Quotes About Unity

If I go on to the pitch, do things well and the fans love me and my team-mates, too, we take on that energy which can change a game.

How are we all going to pitch in to fix this party to make working America know that the Democratic party is absolutely on their side? That's the real question.

When things are going well on the pitch, it is because I know I have the coach behind me.

With every side I've played for, I've always tried to fit in and joke with my team mates while enjoying good times with them on and off the pitch. And that's what's happened with Les Bleus.

I try to be a leader on the pitch rather than off it.

It's important on the pitch to have fun, to enjoy the game, because it generates a good feeling around the club.

I consider myself to be half-Brazilian and half-German on the pitch.

What I love about England is that the fans have great respect for the players on and off the pitch.

Whether players are from Albania or Yugoslavia is not important. What's important is to be a team on the pitch.

When I am on the pitch, I don't focus on the opposition fans. I am focused on doing my best for the team.

Once you're on the pitch, you play for your team, and you want to win. During the year, you can play against friends - you can play against big friends and close friends - but once you are on the pitch, this friendship goes away, and you just focus on winning the game.

It is nice to be playing, being on the pitch, and contributing to the team.

David Silva at Man City was my favourite player to play with; we had a good understanding on the pitch.

Teams always have natural leaders on the pitch and natural leaders in footballing terms.

How are you supposed to communicate on the pitch when you don't off it?

Brazil needs a player like Neymar at his best on the pitch because Neymar on the pitch gives more confidence to the other players.

I am feeling very well so long as I am out there on the pitch with my team-mates.

Good teams, whatever the circumstances or the atmosphere or the pitch, find a way of playing.

We are footballers, so if you've got to play with someone, you've got to play with them. What happens off the pitch, well, you can't get on with everyone you work with.

When you get the relationships right and get to know each other, it really translates onto the pitch.

When I'm sitting on the bench, I try to help the players who are out on the pitch.

The oldest pitcher acquires confidence in his ballclub - he doesn't try to do it all himself.

I like my friends to be the hitters. The pitchers, they all have the same brain as I do. The hitters see the game from a different perspective.

You have to play defense for the pitchers.