Troy Deeney Quotes

I didn't take many penalties, but I never missed one.

I'm not massively into the screamers, because I think sometimes fellas just hit it and there's an element of luck over whether it flies into the top corner or over the bar.

My back to the goal, physically fighting off defenders, trying to bang my goals in, every week I have to do the business for this club. That's the life of a striker.

I'm at my most comfortable out on the pitch when I'm in front of goal with the ball at my feet. It's about being used to certain situations, and with time, you will find, chances don't get snatched at.

I developed my game a lot and learned how to score off the dribble. I learned how to play team defense and one-on-one defense.

With all strikers, it's just about needing a bit of confidence.

The physical side of my game - I know I'm hitting the stats I want to hit, but I want more assists and goals.

I do what the forwards do and score goals.

I always say that someone who doesn't score isn't a forward.

It's difficult losing, but it's even more difficult when you didn't make a shot. I could see the ball just didn't go your way on an out-of-bounds play or something like that, but when you're just not making them, it's frustrating.

As a striker, I don't get to score a lot of beautiful goals.

Sometimes in a match, when things get tight, you want to feel like you can swing out on the ball and still have control.

My fouls used to be ticky-tacky, but I learned real fast to make them count.

As a striker, what you got used to on a daily basis, it is to be applauded when you score goals. When the opposite happens, it's difficult.

I just try to keep my game simple and just get chances. I try to stay on the defender's shoulder, run behind because they don't like it and when I get an opportunity, I shoot. If it goes in one day, it goes in. If it doesn't another day, it doesn't.

To become a striker, you need dedication, focus, and professionalism. When they pass you the ball inside the area, the first thing you think of is to score. To find the best way to finish.

It's true that I score a lot of penalties. If referees give us penalties and the coach names me as the penalty-taker, I have to take them. That doesn't mean that I'm going to score them.

If you let in a goal, you don't sink into your shell, you come out even harder and put people on the back foot, home or away.

When you are in the goal, you have to concentrate totally on the game, but in a shoot-out when the striker is walking towards the penalty spot, you remember what you have been through and see it as a chance to make the difference.

I need to work hard at training to become more clinical in front of goal.

I want to work on finishing at the basket more as far as more floaters, being more consistent.

Some people say I run too much, and by the time I arrive in front of goal, when I have to provide the finish, I am tired. But this is just my way of playing. I need to do this to score goals.

You have to make shots. That's the bottom line.

I always wanted to score goals, but sometimes I've scored and been terrible and other times I felt I played well and didn't score. I looked at the statsheet the season where I scored 27 goals and I had one assist and was frustrated.

I always back myself as a finisher, but I always practise it as well. Every type of finish: left foot, right foot, headers, penalties, free kicks.