Quotes About Soccer

Since myself and a few others like Pepe Reina, we haven't had a goalkeeper who has commanded his area as well as Alisson.

Neuer is of course the best goalkeeper in the world.

If a goalkeeper can save you 15-20 points a season, his value is high. It's like a striker scoring 20 goals a season.

Sometimes it's natural to do the safe pass, the no-frills thing, to pass it back to the goalkeeper. But I want them to do the daring thing.

I want to show everybody that I can play in the best league in the world and score goals.

The two goals in the 2002 final were, for me, the best feeling. It was beautiful.

I love to see goals and attacking play; I want us to be entertaining. But it's no good if you're shipping goals.

Diego Costa is a good example. He's doing very well, and he's arguably one of the best strikers in the world, so I have to see what he does and add it to my game.

I like good food and talking about football.

Pedro is a very good friend and I like to catch up with him after training.

I am good friends with David Luiz.

I know Schweinsteiger very well, and I used to play with him. He's a very good guy and a legend.

David Luiz and Willian are the good guys.

I like the way Luis Suarez plays. When I was growing up, I was a Liverpool fan, and I watched a lot of him when he came to Liverpool. He did a really good job.

I have a good relationship with Cristiano Ronaldo, and we'll have good relationship in the future, too.

I've had lunch with Alisson when he arrived at Liverpool. We have a very good relationship. He's a friend.

Road wins are critical, and it's huge for you as a team when you can pick up three points on the road.

When I was a child, sitting in front of the campfire, I wished that I could win the Ballon d'Or.

With the national team I had to go to Newcastle, Wales, I knew a little about England, but Wolves and Birmingham I did not know anything.

Mainly it's the parents who remember me. But the kids today, what they do is go and Google you. A lot of them turn up and they know everything about me. They say: 'You scored 346 goals' or 'You wore the No9 shirt for Liverpool.'

When I was a kid, I got a bob because all of the other girls on my soccer team with straight hair had one, and so I wanted one. Now I know girls with thick, curly hair should not get bobs. My hair was like one big circle.

My life was really focused on futbol, but as those things happen in life, my passion for music won over my passion for futbol. But I love what I do. I don't regret it.

David Silva is not physical but he is still one of the best players in the Premier League because he is a smart thinker.

Every kid thinks about scoring rather than not conceding.