Adebayo Akinfenwa
Adebayo Akinfenwa

Beast Mode On is a state of mind. Beast Mode is about applying yourself and defying the limitations people put on you.

Adebayo Akinfenwa
Adebayo Akinfenwa

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.

Adebayo Akinfenwa
Adebayo Akinfenwa

People only see what they want to see and sometimes you can't do anything about that, so you just pick up the baton and you just run with it.

Adebayo Akinfenwa
Adebayo Akinfenwa

There was a long period when I was younger where people always talked about my size and I was going 'but look, I can play, though, I can play' but you look at it, to have a career, 12-13 years, you've got to be more than just a brute.

Adebayo Akinfenwa
Adebayo Akinfenwa

My old boss Aidy Boothroyd is a great man and I've got no malice or anything toward him.

Adebayo Akinfenwa
Adebayo Akinfenwa

Defy the limitations people put on you.

Adebayo Akinfenwa
Adebayo Akinfenwa

I would never lie about another professional.

Adebayo Akinfenwa
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.'

Adebayo Akinfenwa
Adebayo Akinfenwa

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

Adebayo Akinfenwa
Adebayo Akinfenwa

Gym sessions will always consist of 40 minutes to one-hour cardio. I try to stay off the treadmill because of the pounding, so it's the rower or the cross-trainer.

Adebayo Akinfenwa
Adebayo Akinfenwa

For me posting videos on YouTube and interacting with people on Twitter is a great release from the stresses of football.

Adebayo Akinfenwa
Adebayo Akinfenwa

As a big man you may struggle to get much height when jumping for a ball - but by training with your defender team-mates you can develop a technique for making strong challenges in the air, making defenders uncomfortable and work on taking the ball down.

Adebayo Akinfenwa
Adebayo Akinfenwa

Everyone likes to be praised for their work and footballers are no different but the key thing is staying level-headed.

Adebayo Akinfenwa
Adebayo Akinfenwa

During my career I've come back to clubs after the summer break to see one of my team-mates not really at it because he's been denied a move to a bigger club for whatever reason, and you can see in his body language that he doesn't want to be there and that kind of thing is massively disruptive and negative.

Adebayo Akinfenwa
Adebayo Akinfenwa

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.

Adebayo Akinfenwa
Adebayo Akinfenwa

It used to get my back up because people would only say 'he does well for his size' and it's like, forget the size, I do well because I do well.

Adebayo Akinfenwa
Adebayo Akinfenwa

People said I'm too big to play football.

Adebayo Akinfenwa
Adebayo Akinfenwa

There ain't nobody going to run me out of nowhere.

Adebayo Akinfenwa
Adebayo Akinfenwa

I'm going to say it out loud: I'm available for England selection if they serve chicken for pre-match.

Adebayo Akinfenwa
Adebayo Akinfenwa

I've had three or four Scottish Premier League clubs contact me about going there and doing something. A couple of those clubs couldn't be further away from London so I'd have to seriously think about it, but it's nice to be sought after and nice to be wanted.