100 Quotes by Adebayo Akinfenwa

I was always a big guy. You see my family - my brothers are the same size.

During my career I've come back to clubs after the summer break to see one of my team-mates not really at it because he's been denied a move to a bigger club for whatever reason, and you can see in his body language that he doesn't want to be there and that kind of thing is massively disruptive and negative.

When you hear Beast Mode, you automatically go to my size, but I always say the strongest thing I own is not my chest, my legs, not my arms. It's my mind. It's that mindset that says: Look, you're not always going to succeed but don't take it as a loss, take it as a lesson. That's the mindset of Beast Mode.

Players build up friendships with each other, so when a team-mate wants out, part of you understands that he is torn and you know you can't begrudge him a move. But the other part of you wants him to stay because you want to win games.

People have tried to push me into other sports, but it's always been football.

A player's mind, body and soul have to be right to get the best out of them, and if a player no longer wants to be at a club then the club should try and get the best deal they can and let the player move on.

More than anything I prefer the ball on the floor. I think I play my best football on the floor. There is a delicacy to this big giant.

My old boss Aidy Boothroyd is a great man and I've got no malice or anything toward him.

Defy the limitations people put on you.