James Milner Quotes

I proved myself in Barcelona, and after I proved myself in Germany, I wanted to prove myself in England.

That's pretty rewarding in itself coming from where I started. Obviously the next goal for me is to make the Olympic team.

'300' was a real turning point in my career. Until then, I felt like a steam train that was slowly chugging to the top of a hill. Now I'm over that hill, my career seems to have its own momentum.

It took me 35 years of being involved at a decent level of football to become manager at a great club like Celtic.

I once stood in the middle of New York city watching my name go round the electronic zipper sign in Times Square and I felt pretty thrilled, but not quite as thrilled as I felt when I saw my name in the 'Examiner' for the first time.

It's a great feat for me to have broken my world record.

I've got a portrait in the Smithsonian. Who ever thought that would happen?

I am happy with everything I achieved in my football career. I don't think I could have done any more.

I accomplished something big and that's a memory I will never forget.

I've been thinking about the record since I reached the fifty plateau. But you think about it and then you let it go because you can't waste many brain cells on hours thinking about it.

I never envisioned being number one for five weeks, knocking Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men off the charts. That's the scariest thing and the greatest thing that ever happened to me.

Chelsea gave me what I was looking for when I left Liverpool trophies. I'll always see it as a success.

Til the day I didn't play under-19 World Cup, nobody ever celebrated my birthday. And the moment I played for Indian team, my family got excited and ordered and cut a cake for me in front of 40-50 family members.

I keep fooling people into giving me jobs, and now I'm on Broadway. It's always something I've wanted to be a part of, and I can't believe that this is the experience I'm having.

There's plenty of people who've never gotten the opportunity to wrestle at WrestleMania. To perform there and do that, I never thought it would ever happen. I had learned to live with it. So to say I did, that is a big notch in my belt.

I literally worked from the bottom up to where I am now.

It's kind of nice, and rewarding, to have been on the journey from having to play football and work to being a professional.

The Champions League is massive. I've had so much experience. I'm only 23, and yet I've played so much in the Champions League, and not many players my age would have had that experience.

From being a nobody in the industry to getting so much love, it has been an amazing journey.

Crossing the Gobi was a real milestone for me.

Everybody likes to look at the end goal, but when you sit back and reflect, I played on Team U.S.A. That's incredible for me. I think that in itself is amazing.

I don't think there have been many dull celebrations after any of my hundreds for England. It's been an emotional time for me over the last few weeks. Interpret them as you wish.

The long journey I've taken from where I started, and to end up at the Governors Awards as a governor - it was an emotional and powerful moment for me.

Even if I won so many titles, the first title is not forgotten.

To come through the ranks and play for your boyhood club is a dream come true.