Quotes from Petr Cech

You have to be consistent in your work, consistent in your performances, because, if not, then you might not have as many games as you would like. Less games you play, then less chances to have a clean sheet.

Now the ambulance is always ready; the paramedics are always ready. People in the crowd can get help without risk. If you look at the Fabrice Muamba case, this is what helped save his life - the paramedics are there.

Football is a wonderful game which can be cruel at times.

It is a great challenge to be playing against the best players in the world, and I always wanted to play in the Premier League and be a part of this league.

Sometimes in the Premier League, you are in a game where you can't play nice football because you just wouldn't win it.

There are so many things that a goalkeeper coming to the Premier League has not experienced in a different league.

In football, you only work for the things you can control. You cannot control the outside world: you can only control your preparation; you can only control your performances.

Wenger and Mourinho are different, but there is one thing they have in common, and that is that they do not like defeats. And I think this is the driving force behind the success of both of them.

You need to defend as a team to defend well.

If a team concedes a goal, then the first question is always of the goalkeeper.

The big teams are about the Champions League.

His ball technique is superb, but most importantly, he can react to how the game develops. At the last possible moment in any situation, he can find the ideal solution. There are a lot of ways that Messi can finish an attack.

I don't like running that much, and during the off-season, I have to do it, but if I can replace it with tennis, it is better.

I played tennis a lot when I had the skull injury. For the first two months of my preparation, it was all I could do. It is a great sport for me because it helps my hand-eye coordination, and you need quick feet, which is a good exercise for a keeper.

I'm amazed people talk about my helmet - saying it makes me feel psychologically better. I would love to play without it, but I'm not allowed to by the doctor. As long as I'm told by the doctor I'm running too much risk to play without it, I'll play with it. There's no other way for me.

Every time Luis Suarez is close, he pushes defenders around.

It's the life of the manager: when you make a decision, and the team doesn't win, the pressure comes. But that's part of the life of a manager and footballers as well.

When I was in high school, I started learning English as my second foreign language, but my level of English at that time was very average.

I speak five languages, which actually makes it easier when you join a new team. You can settle much quicker because you can help team-mates much faster and better. People need to be careful around me, though - I can understand everything.

Who is the best goalkeeper in the world? It's always hard to choose because there are so many great goalkeepers.

As a player, you try your best to make things happen, and the rest is up to others.

Every team needs people who guide you through the difficult moments.

Buffon is fearless and has no obvious weaknesses. He has been outstanding for Juventus and was one of Italy's most important players at the 2006 World Cup finals in Germany, where they were victorious, but what is amazing is that he has been playing like that for years. He never seems to make a mistake.

We won back-to-back titles in 2005 and 2006, and it was a fantastic achievement, a fantastic feeling. Once you experience that, you want to have it again.