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" 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? "
Thierry Henry
You
Cricket
Game
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" 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. "
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" It's difficult to talk about Pele because I didn't see him. "
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" 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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" So few people recognize me, I can do what anyone does. "
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" 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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" 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. "
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" To say that my dad pushed me is an understatement. I was never naturally drawn to football. "
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" 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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Me
" 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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" You learn from your mistakes. "
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" I'm obsessed by the idea of making my mark on history. And Arsenal is my paradise. "
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" 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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" My dad always taught me to never be satisfied, to want more and know that what is done is done. "
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" 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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" 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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" No, because retiring is stopping. If I wanted to stop, I would have stopped. "
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Stopping
" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" So when I go home, sometimes, even when I had an amazing game, I always think about what I missed. "
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" 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. "
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" 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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" 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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