“Everyone knows what toothache’s like: it’s one of those dull pains that just won’t go away.”
― Andrew Robertson
“I’ll never praise myself, because I think there’s always improvement to be made.”
― Andrew Robertson
“I always believed in my ability. I just had to work hard and be patient and, yeah, at times it didn’t look likely. You need a wee stroke of luck but every chance I’ve been given, I’ve taken.”
― Andrew Robertson
“I set myself high standards, and when I drop below them, I’m not happy about it.”
― Andrew Robertson
“Not many things bug me, but if there’s one thing that does, it’s the idea that my story is a football fairytale.”
― Andrew Robertson
“I know when people say I’m some sort of Cinderella Man that it’s meant as a compliment. I appreciate that, but to be totally honest, it doesn’t feel like one, because it isn’t true.”
― Andrew Robertson
“No magic wands have been waved in my direction; I didn’t win some kind of lottery to land a spot at one of the biggest clubs in the world.”
― Andrew Robertson
“Football is full of highs and lows, but when people retire, they often say, ‘I wish I’d enjoyed it more.’”
― Andrew Robertson
“A lot of players try to buy penalties, and sometimes defenders can’t do a lot about it.”
― Andrew Robertson
“There’s not much point breaking records if, in the end, it doesn’t mean anything.”
― Andrew Robertson
“Queens Park was amateur, so you do not get paid. You need to make a living, and for the first few years, when I was in the youth side, it was fine because I was still at school.”
― Andrew Robertson
“I’m not a good spectator; I’m a nightmare when I’m injured and I’m not playing.”
― Andrew Robertson
“I don’t like it if I’m not part of the starting 11.”
― Andrew Robertson
“I don’t like sitting on the bench even when it was very rare at Hull to rest during cup games.”
― Andrew Robertson
“You want the world-class players playing at the World Cup, and you want them to do themselves justice.”
― Andrew Robertson
“Sometimes my passes don’t find people, but I do try and create.”
― Andrew Robertson
“We all need to chip in with goals and assists. It’s not just the front three. It’s not just the defence that keeps clean sheets, either. It’s a team game.”
― Andrew Robertson
“Relegation – that’s pressure.”
― Andrew Robertson
“I like pressure. I put in on myself, and I think I get the best out of myself by doing that.”
― Andrew Robertson
“If there’s competition in training, then the training is intense, and then you have the pressure of a weekend that if you don’t put in good performances, then your place is maybe up for grabs.”
― Andrew Robertson
“Even when I have a good game, you can still do things better.”
― Andrew Robertson
“At the top end of the Premier League, you have to be ruthless. Even just to get in the top four is hard.”
― Andrew Robertson
“It’s funny, actually… a few clubs called when I was in preseason with Hull in 2017, but I wasn’t really that interested. My missus was pregnant, and we were in the process of getting everything ready for our big arrival – that was our top priority, like any expectant parents.”
― Andrew Robertson
“When I got the chance to play in the Premier League with Hull City in 2014, I had lived a lot of real life.”
― Andrew Robertson
“My ambitions were always to be a solid SPL player.”
― Andrew Robertson
“When you hear Liverpool want you, you call your agent back in about five seconds.”
― Andrew Robertson
“For me, at the level I’m playing at, I would love to finish my career at Liverpool if you gave me that option.”
― Andrew Robertson
“I have always said that I am one to look forward rather than back; what has happened in the past I can’t change now. What is forward, I can.”
― Andrew Robertson
“When I moved to Hull and I was playing against players in the Premier League, maybe I pinched myself then.”
― Andrew Robertson
“With or without the armband, I would love to pull on the country’s colours. That doesn’t change.”
― Andrew Robertson
“Going for titles and medals – who wouldn’t want that? Trust me, it’s a much nicer feeling than fighting relegation.”
― Andrew Robertson
“In the long run of the league, the best team always wins.”
― Andrew Robertson
“You can get lucky in the cups, but you don’t get lucky over a 38-game season.”
― Andrew Robertson
“A point at Old Trafford is never a bad result.”
― Andrew Robertson
“That’s why it’s hardest to win a Premier League instead of a Champions League – because it’s over 38 games. You can’t play well in every game, but it’s about grinding out results.”
― Andrew Robertson
“The food bank is something I’ve always supported because there’s no excuse for anyone to go without food.”
― Andrew Robertson
“Nobody wants the left-back’s shirt.”
― Andrew Robertson
“If you’re let go from Celtic, the club you support, and go to Queen’s Park, people think it’s a disaster. I don’t think I cried, but I was very upset. As a young boy, your dream has been taken away. But I had good people around me, and it was probably the best thing that happened.”
― Andrew Robertson
“I’m never going to question the fans.”
― Andrew Robertson
“Don’t get me wrong: it’s unbelievable getting linked with big clubs. That’s where you want to go; of course it is.”
― Andrew Robertson
“I’m not a person who wants to be the centre of attention or anything like that.”
― Andrew Robertson
“Look at the English league. Everyone down there backs it. That’s why it’s so highly spoken of. If Scottish football can do that, it will make it a lot more appealing to some fans who are maybe not coming.”
― Andrew Robertson
“I don’t make any secret of it – I hate not playing.”
― Andrew Robertson
“It’s great being a dad. It’s like anyone, if things aren’t going well at work, and you go home and see your missus and kid, then it cheers you up straight away.”
― Andrew Robertson
“Just before I left Dundee United, I captained them for one game, although I think that was maybe to keep me there!”
― Andrew Robertson
“I’ve been very fortunate that I’ve played under a lot of very good captains.”
― Andrew Robertson
“Once you get a feeling for trophies and going far in European tournaments with your club, then you want to replicate that with your country.”
― Andrew Robertson
“When you get the armband, everyone looks to you to lead, and when things go wrong, then you get criticised the most, and I need to take that on the chin.”
― Andrew Robertson
“Sometimes, the fact is that you need to think of your health – because what use is it for Ryan Fraser to try and be a hero for one game, then end up out for six months?”
― Andrew Robertson
“I’ve never thought that being Scottish should mean there was any kind of barrier to me getting where I wanted to go, and I still feel like I can keep improving.”
― Andrew Robertson
“It seems to be a big thing to people that a Scottish player is going to play in the Champions League final, but hopefully that will become a more regular thing.”
― Andrew Robertson
“I think, as a country, that we can be quite harsh on ourselves.”
― Andrew Robertson
“I just try to take everything in my stride.”
― Andrew Robertson
“Everything I get praised for, I can still work on and get better.”
― Andrew Robertson
“There is no point in getting nervous. I get a few butterflies in my stomach, but it isn’t really nerves but things that will help your game.”
― Andrew Robertson
“The people who sadly stay in on a Saturday – and I include myself in there – look forward to ‘Match of the Day.’”
― Andrew Robertson
“I was brought up in Glasgow, and I was a big Celtic follower.”
― Andrew Robertson
“There are lots of different people who use food banks – from young parents to older people.”
― Andrew Robertson
“My brother and I had Henrik Larsson posters everywhere.”
― Andrew Robertson
“I had grown up going to Celtic Park with Mum, Dad, and my brother. We had four season tickets.”
― Andrew Robertson
“Celtic was a part of our family. It still is.”
― Andrew Robertson
“I’ve never wanted to be a poster boy, but if I’m going to be a poster boy for anything, it should be this. If you don’t give up, and if you carry on believing in yourself when others are doubting you, you can make it.”
― Andrew Robertson
“My first year at Queen’s Park, I just wasn’t good enough, but that tough period shaped me.”
― Andrew Robertson
“A team like Liverpool you are not going to turn down.”
― Andrew Robertson
“I don’t get emotional.”
― Andrew Robertson
“It always helps when the nation is behind you.”
― Andrew Robertson
“I went to St. Ninians, which is the same school that Aiden McGeady went to.”
― Andrew Robertson
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