Quotes About Soccer

I turned goalkeeper. My father had been one and we had a goal in the back garden. He'd taught me a bit about it so I thought I'd give it a go. I didn't really know whether it was going to be a good choice or a bad one but I joined a small local team as a keeper and it turned out to be a really good decision.

My dream is to play for Arsenal, I've always said that and I believe I have everything that a keeper needs to play for Arsenal.

Not many German keepers can say they've played in a Champions League final.

You see it more and more: managers asking their keepers to be the 11th field player.

Kevin Muscat scared me. You know, people would say 'I'm going to break your legs' - when he would say it, you genuinely believed him.

I just kick the ball against the cement wall and work on my touches and juggling.

I started when I was eight years old, I was playing football at a club, before that it was a kick about with friends.

When I first arrived at Leatherhead, I banned our keeper from kicking it long.

The bicycle kick is not easy to do. I scored 1,283 goals, and only two or three were bicycle kicks.

I've never told anyone, but my ambition is to become the leading all-time scorer of free kicks in Serie A.

Ronaldinho takes great free kicks and has scored a lot of nice goals from free play.

I try and play as clean as possible and not commit fouls. But in my position it is not easy to play without giving away free kicks.

David Alaba has a very good left foot. He's scored some good goals and free kicks.

I came from a background where there wasn't loads of money in the family so I wasn't necessarily always the first to get jerseys but I did always make sure I had the England kit.

It's never nice to lose 3-0 and have the ball knocked round you a bit towards the end.

I want to show the world how good Korean players are by playing well in the top flight.

I think La Liga is the best league in the world.

I think La Masia is the most important academy in the world. The coaches and the whole club helps you for your future.

I would like to be the champion by playing La Liga, winning it on the pitch.

Country was about character. Country's changed because of monsters like Clear Channel who bought up all the stations and sliced them up into formats. Our demographic is now the soccer mom.

I suppose young people think football is glamorous - soccer - it's big money and the stars of it, they look good and have a great big house and a huge Ferrari.

I hope maybe one day I can be like Wayne Rooney. Maybe then some young players will be proud to play against me. That would be amazing.

It's been a big flaw of ours in the soccer department that a lot of our best athletes go and play other sports. But I think young players have seen me, and others, go over to Europe and play in some of the best leagues - and MLS is improving so much, too.

The first priority would have been England, but you have to look at the circumstances, England have got a lot of good, young talent coming through so I thought I'd go and play for my mum and dad's country.