Quotes from Peter Schmeichel

You don't sign a player for the sake of it.

I have had a fantastic career with United, and I owe it to the club, players, and fans to do everything I can to finish on a successful note.

Neuer is simply sensational.

It's far, far better to be prepared: the more you know about the other team, the better.

Knowing where a team will usually place a penalty can be the difference between winning or losing.

It's always going to be difficult for Asian countries to create big leagues because Europe is so settled.

You can't do anything successfully in life without leadership.

Such great goalkeepers have played in England over the years - the likes of Gordon Banks, Peter Shilton, and Bert Trautmann.

When I arrived at Manchester United, the club hadn't won the league for 26 years, and then in my first year, they won the championship.

At Manchester United, you can have a bad day, and the supporters understand. Even in a crunch game, you can have a bad result, and they still back the team.

As a footballer, you have to be confident you can win all the time so it does not come as a surprise.

I am a massive fan of Wayne Rooney, and it is nice to see him play in any position because he gives a 100 per cent. Not many players can do that and say they do that.

Every player makes mistakes; every goalkeeper makes mistakes. Every manager does, every broadcaster - every person in life makes mistakes. But for goalkeepers, often when they make a mistake, it leads to a goal.

Today, the biggest clubs in the world, they buy the players they need for whatever way they think they have to play.

It all comes down to which way you hit the post. Do you hit it on the inside or the outside? Does it go in, or does it go out?

I am crazy about Leicester; I am crazy about the owners - they are fantastic and really good for the Premier League.

I was one of the first foreign players coming in to the Premier League.

When David De Gea first came to the Premier League, he was a small boy.

If you are not a good team, you will never get to the final day of the Premier League season or the final of the FA Cup.

The better you can prepare your players and the more you can put their minds to it is really important.

We never played for 1-0 and then defend. We always went for the second goal and the third.

I think, in Denmark, we are quite good when it comes to the environment.

Football is a team sport. I'm proud of what I achieved in my career, but I also know that I wouldn't have achieved any of it without the support of my team-mates. I played with great players, great managers, and in great teams.

The star-jump technique - that is a big part of being a handball goalkeeper, and I brought that move into football. It is a very effective way of saving a chance.