Quotes About Challenges

I was a million miles from being a Premier League player. You see some people, at 18 they are ready. At 21, I wasn't. Physically nowhere near.

Every year in the Premier League, every team is improving. Every team is buying new players.

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

It was easy for me to play in the Premier League.

The intensity in the Premier League is a bit higher than most of the other leagues.

I always say the Premier League is like two boxers fighting. The one who is least strong gets tired; he does down.

I love the Premier League, the quality of the players, the quality of the coaches. There are great challenges. But there are arms and legs flying off managers down there.

With the Premier League, you can afford to lose a couple here and there, but it's a tough competition, a cup competition.

There are no easy games in the Premier League.

That's why it's hardest to win a Premier League instead of a Champions League - because it's over 38 games. You can't play well in every game, but it's about grinding out results.

The Bundesliga is different from La Liga, it's different from Serie A, it's different from the Premier League, so you have to adapt to the circumstances.

After you win a Premier League, the second year is more difficult.

I've played in Serie A, the Bundesliga, Holland and now the Premier League. They are all different.

It took me a little bit of time in the Premier League. I came back from an ACL and got one goal in I think six months at Crystal Palace. It wasn't great but I got to grips with the Premier League, started to understand what it's about because it's very different to the lower leagues.

The game shapes you. I played for 20 years at all levels, apart from the Premier League. I had a disaster at Bristol City, where in two years I learnt more about myself, the industry, fans, how you get treated, than I ever learnt in my career.

The first Premier League season is always tough for anyone.

I was 20 years old went I went to the Premier League. When you are 20, you need from other people, you need people to talk to you. But when I went over there, nobody helped me.

If you are fighting at the top in the Premier League then you cannot do that with a dodgy goalkeeper. It is not possible.

I haven't had many problems adapting to the Premier League.

The Premier League is different. Sometimes the Bournemouth game can be more difficult than Liverpool or Chelsea.

The Premier League has forced me to develop different skills.

Obviously there are questions when anyone comes up to the Premier League about whether they can cope.

I even got game time in some Europa League matches, some other Premier League matches and managed to make a start in an FA Cup match as well.

When I am 32, 33 and I realise that I can't keep my level or it is dropping, it will be a stop abroad where you might not play at the highest level and not keep up with Premier League.