153 Quotes by Matt Doherty

You have to be a bit ruthless, to be ultra-focused all the time. At the end of the day we're not playing kids football, we have to learn ourselves and go out with full focus and be men, to take it on.

You still have your own pride, your own personal pride. You can still work hard and get around the pitch.

You have to see the situations in games, you can't just rely on other people to do it.

You have to try and take games by the scruff of the neck... you can't mollycoddle everyone.

I just didn't play. It's not the end of the world. You've got to respect the 11 that go out.

You could say I've not been the same player for Ireland as I have in the Premier League.

It's up to me to find a way to bring out my best game when I put on the Ireland jersey.

It's hard to put your shoulders back and say, 'right lads, let's win this game,' when we're not actually winning anything.

I was in the Spurs team and in the Ireland team when I got it and I admit it took its toll on me when I came back. But look, there were many, many people worse off than me.