They are the second best team in the world and there is no greater praise than this.
You must never let your worst enemy get into your head.
If you can’t outplay them, you have to outfight them.
We did not underestimate them. They were just so much better than we expected.
It’s not about whether you get knocked down. It’s about whether you get back up again.
It’s not over until it’s over.
I like Danish humour – I just wish you had more of it.
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Cyclists live with pain. If you can’t handle it you will win nothing.
I knew we had to drive on cobblestones, but I didn’t know they had thrown them down from a helicopter.
If you fail in your preparation, you might as well prepare to fail.
We had 99% of the game, it was the last 3% that cost us the victory.
The beauty in being blessed with talent is rising above doubters to create a beautiful moment.
As long as I breathe, I attack.
Sören Åkeby gets standing ovations when he says at a press conference that AGF will be Danish champions in three years, and there is not a single one who asks if he is raving insane.
They are some fools, excuse the expression, because they know the terms, and yet we must listen to the Norwegians’ pathetic statements every year. Many of us are fucking tired of that.
If you train hard, you not only become hard yourself, you also become hard to overcome.
Your most difficult opponent is not the one facing you. Human nature, on the other hand, is.
Is it cool to be Nicklas Bendtner right now? It’s always cool to be Nicklas Bendtner.
I have never made a prediction, nor will I ever do so.
There are too many factors you have to take into account that you have no control over. The most important factor you can keep in your own hands is yourself. I always placed the greatest emphasis on that.
Ride as much or as little, or as long or as short as you feel. But ride.
I am a trained teacher. But apparently not good at pedagogy
Sportsmanship for me is when a player leaves the field and you can’t tell if the player has won or lost. When the player exudes pride regardless of the result.
I have self-doubt. I have insecurity. I have fear of failure. I have nights when I show up at the arena and I’m like, ‘My back hurts, my feet hurt, my knees hurt. I don’t have it. I just want to chill.’ We all have self-doubt. You don’t deny it, but you also don’t capitulate to it. You embrace it.