Quotes by Daniel James - Page 1

I think being versatile is important.
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Versatile
Important Being Think
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It's about concentrating on the football for me.
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Concentrating
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I'm sure there are players a lot quicker than me.
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Quicker
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It definitely isn't true that I supported Liverpool.
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Liverpool
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I didn't think I was going to make it as a footballer.
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Footballer
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Raheem Sterling. The way he plays is the way I want to be.
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Sterling
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It's important to keep getting back up. It's part of the game.
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Back Up
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When people compare me to Kylian Mbappe, I am not quicker than him.
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Compare
I Am Me People
Me I Am People
Quicker
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I think having established myself at Man United so quickly has helped me.
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Myself Man Me
Established
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Part of my game is about winning those fouls and getting in good positions.
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Positions
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I don't think you can sum up how it feels, to come on and score on my debut.
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Debut
Sum
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I still don't believe I'm a Manchester United player, it's the stuff you dream of.
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Manchester
Manchester United
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I have ambitions to play for the first team. Of course, that is the ultimate goal.
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Ultimate Goal
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It is important in football how you react to things when things aren't going so well.
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React
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You sometimes go back to your comfort zone when you're in a bad place, you try and be safe.
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Comfort Zone
Zone
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My agent said 'you've got clubs looking at you and United are one,' and I said: 'no they're not!'
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Agent
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I did athletics when I was at school. I ran the 100 meters but I got beat once so stopped doing it.
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Athletics
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I watch TV, spend time with my family, chill with the boys and go to the cinema - that sort of thing.
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Chill
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At the start, when I got to nearly 12 years old, I actually nearly gave up football. I wasn't enjoying it.
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Enjoying
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Whether I'm playing or not I'm proud. I'm as proud to play for Wales as I am Man United, to be there at the club.
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Wales
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To hear that Manchester United were interested was surreal for me because it was my first year in senior football.
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Manchester
Manchester United
Senior
Surreal
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Coming out at the Theatre of Dreams is unbelievable. I'll always love it and never get used to the sound of the fans.
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Unbelievable
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Everyone looks up to Lionel Messi, but I think I've got to go for Juan Mata. He's someone that I've always looked up to.
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Juan
Messi
Lionel
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It is alright when things are going well, but everyone always says it is how you deal with things when they are going badly.
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Alright
Badly
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If a defender hits you and you stay down he might think he's got the better of you, so to get up and keep going is important.
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Defender
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The Premier League is the best league in the world and Manchester United is the perfect place for me to continue to develop as a player.
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Manchester
Manchester United
Premier League
Best World Me
Premier
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I was training most nights and was missing out. I was coming back from school and wanting to go out with my mates, but I had to go training.
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Mates
Missing
Nights
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Even though I'm in the changing room and I know I am, you still have to pinch yourself every night that you can say you're a Manchester United player.
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Every Night
Manchester
Manchester United
Pinch
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I moved away to Swansea from Hull when I was 15. It was about four hours away - for some countries that's not a lot - but I wasn't able to see my family a lot.
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Hull
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Playing three games each week, you are away a lot. So, yeah, moving away from family and friends and being away all the time would have to be my biggest sacrifice.
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Family And Friends
Moving Away
Sacrifice
Each Week
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It is massive progress in the space of a year being a Man United regular and playing for Wales. But things happen so quickly in football you have to be ready for anything.
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Things Happen
Wales
Being A Man
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I think it was the down point in my career. I went to Shrewsbury on loan, I came back within a month and hadn't played a game - injured and feeling sorry for myself really.
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Injured
Loan
Sorry
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Obviously, I did enjoy my football - it was just that I was missing out with friends. But they are the sacrifices that sometimes you have to make as a footballer, to make it.
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Missing
Sacrifices
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The first games were against Belgium and Switzerland, and that changed me as well because I used to play striker at Hull, and when I went away with Wales, I played as a winger.
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Belgium
Hull
Switzerland
Wales
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I exchange text messages with Ryan Giggs quite a lot because he was a legend here and someone I see as a big inspiration. Obviously, with him being the manager for Wales he helps me a bit.
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Messages
Wales
Exchange
Quite A Lot
Ryan
Text
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I think every kid grows up wanting to play for Manchester United. I never thought I'd be able to play against them, never mind play for them, so it's surreal, and I'm really looking forward to it.
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Grows
Looking Forward
Manchester
Manchester United
Surreal
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When I see scarves or shirts, I think: 'Why have they got my name on? They could have Pogba or Rashford or Lingard.' When people ask for pictures, I'll think: 'You don't want one of me, you want one with them.'
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Shirts
Me People Name
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It is a boyhood dream to play for Manchester United. To come here is a bit surreal. You see the number of fans out there and how far some of them have travelled to see. It is going to take a bit of getting used to.
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Boyhood
Manchester
Manchester United
Surreal
How Far
Travelled
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I've been asking my partner for a dog for a while and she kept saying no. She was obviously keeping it for a birthday surprise, and when I came home from Rotherham, Hugo was sat on the sofa waiting for me. It was a really nice surprise.
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Birthday
Sat
Surprise
Home Waiting Me
Hugo
Partner
Sofa
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Giggsy, as soon as I came into the Wales set-up, had ambitions for me. The way he brought me and a lot of other youngsters through has been amazing. He spoke to me when I first signed for United. His advice was to be myself, which is what I will try to do.
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Wales
Youngsters
Amazing Myself Me
Signed
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It was a tricky one as I had other clubs interested in me, not as big as United. I wasn't guaranteed game time anywhere, so why not take this opportunity at the biggest club in the world? If it doesn't work out, I can always go somewhere else. That was my mindset at the time.
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Mindset
Somewhere Else
Tricky
Why Not
Work Time Opportunity
Guaranteed
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Getting the message out there to speak out is huge, and I think you can be the brightest person in the room, but people never know what's going on really inside and the hardest thing is to speak out. You've got to speak out. I think sometimes you maybe hold it all in and it can get too much at times.
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Hardest Thing
People Sometimes Never
People Sometimes Speak
Brightest
The Hardest Thing
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