Kane: Why being Spurs fan helps me handle hype

Published on: 29 November 2015

Harry Kane says being a Tottenham fan has helped him handle the hype.

Kane understands the expectations Spurs fans have of him.

"Coming through the ranks and being a local boy, I understand all the hype," he told the Daily Mail. "When I was a fan, if you see someone burst on the scene, you think: 'Can he do it for another season? What's he going to be like?'

"So I know what people are talking about and what they're thinking. I prepared myself for what was going to happen this season, if I didn't score, or if I did score. And then you're ready when it happens. I never really had any doubt about it but, of course, now when I'm scoring people don't really talk as much about them sort of things.

"Things were going so well for me last season that it was always going to happen, there was going to be a spell where I might not score for a few games. That's part of being a player, part of being a striker as well.

"For me it was just about contributing to the team. It was never about myself and: “Oh you haven't scored, it's the end of the world." I still felt I was playing well, I was bringing others into play, I was creating chances, I was holding it up, which is part of my game as well. I was still working hard. It was: keep doing things right, keep training hard, don't get annoyed at it. It's part of it. And I knew that the goals would come."

Source: tribalfootball.com

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