Quotes About Football

You have to do your talking on the pitch. I don't talk much in England - mainly because of the language.

Before matches, there is a little bit of pressure, but on the pitch, you forget it all. You only think about playing football.

I can't put my mind to anything else. I'm not interested in hanging out or partying. For me, it's all about the pitch: training, playing. But even when I go home, afterwards, it's football the whole time. I think I'm obsessed!

I do need to focus on playing my football and what's happening on the pitch rather than off it... I want to be myself and not think about it.

Now I've learned to enjoy my football while I can. Every time I'm on the pitch, I just enjoy it.

I've learned so much at PSV, not only on the pitch but also as a person.

Brussels is sort of a mini London in the sense that if you think about putting a football pitch in London, people laugh at you. There is just no space.

Football is magic for me: it is a special feeling every time I walk out on to the pitch and touch the ball. That is how I would define what magic is.

I never wanted to lose my place in the United team, much less my place at the club. What went on beyond the pitch was none of my business.

The pitch is always going to be the same lines, same goal height. It's just a game of football.

Every club you sign for, they give you the same pitch - 'We've got a big project, big ambitions. We want to achieve this and that. We want to kick on' - and I just happen to be lucky that City was the one club that didn't lie about it.

If the owner wants to support the team, that's okay. If the owner can be on the pitch and score a couple of goals, it would be better!

Although I will not always play well, I always give everything on the pitch.

Things tend to get easier for Barcelona with Lionel Messi on the pitch.

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

When you come off the pitch, and you have had some chances but not scored, it is difficult.

Stephen Ireland is one of the most talented players I have seen, and Nigel de Jong is doing really well. He fights for his team all over the pitch, and he has a lot of character.

To play in the white shirt of England is an honour, and you give your all every time you step on the pitch.

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

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'm not looking into the future. I take every game as it comes, and as long as I am on the pitch and playing football, that is what keeps me happy.

I want to focus on football and just go on the pitch to do my thing.

You can insult me - you can judge me on the football pitch - that's normal. But don't touch my family. Don't touch my parents. I love them more than everything on this earth.

Marcus Rashford has done really well. He had a great first season, and then people had really high expectations, but he showed his quality on the pitch in the second season.