Wayne Rooney Quotes
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I love playing football but I am like everyone else, I hate losing and love winning.
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We're going to do it. We're going to get to the World Cup.
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I grew up an Everton fan, my whole family are Everton fans and I grew up hating Liverpool. And that hasn't changed.
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I am as passionate about the England team as anyone.
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If we're on long-haul flights I've been known to sleep on the floor so I hear the engine.
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I've started doing my coaching badges, I'd like to be a manager one day.
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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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The lifestyle I lead as a footballer means I am always in the spotlight.
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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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I love football, I've never really taken an interest in anything else.
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I'll keep doing my training and I'm sure the goals will come.
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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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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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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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There are many ways to grow football-wise. You go slow or are pushed to go faster, otherwise you get left behind. For me, there would be trouble in stopping learning.
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I don't think I look up to any players. Obviously you respect everyone.
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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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If you don't score, and you have chances, you are disappointed.
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I'm proud I'm English and I'm passionate about my country.
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Perfect partners don't exist. Perfect conditions exist for a limited time in which partnerships express themselves best.
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I might have faults but I'm not a big head.
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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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Don't call me a Postmodern!
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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.
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Unlike others who have been caught swearing on camera, I apologised immediately. And yet I am the only person banned for swearing. That doesn't seem right.
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To me, Paul Scholes was in a class of his own.
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I listen to 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Stereophonics, Arctic Monkeys; also the musical Oliver - I can sing every tune.
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Nice to see your own fans booing you.
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There's a lot more pressure on me at United. There are people out there trying to shoot you down
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Football's about the young players, bringing youth team players through to the first team and hopefully getting the best out of them so they can go on to play for their country.
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