“It is a very dark place when you are injured. Lonely.” — Andy Carroll Quote

“It is a very dark place when you are injured. Lonely.”

“I do have a daft side to me, a silly side to me, which will never ever go, and I don't want it to, you know?”

“When I was 15, I had played as a striker and I was the only left-footed player in the team, so they put me left back. My contract was running down and I knew I was in trouble, so I had to knock on the door and ask them to play me up top. I scored a few goals. I've been there ever since.”

“As a kid, I felt like I had no voice, felt like I had no options, and that's what drove me to this really dark place.”

“When my life was on the line, it was Precious who saved me. When I had nowhere to go, it was Precious who got me out of that dark place. She took me under her wing even though I wasn't her child. She pointed me in the right direction of life to get me where I am today.”

“Digging down and finding out where your head is at when a fight is about to come, I used to get to a dark place and that's not really a place I want to go anymore. I got kids, I enjoy my life and I'm having a good time. I don't feel like I need to go there anymore.”