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Craig Bellamy
Welsh
Athlete
Born:
Jul 13
,
1979
Am
Football
Life
Me
Myself
You
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All I want to do now is prove my temperament is not a problem and get people talking about my football again.
Craig Bellamy
People
Problem
Temperament
About
Football
Talking
Prove
Get
Want
Again
Now
I did get myself into little scrapes when I was younger and a bit stupid, but there is only one manager I have worked under who ever spoke a bad word about me.
Craig Bellamy
Myself
Me
Word
Stupid
Bit
Bad
About
Only
Spoke
Get
Did
Manager
Little
Younger
Worked
Who
Ever
I can understand a bad pass or something like that; I don't get irate. But the one thing I can never accept is a lack of work rate. You have to be able to give everything you have.
Craig Bellamy
Work
You
Everything
Bad
One Thing
Able
Give
Rate
Something
Never
Like
Accept
Understand
Pass
Get
Lack
The One Thing
Thing
David Brooks - every time I see him, I like him. He breaks lines, runs beyond, and I like him a lot.
Craig Bellamy
Time
Every
Every Time
Brooks
Runs
See
David
He
Like
Beyond
Him
Lines
Lot
Breaks
Being Welsh means you sometimes get exposed to international football earlier. Again, that helps player development, speeds up their thought process in a different kind of environment.
Craig Bellamy
You
Sometimes
Thought
Speeds
Thought Process
Kind
Football
Environment
Development
Welsh
Up
Get
Being
Different
Process
Again
Different Kind
Means
International
Exposed
Helps
Earlier
Player
Look, we all make mistakes. That is no problem. But you have to be willing to make up for your mistakes and to help yourself.
Craig Bellamy
You
Yourself
Problem
Mistakes
Willing
No Problem
Look
Make
Make Up
Up
Your
Help
Certain players need twice the recovery time of others because they run much more - not because they put in more effort but because they're playing different positions.
Craig Bellamy
Time
Positions
Others
Run
More
Recovery
Put
Because
Effort
Different
Much
Certain
Twice
Players
Playing
Need
I believe I have a lot to offer when I finish football as well. I always said I didn't want to become a manager, but I changed that view.
Craig Bellamy
Become
Believe
Changed
Finish
Football
Well
Said
Always
Lot
Offer
Manager
Want
View
John Hartson, he speaks fluent Welsh and has the tattoos all over him to prove his Welshness. But in my own world, no one is more Welsh than myself.
Craig Bellamy
Myself
World
Own
Fluent
John
My Own
More
No-One
He
Over
Him
Prove
Welsh
His
Than
Tattoos
Speaks
My image is not the greatest, I imagine. You need to know me and understand me, see some of the things I do away from football. Maybe you have to be a fan of me to like me.
Craig Bellamy
Me
You
See
Some
Football
Like
Know
Understand
Greatest
Maybe
Fan
Away
Things
Image
Need
Imagine
If you are going to say something, then be as honest as you can.
Craig Bellamy
You
Say
Something
Going
Then
Honest
I let football drive me crazy. If we lost, I would shut myself away for two or three days, not sleeping, torturing myself about what I did.
Craig Bellamy
Myself
Me
Crazy
Three
Drive
Lost
Sleeping
Would
About
Football
Days
Did
Away
Shut
Two
It's up to people to judge whether I'm a good fella.
Craig Bellamy
Good
People
Judge
Fella
Up
Whether
I joined Norwich when I was 15 and moved away from a life living on an estate in Cardiff and everything I knew. I moved away from my girlfriend, who is my wife now, and my nan, who has now passed away. I missed a lot.
Craig Bellamy
Life
Wife
Living
Everything
Girlfriend
Joined
Knew
Missed
Passed
Lot
Moved
Estate
Who
Now
Away
So much of my career was affected by injuries. Not just the well documented surgery, but the hamstring pulls and other things. Injuries hit me hard, and they always seemed to come at key times.
Craig Bellamy
Me
Key
Other
Seemed
Come
Well
Documented
Always
Surgery
Affected
Times
Hit
Just
Much
Hard
Injuries
Things
Career
Of course I want to keep playing; that's the best thing for any footballer. But I'm looking forward to not having to put my body through the pain, I have to say.
Craig Bellamy
Best
Looking
Pain
Say
Having
Through
Put
Footballer
Looking Forward
Course
Any
Want
Body
Forward
Keep
Thing
Playing
As a professional, you're taught from a young age to despise losing. But I began to accept that, in football, you will win some games, and you will lose some games, with draws here and there, too. That's just the nature of the game.
Craig Bellamy
Nature
You
Game
Age
Win
Losing
Will
Lose
Young
Too
Despise
Draws
Some
Football
Accept
Began
Just
Taught
Young Age
Games
Professional
Here
I do have to pinch myself at times when I look back at some of the things I have achieved. I really do.
Craig Bellamy
Myself
Back
Some
Look
Pinch
Times
Achieved
Really
Things
I surround myself with family. I have got the most incredible wife in the world and unbelievable kids.
Craig Bellamy
Myself
Family
World
Wife
Incredible
Kids
Unbelievable
Most
Got
Surround
There is no one better than Jose Mourinho for how he cherishes his players, and their affection for him is unique.
Craig Bellamy
Better
Affection
No-One
He
Him
How
His
Than
Unique
Players
Manchester City is the richest club in the world. They work to a budget that no one else works to, so they can write their own rules.
Craig Bellamy
Work
World
Own
Club
Else
Rules
City
Write
No-One
Budget
Manchester
Richest
Works
I always say the best players I have ever worked with are the hardest players I have ever worked with.
Craig Bellamy
Best
Say
Always
Worked
Ever
Hardest
Players
I want to make sure that I am always ready: that if I step off the bench, I will make a contribution, then be given my chance.
Craig Bellamy
Will
Bench
Given
Step
Make
Sure
Ready
Always
Am
Off
Contribution
Want
Then
Chance
First and foremost, I am concentrating on staying fit. If I'm fit, I can challenge. If I ain't fit, I can't challenge.
Craig Bellamy
Challenge
First
Staying
Concentrating
Am
Foremost
Fit
I was enjoying life at West Ham; I really was. I wanted to do the whole five years there, become a favourite with the fans, and end my career there.
Craig Bellamy
Life
Fans
Become
Favourite
Ham
West
Years
End
Five
Wanted
Really
Whole
Enjoying
Enjoying Life
Career
In the past, before games, I would near enough make myself ill. Nerves and stuff.
Craig Bellamy
Myself
Past
Before
Enough
Would
Nerves
Stuff
Make
In The Past
Games
Ill
Near
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