Football doesn’t hold back for anyone. There’s no waiting around. If you don’t take your chances they will soon pass you by. You have to be mature and take it one step at a time. Charlie Austin Read Quote
When I went to Burnley I’d only been a pro for 14 months. I wasn’t even entirely sure where it was! I always lived at home with my mum and dad and it’s a long way from Bournemouth. Charlie Austin Read Quote
I’ve got a strong family, close friends and hobbies outside football that keep my feet on the ground. Charlie Austin Read Quote
When I was a builder, I drove a blue van. It had a hole in the floor and I couldn’t afford to fix it. I put a concrete block over the hole. Charlie Austin Read Quote
It’s not nice getting up at 6 am, when it’s pitch black and you have to get in a van with 10 other lads, to go and work in a muddy building site in the winter, and not get home until 5.30 or 6. Charlie Austin Read Quote
I get excited about all the things in football. But when I have days when I get too carried away with myself I look back at where I’ve come from. Charlie Austin Read Quote
I’ll just get my head down, work hard in training and in the games and I’m just here playing for Burnley and that’s what I like doing. Charlie Austin Read Quote
I used to get up at six and drive for an hour in my blue van from Bournemouth to Basingstoke – they were the tough days. Charlie Austin Read Quote
People ask me what it’s like scoring a goal. Well, think of the best thing that could happen to you and times it by 10. Charlie Austin Read Quote
Sometimes people say to me that I celebrate over the top, but when you score, the emotion… you just can’t control it. It’s the same with owning a horse that wins. Charlie Austin Read Quote
