QUOTES by Adebayo Akinfenwa
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If you want to gamble, so be it, but when it gets to the stage where gambling is the only thing you are thinking of and it is affecting your life, that's when you need to put a hold on it.
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I've always liked to keep myself busy so I don't get sucked in by temptations and that was part of the reason why I set up my BMO brand - to keep me occupied during my career, but also for when I finish football.
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Boredom does get you into trouble and we footballers have a lot of time on our hands, and sometimes we fill up that time with stuff that isn't always positive.
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People may laugh or whatever, but my strength is something that I have to work on. It's not something that just happens overnight, it takes dedication and hard work and it has a purpose as it helps me every week on the pitch.
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To be recognised as the best in the whole world at something is an achievement.
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I've been in football a long time now and I've seen plenty of managers and players come and go. It is part and parcel of the game.
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The time you are happy to sit on the bench, is the time you should retire in my opinion.
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Sometimes I think it would be nice to be in a warm office every day. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining because I know how lucky I am to be playing football for a living. The positives by far outweigh the negatives.
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I'm a footballer first and foremost and I want to be remembered for what I do on the pitch.
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For me posting videos on YouTube and interacting with people on Twitter is a great release from the stresses of football.
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I want to be playing competitive first-team football every week and not reserve team football.
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Football players value job security and stability as much anybody else.
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I'm not one of those players who always gets to games or watches every game on TV. If a game is on and I'm free, I'll watch it but I won't make my schedule around a football match.
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As a player on the bench, you become like a fan really. You're sitting there shouting 'why did he do that?' or 'no don't pass it there' and I can see why fans get so frustrated. But then I remember what it is like being out there on the pitch and how players can't see everything that fans can see.
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As you go through your career you learn what works for you and what doesn't and you pick things up with experience.
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People think that football is all glamour and money but trust me all footballers go through the same boring and annoying things as everybody else.
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Obviously you know match-fixing is out there but you don't really associate it with the English game.
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When I look back at my career it is nice to know that I've been appreciated on and off the pitch because not everyone is.
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I think if you score lots of goals but nobody likes you as a person then it stands for nothing.
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As players we have to be careful what we put out there and make sure everything we do is appropriate. And it is not always easy.
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As I've said before, I'm a big fan of social media because it allows players and fans to interactive but it can have its pitfalls.
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You see it all the time, in all divisions, that teams raise themselves and apply themselves that little bit more when they play a 'bigger team.'
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I'm a big believer in not getting too high when you are winning and not getting too low when things aren't going well.
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Everyone likes to be praised for their work and footballers are no different but the key thing is staying level-headed.
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In my younger days, sometimes family and personal life came second to my ambition.
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Like individuals in all walks of life, footballers want stability and we have families to look after.
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When you've only got two days between games the recovery process is key.
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I was always a big guy. You see my family - my brothers are the same size.
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That's one reason fans take to me. They like the battle side of it. They look at me and think this guy shouldn't be on the pitch, he's just bulldozing his way through.
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John Barnes was my idol growing up and he's the reason I've supported Liverpool. I play nothing like him, though!
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My career and my stats, they all speak for itself so to say that I've got anything to prove to people, to say 'well, look, I can play, I'm not just a big guy,' that really is not my driving force in life.
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There was a long period when I was younger where people always talked about my size and I was going 'but look, I can play, though, I can play' but you look at it, to have a career, 12-13 years, you've got to be more than just a brute.
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I've had three or four Scottish Premier League clubs contact me about going there and doing something. A couple of those clubs couldn't be further away from London so I'd have to seriously think about it, but it's nice to be sought after and nice to be wanted.
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I'm going to say it out loud: I'm available for England selection if they serve chicken for pre-match.
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