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Published 12:11 30 Mar 2022 BST
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"I just realised I couldn’t sit around and let it go by. I needed to make every time I was on the pitch count, and give it 110% every game "Ultimately, you get one shot at it, and I want to be a footballer. I want to play at a high level, and I realised that I couldn’t just let it go by," he said.Parrott made the difference for Ireland last night, scoring a brilliant late winner against Lithuania and speaking on Virgin Media, Brian Kerr gave him some sage advide. https://twitter.com/VMSportIE/status/1508926170544418821 "There's a lot of young players that it doesn't click with them until it's too late and they end up out of football, or out of a good level of football, even though they've all the talent and skill. "I've come across loads of them in my time as a coach, fellas with loads of ability, but if you haven't the right attitude, that's part of being a great player. You often here people say 'aw your man's a great player,' and I'll say 'one part of being a great player is having the dedication, the commitment and the ability to accept discipline of lifestyle that coaches want from you. "He had a spell at Spurs where people felt he should have been getting a chance with him. Mourinho wasn't happy with something about him, they loaned him out to Milwall, didn't go well there but now he seems to be playing regularly at MK Dons and he's scoring some goals. "Now, continue on from that, do your stuff, keep your head on the game and improve and keep working at your game to improve." Parrott certainly seems to be doing that, and the signs for the future are exciting.
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