I've never once thought that I wouldn't get back, as if you do think like that, then you're in trouble.”

— Jamie Redknapp

“But what goes on in my life outside of the game should be my business.”

— Jamie Redknapp

“From a personal point of view I want some medals because that is what you aim for when you start out playing.”

— Jamie Redknapp

“I know I'm 25 now, but there's still that little lad inside me who likes his dad there to see him.”

— Jamie Redknapp

“I've been at Liverpool for eight years, and the time has come for us to start achieving.”

— Jamie Redknapp

“It's not enough just being a good passer of the ball.”

— Jamie Redknapp

“But I just want to be known for my football.”

— Jamie Redknapp

“I'm looking out for myself, but I'm looking out for my dad, too.”

— Jamie Redknapp

“My dad knows the business, and he tells me I've got to do what's best for me.”

— Jamie Redknapp

“Once Liverpool had asked me to sign again, there was no hesitation.”

— Jamie Redknapp

People always seem to be interested in my private life because I'm married to a pop star.

— Jamie Redknapp

“People have always thought of me as a passer of the ball, but you can't just be that these days.”

— Jamie Redknapp

“We need to win something for the fans because they have been patient and very understanding and we owe them.”

— Jamie Redknapp

“You can't play when you're not 100% fit especially at this level.”

— Jamie Redknapp

“You want to win things and I am at a club where we have the players to do that.”

— Jamie Redknapp

“You've got to do it all, the physical as well as the skilful.”

— Jamie Redknapp

“Most goals are scored between the posts.”

— Jamie Redknapp

“Suarez will improve and he will get better.”

— Jamie Redknapp

“When you play a team with as much attacking power as Barcelona and you restrict them to one shot on target in the second leg, you are doing something right. Have the best football team gone through? Yes. Have the best organised team gone through? No.”

— Jamie Redknapp

“In his youth Michael Owen was literally a greyhound.”

— Jamie Redknapp

“The ball was coming down like a butterfly with sore feet.”

— Jamie Redknapp

“Only one thing can stop Luis Suarez from being voted as the Players' Player of the Year ... his fellow players”

— Jamie Redknapp

“Gareth Bale literally has three lungs”

— Jamie Redknapp

“You can't just play on the edge of games - you have to be in the thick of it.”

— Jamie Redknapp

“Physically and mentally I'm stronger right now because an injury is not playing on my mind all the time.”

— Jamie Redknapp

“It's a horrible feeling - there's nothing worse for any player than to be thinking at the back of your mind that there's something wrong with you.”

— Jamie Redknapp

“I've worked on the physical side and I think I'm a player that can do most things.”

— Jamie Redknapp

“I haven't counted, obviously, but I reckon I've lost over a year and a half of my career through injury so far.”

— Jamie Redknapp

“You look at Patrick Vieira and Emmanuel Petit at Arsenal or Roy Keane at Man United, and they are players that can do everything.”

— Jamie Redknapp

“You have to be physical - that's the way it is in a midfield in the modern game.”

— Jamie Redknapp

“I cried at my son's sports day, for God's
sake. I'm a huge baby”

— Jamie Redknapp

“My guilty pleasure is One Direction.”

— Jamie Redknapp

“The importance of a warm up and cool down can't be stressed enough.”

— Jamie Redknapp

“Frank Lampard has a vision for seeing things”

— Jamie Redknapp

“Arsenal's width comes from wide areas”

— Jamie Redknapp