Quotes from Adebayo Akinfenwa

My favourite chant is 'you're just a fat Eddie Murphy.' When I heard that I could not stop laughing. I would prefer a 'muscular Eddie Murphy.'

Defy the limitations people put on you.

Everyday I'm just going to continue defying limitations.

If I'm destined to play in the MLS, I will.

Kids are a product of their environment.

You see it all the time, in all divisions, that teams raise themselves and apply themselves that little bit more when they play a 'bigger team.'

I would never lie about another professional.

My career and my stats, they all speak for itself so to say that I've got anything to prove to people, to say 'well, look, I can play, I'm not just a big guy,' that really is not my driving force in life.

I'd like to be a Marvel character and get in one of those films.

I've always liked to keep myself busy so I don't get sucked in by temptations and that was part of the reason why I set up my BMO brand - to keep me occupied during my career, but also for when I finish football.

My arms are probably the same size as John Terry's legs.

As a footballer I know what I'm good at and I've now embraced it.

I'm a big believer in not getting too high when you are winning and not getting too low when things aren't going well.

If you want to gamble, so be it, but when it gets to the stage where gambling is the only thing you are thinking of and it is affecting your life, that's when you need to put a hold on it.

Football was my saving grace so I want to let people know that you can achieve whatever you want. People like to concentrate on what you can't do, so let's preach what you can. Why would I want to talk about not being quick when I'm strong? That's what I want to get across.

I'm not a gambler and I never have been.

A footballer who says they don't want to start games is in the wrong job.

I'd always been one of the strongest players in the game, but officially in 'Fifa 14' I was the strongest in the world. If they say so, I must be. I like that.

Even though I am getting my coaching badges, I am more into mentoring.

As you get older, you know what you're good at and you know what you're not so good at. Your ego comes out of it, and then you realise you can't play every game, there'll be certain games where you won't be so affected... so you've just got to concentrate on what you are.

Of course I know I am not the average footballer. But I'd be lying if I said I set out to be different, I didn't set out to go against the grain.

My Christian faith has guided me.

Sometimes you're not blessed with the materialistic stuff but you're blessed with a work ethic.

I enjoy watching England but I won't rearrange my schedule just to make sure I'm in to see the game.