Quotes About Competition

In Spain you fight, of course, against Real Madrid and Barcelona, and they almost never lose because they have the biggest squads, and they are two of the biggest clubs in the world. So it's really difficult.

If you don't have competition in a squad, you can have complacency - and, if you have complacency, you won't win.

You are all mates off the pitch, but on it, you are all competing for places. I think that only makes a healthier squad - more players fighting for positions can only mean everyone has got to step their game up.

When I was in the GB Women's football team at the 2012 Olympics, it was obvious who was in the first XI and who was making up the numbers. Kelly Smith was going to be first-choice striker no matter what, and the other forwards in the squad mentally checked out as a result.

I need to always improve and that is why I work hard to try and keep my place in the squad.

Ever since I've been at Arsenal, we've had numerous quality players, and the whole squad had been very strong. It just seemed that in the big games we came up short sometimes, and you wonder why.

No matter how great a squad is, a competition like the Champions League is not easily won.

We are always trying to improve our squad because football is dynamic.

One cheerleader per season per NFL squad is chosen to attend the Pro Bowl in Hawaii. All season long, the cheerleaders speculate about who will be chosen.

I'm always trying to come down with a win. That's what matters to me and my squad.

Many players in the French squad play in the Premier League or have played in the Premier League, so I knew about the level.

All I want is to be just another member of the squad and fight for a place in the side.

No one can take their place or their England shirt for granted. If I want to be in that squad, I need to keep banging in the goals to make sure I stay in the manager's plans.

You need to have a big squad; it's important when you're in the Champions League, with the amount of games we've got.

Healthy competition is always good for us. It helps the squad as well with the depth.

No one is guaranteed their place in the squad.

I want to play more minutes. I'm a player who doesn't want to stay on the bench or not in the squad.

You only have to look at the England squad to see the amount of players who get in the squad and start the games - the majority play in the Champions League.

I don't know how you get in the England squad without getting in the Arsenal team.

I'm always playing jokes, even on the manager - some, not many. I want to try and keep my place in the squad.

I like English football because you play all the games from the start of the Premier League to the very last game always 100%. Even when squads in the last two or three games have just been relegated, they still play 100%.

To be a contender in the Big Ten a squad must have a solid player at every position.

When you have good players in your squad that means other clubs are looking to them as well. For me, it is a normal situation in football.

You have to build your squad every year to do better; to win the Champions League is very difficult as we have seen.