Top 50 Jamie Redknapp Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “The importance of a warm up and cool down can’t be stressed enough.”

— Jamie Redknapp

2. “But there’s no point in looking back and saying I was unlucky.”

— Jamie Redknapp

3. “In his youth Michael Owen was literally a greyhound.”

— Jamie Redknapp

4. “Gareth Bale literally has three lungs.”

— Jamie Redknapp

5. “The way I am, I like to look forward instead of looking back.”

— Jamie Redknapp

6. “I am a positive person and do not allow things to get on top of me.”

— Jamie Redknapp

7. “I’m enjoying myself this year and for once I’m not chasing my fitness.”

— Jamie Redknapp

8. “It’s not enough just being a good passer of the ball.”

— Jamie Redknapp

9. “My guilty pleasure is One Direction.”

— Jamie Redknapp

10. “You have to be professional and think about the future.”

— Jamie Redknapp

11. “There is pressure every day as a footballer.”

— Jamie Redknapp

12. “The ball was coming down like a butterfly with sore feet.”

— Jamie Redknapp

13. “As I say, you get labeled. To stop all that, I’ve got to win things – that’s the only way you make your mark.”

— Jamie Redknapp

14. “Me Grandad is 74 and he’s football bananas, so me nan gets loads of grief.”

— Jamie Redknapp

15. “Frank Lampard has a vision for seeing things.”

— Jamie Redknapp

16. “You can’t just play on the edge of games – you have to be in the thick of it.”

— Jamie Redknapp

17. “I enjoy spending time at home or going out for a quiet meal in a restaurant.”

— Jamie Redknapp

18. “I haven’t counted, obviously, but I reckon I’ve lost over a year and a half of my career through injury so far.”

— Jamie Redknapp

19. “In the past I’ve had a bad injury, and then struggled when I’ve got back because I’ve been unfit.”

— Jamie Redknapp

20. “You look at Patrick Vieira and Emmanuel Petit at Arsenal or Roy Keane at Man United, and they are players that can do everything.”

— Jamie Redknapp

21. “I never got to the point when I felt like running away from it all.”

— Jamie Redknapp

22. “When you play a team with as much attacking power as Barcelona and you restrict them to one shot on target in the second leg, you are doing something right. Have the best football team gone through? Yes. Have the best organised team gone through? No.”

— Jamie Redknapp

23. “People ask me why I keep getting injured but I have just had to accept it is one of those things that happen.”

— Jamie Redknapp

24. “Although my dad Harry is the manager of West Ham, we get on very well.”

— Jamie Redknapp

25. “Arsenal’s width comes from wide areas.”

— Jamie Redknapp

26. “My dad knows the business, and he tells me I’ve got to do what’s best for me.”

— Jamie Redknapp

27. “Arsenal have been literally passed to death.”

— Jamie Redknapp

28. “I’ve been at Liverpool for eight years, and the time has come for us to start achieving.”

— Jamie Redknapp

29. “I’m looking out for myself, but I’m looking out for my dad, too.”

— Jamie Redknapp

30. “I know I’m 25 now, but there’s still that little lad inside me who likes his dad there to see him.”

— Jamie Redknapp

31. “At no point was my career under threat, so I always knew that I would get back into action.”

— Jamie Redknapp

32. “It’s a horrible feeling – there’s nothing worse for any player than to be thinking at the back of your mind that there’s something wrong with you.”

— Jamie Redknapp

33. “We need to win something for the fans because they have been patient and very understanding and we owe them.”

— Jamie Redknapp

34. “Once Liverpool had asked me to sign again, there was no hesitation.”

— Jamie Redknapp

35. “Physically and mentally I’m stronger right now because an injury is not playing on my mind all the time.”

— Jamie Redknapp

36. “People always seem to be interested in my private life because I’m married to a pop star.”

— Jamie Redknapp

37. “I’ve worked on the physical side and I think I’m a player that can do most things.”

— Jamie Redknapp

38. “You’ve got to do it all, the physical as well as the skilful.”

— Jamie Redknapp

39. “But what goes on in my life outside of the game should be my business.”

— Jamie Redknapp

40. “People have always thought of me as a passer of the ball, but you can’t just be that these days.”

— Jamie Redknapp

41. “But I just want to be known for my football.”

— Jamie Redknapp

42. “From a personal point of view I want some medals because that is what you aim for when you start out playing.”

— Jamie Redknapp

43. “Most goals are scored between the posts.”

— Jamie Redknapp

44. “I’m a footballer, that’s my job and that’s all I want to be known for.”

— Jamie Redknapp

45. “I’ve had two or three injuries when with England and it’s been a bit bizarre.”

— Jamie Redknapp

46. “I haven’t achieved as much as I should have done in my career.”

— Jamie Redknapp

47. “I have always passed the ball and worked on that part of my game.”

— Jamie Redknapp

48. “Suarez will improve and he will get better.”

— Jamie Redknapp

49. “I suppose it hacks me off sometimes when people go on about all the other stuff, because I have really worked hard at my game, and I’ve been incredibly dedicated in getting myself fit, and getting my game right.”

— Jamie Redknapp

50. “You want to win things and I am at a club where we have the players to do that.”

— Jamie Redknapp