Vincent Kompany- Former Footballer (In a Nutshell)
- Vicent Kompany was born in Belgium on April 10th, 1986.
- He was a Centre-back.
- Kompany played for Anderlecht, Hamburg SV and Manchester City.
- He decided to retire on August 17th, 2020.
- “Once you achieve a goal and you are on that high, you have to consciously put yourself in to say, ‘I need the same hunger and desire as when I had nothing.’ That’s the hardest thing to do in life. That is getting challenged every single day once you win titles.”- Vincent Kompany
Vincent Kompany- Former Footballer (Nitty Gritty)
- “I was extremely competitive, so for becoming a footballer was not necessarily because it was about being the best – it was about winning.”- Vincent Kompany
- “Everybody is different. Some players need a lot of rest and just to be at home.”- Vincent Kompany
- “I enjoy training. I enjoy being there, enjoy coming into games and training sessions where I can feel that I’m as good or better than the players I have to play against or with.”- Vincent Kompany
Vincent Kompany- Former Footballer (What set him apart)
- “You win the mental war when you have success. You less it when you don’t have success.”- Vincent Kompany
- “I kind of get enjoyment out of adversity of life.”- Vincent Kompany
- “Sometimes it goes your way, and sometimes it doesn’t. It’s part of what football is about.”- Vincent Kompany
- “I’ve worked extremely hard. There’s always that part that people don’t see, the things you do behind the scenes.”- Vincent Kompany
Vincent Kompany- Former Footballer (Final Thoughts)
- “I want to be involved as a fan, as a player, as a manager, as a technical director, as a groundsman. It doesn’t matter. Whichever way the club sees me helping out, I’ll always be around.”- Vincent Kompany
- “Football is so intense you don’t have time to sit back and look at what you have achieved.”- Vincent Kompany