I've done quite a bit in England. I've won the majority of trophies and awards that there is to win, apart from top goalscorer... which is hard as a defender.
Sure, it's nice to get appreciation from the outside. But generally, I don't think personal accolades are appropriate in football.
I can say all of the goals I want individually, but if we make the playoffs those individual accolades will come.
Football is all about winning things as a team but it's also important to pick up individual awards along the way.
I'm going to be an MVP. I'm going to be Defensive Player of the Year. Not just once, multiple times... And the rings part is the biggest one for me. And the Hall of Fame part.
I have never cared very much for personal prizes. A person does not become a freedom fighter in the hope of winning awards.
But I like it when my patients are impressed not knowing that I was an Olympian.
I understood even in college, when you win as a team, everyone gets their own accolades, individual accolades.
Scientists are not movie stars or politicians who will feel insulted if they are not showered with accolades. Scientists are not interested in accolades.
I'm sure personal accolades are nice and you appreciate them very much. But it's about winning Cups and winning Olympics and winning World Cups and that kind of thing.
If we win the Champions League, everyone is a better, more recognised player, but if you win an individual award and nothing with your team, it means nothing.
