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Nigeria is a great footballing nation and deserves to assume her rightful place in Africa and world football and I am keen to be part of a team that achieves this goal.
Alex Iwobi
Great
World
Nation
Assume
Rightful
Football
Part
Am
Goal
Africa
Achieves
Place
Team
Keen
Deserves
Her
Nigeria
My mum made me do kick-ups in the living room. My sister even tried to play football. Everyone was trying to help me.
Alex Iwobi
Me
Made
Sister
Living
Everyone
Tried
Football
Trying
Room
Help
Even
Mum
Play
Play Football
Living Room
With the money thing it is mad. As a young kid earning so much, having a house and driving a nice car it is nice but it is something I keep level-headed about.
Alex Iwobi
Money
Car
Young
Nice
Earning
Kid
Mad
About
Something
Having
Driving
House
Young Kid
Much
Keep
Thing
As a footballer you're committed to play for the badge, train alongside fantastic players daily and compete against some of the game's best every weekend. What more can you ask for.
Alex Iwobi
Best
Daily
You
Game
Every
Some
More
Weekend
Badge
Footballer
Alongside
Train
Committed
Against
Fantastic
Ask
Play
Compete
Players
My target is to get as many call-ups as I can, get as many games as I can and win many trophies with Nigeria.
Alex Iwobi
Win
Trophies
Target
Get
Games
Many
Nigeria
Arsenal's standards are very high so I've always tried to reach that.
Alex Iwobi
High
Tried
Reach
Always
Arsenal
Very
Standards
I feel very honoured and proud to be playing for Nigeria.
Alex Iwobi
Honoured
Feel
Proud
Very
Nigeria
Playing
It's an honour to be an Ambassador for DStv. Their passion for promoting sports is unrivalled across Africa.
Alex Iwobi
Sports
Passion
Honour
Promoting
Ambassador
Africa
Across
I know the fans want to win trophies, we all do.
Alex Iwobi
Win
Fans
Trophies
Know
Want
Fans are allowed to have their own opinion, at the end of the day they can say whatever they want, but some of them, it's crazy. They just want their own team to win. I can understand that. But some of the things they say.
Alex Iwobi
Day
Crazy
Win
End Of The Day
Fans
Whatever
Own
Say
Some
Allowed
Opinion
Understand
End
Just
Want
Them
Team
They Say
Things
From Under 15s to Under 19s, I was concentrating playing for England, it was close to me, I could just go to St George's Park, it was nice. Going back to school when you've just played for England, it was amazing, you're one of the best players in the country, that's why you're getting picked.
Alex Iwobi
Best
Me
You
School
Amazing
Country
Nice
Back
Back To School
Park
Could
Picked
Concentrating
Go
George
Close
Getting
Going
Just
England
Why
Played
Players
Playing
When Nigeria actually gave me the call-up I thought 'oh, it's going to be a challenge, I don't go back there a lot, I don't really speak the language.' I wasn't speaking the language as fluently as I am now, so it was always going to be a challenge, but it was a challenge I decided to take and change nationalities.
Alex Iwobi
Me
Change
Speak
Language
Challenge
Thought
Gave
Fluently
Back
Take
Always
Am
Go
Lot
Going
Oh
Decided
Really
Speaking
Now
Actually
Nigeria
When I was younger I just played football for the fun of it, scoring the maddest goals and trying to come up with new tricks but when you've got to take yourself into a proper match, you've got be serious.
Alex Iwobi
You
Yourself
Goals
Tricks
Proper
Take
Football
New
Come
Match
Got
Scoring
Up
Trying
Just
Younger
Fun
Serious
Played
My best score ever is 103, but I've only been playing 15 years.
Alex Karras
Best
Only
Been
Years
Score
Ever
Playing
There are two kinds of climbers: those who climb because their heart sings when they're in the mountains, and all the rest.
Alex Lowe
Heart
Rest
Mountains
Those
Kinds
Because
Climb
Climber
Sings
Who
Two
There's only one way to gain mountain sense, and that's to be in the mountains a lot. Unfortunately, when you're a young climber, you have none. You're out there, and your risk level is high.
Alex Lowe
You
Mountains
Young
Sense
Way
Out
High
One-Way
Risk
Only
Only One Way
None
Climber
Lot
Mountain
Unfortunately
Gain
Your
Level
I would let climbing slide away if I had to maintain my relationship with my family. Because it really is the big adventure.
Alex Lowe
Family
Relationship
Big
Slide
Would
Had
Maintain
Adventure
Because
Climbing
Really
Away
When I'm 70 or 80, I'm still going to be doing good climbs. It's going to be fun to the bitter end.
Alex Lowe
Good
Bitter
Bitter End
Still
Doing
Climbs
Doing Good
End
Going
Fun
I think it's important to keep things positive. Sometimes you don't win, and that sucks, and you work on improving.
Alex Morgan
Positive
Work
You
Win
Sometimes
Important
Think
Improving
Sucks
Keep
Things
I love yoga. There's a lot of stretching involved, which helps with my flexibility and injury prevention. Vinyasa is my favorite as a recovery tool and for me to continue having my legs feel good.
Alex Morgan
Love
Good
Me
Feel Good
Stretching
Tool
Favorite
Having
Prevention
Recovery
Feel
Involved
Continue
Lot
Yoga
Legs
Which
Flexibility
Helps
Injury
I rarely felt or noticed any real divide between girls and boys when I was growing up. Maybe it was because I was so involved in sports and competed with the boys. Maybe it was my mom and dad, who constantly instilled confidence in me and never made me feel as though there were boy activities and girl activities.
Alex Morgan
Mom
Me
Confidence
Sports
Made
Girl
Though
Constantly
Rarely
Divide
Never
Instilled
Feel
Between
Involved
Because
Felt
Boy
Real
Were
Up
Any
Maybe
Noticed
Mom And Dad
Who
Dad
Growing
Activities
Growing Up
I think it's huge, especially in team sports, for players to be able to rely on each other and to really trust in each other.
Alex Morgan
Sports
Trust
Think
Other
Able
Rely
Huge
Really
Team
Team Sports
Each
Players
My workouts are mostly interval-based, so I'm never running at a constant speed. I'm always switching it up because I don't want my body getting used to one thing in particular.
Alex Morgan
Speed
One Thing
Running
Constant
Never
Particular
Mostly
Because
Always
Up
Getting
Want
Body
Used
Workouts
Switching
Thing
It wasn't until 1999 when my idols Mia Hamm and Kristine Lilly took home the women's World Cup trophy at the Rose Bowl in front of 40 million TV viewers that I remember thinking how rare it was to see women play sports on TV.
Alex Morgan
Home
Sports
Women
World
Remember
Rare
Rose
Thinking
Took
TV
See
Trophy
Until
Bowl
How
Idols
Cup
Front
Viewers
World Cup
Play
Million
I certainly don't feel like I have the perfect body type... It's through your own eyes. And for every female, you're going to see flaws in that; you're going to see flaws regardless. So for me, it's just important to have that confidence and self-esteem no matter what body type you have.
Alex Morgan
Me
You
Confidence
Eyes
Matter
Important
Own
Every
Type
See
Perfect
Through
Feel
Like
Self-Esteem
Female
Going
Just
Regardless
Flaws
Body
Your
Certainly
People know there's more than one side to me. You can have beauty and brains and athletic ability. You can switch up the cleats for heels once in a while. You can do both.
Alex Morgan
Me
You
People
Beauty
Side
Once
Athletic
Ability
More
Both
Know
Brains
Up
Than
While
Heels
Switch
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