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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
My discipline in myself has got me where I am. I try to emphasise that to young players.
Craig Bellamy
Myself
Me
Discipline
Try
Young
Got
Am
Where
Young Players
Players
I'm aware of my value as a player, of course. But do I need to buy a holiday home that I'm only going to use two weeks every year? Course not. It's a waste. Why not give the money to people who could do with it.
Craig Bellamy
Buy
Home
People
Money
Value
Year
Every
Give
Only
Could
Weeks
Course
Going
Holiday
Use
Who
Aware
Waste
Why
Why Not
Player
Two
Need
Two Weeks
Basically, we are all chimps. The human side is at the front of our forehead, but the chimp is the part that lashes out. When I play, I am completely chimp-orientated.
Craig Bellamy
Side
Our
Out
Part
Forehead
Am
Front
Human
Play
Lashes
Basically
Life isn't just about football. The adventure starts when you finish, and I'm looking forward to that.
Craig Bellamy
Life
You
Looking
Starts
About
Finish
Football
Adventure
Looking Forward
Just
Forward
I've been playing at a professional level for 17, 18 years now, and there's more to life. I love the game, don't get me wrong - I've cherished every moment of it.
Craig Bellamy
Life
Love
Me
Game
Every
More
Wrong
Cherished
Been
Years
Get
Moment
Professional
Now
Level
Playing
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