“I get excited about all the things in football. But when I have days w...” — Charlie Austin Quote

I get excited about all the things in football. But when I have days when I get too carried away with myself I look back at where I've come from.

I've still got the hunger and yeah, a point to prove. Everybody loves playing in the Premier League, don't they?

I used to get up at six and drive for an hour in my blue van from Bournemouth to Basingstoke - they were the tough days.

When I was a builder, I drove a blue van. It had a hole in the floor and I couldn't afford to fix it. I put a concrete block over the hole.

I've got a strong family, close friends and hobbies outside football that keep my feet on the ground.

After the Revolution in '49, all the films were propaganda. They serviced the government and carried the message that the government wants to relay to the people. But I think, in the last 10 years, because the film market is opening and there's an expansion of all the cinemas in China, it's now a lot like Hollywood productions.

As many of the riders before me had been held up and robbed of their packages, mail and money that they carried, for that was the only means of getting mail and money between these points.

If you want to reach the top, don't run over others. Likely, the only way you'll reach the top is to be carried there by others.

I remember, playing in college especially, I cried in almost every game I played. I just felt so much stress and pressure that I was letting everyone down if I didn't score a goal or win the game. I carried that weight with me into every game.