Kevin De Bruyne Quotes

I wasn't skilful at all... but I'm not saying I was that bad either! I used to take my chances. I was more of a midfielder and therefore a weird striker.

My preference would be to play as a right winger, but I can also play as a striker.

I did not have implants, I just had a growth spurt.

The role that I play as a lone striker, I enjoy it and particularly playing with great players.

I was 5-foot-8 when I graduated high school, but then I shot up to 6-foot-4 and got more into playing basketball.

When I was a freshman, I was 5 feet 9 and totally skinny as a pole. Knock-knees and bad hair. Then, over that summer, I grew up a little bit. Not that I was some super beauty, but at least I didn't look like I was 10 anymore and had a little self-confidence.

I am a winger, but in future, I want to play more in the middle. When you are there, you have a lot more chances to score.

From a football perspective, putting young footballers into art, or singing - you're doing something that's not so familiar. It has helped us build a team and build a spirit.

I could play anywhere. I played everywhere on the pitch for United, apart from No. 9 or keeper.

Anybody who has played with Mesut will tell you how intelligent he is as a player. His vision is probably the best I have ever seen and that is why it is so important to have the right striker ahead of him.

If I was to play on the left, I'd rather play there if there was three in midfield.

I played No10 for Austria.

I like to play wide, but as a youth, I played more in the middle as a 10.

I'm a mix between a striker and a midfielder.

I know the importance of the number 10. In Brazil, the one who wears 10 constructs the attacks.

In modern day football, you've got to play in different positions. I've played in numerous positions, apart from centre-back and goalkeeper, I think.

When I got to Central Arkansas, I was a small, slim guy with little chance of playing in the NBA. Then, I went through a two-year growth spurt, and suddenly, I was 6-foot-7.

Ever since I was in the youth team at City, I've always loved crossing the ball.

I was always smaller than the rest coming up at Coventry, and I developed physically more in the later stages.

I started out as a defender. I played as a full-back, and then I moved into the centre. I played defence right the way through until the Under-18s. Honestly!

When you're growing up and thinking about being a footballer, you want to make as many caps and play as many games as you can.

I was 5ft 3in tall until I was 17. Then I suddenly shot up.

When I was at Doncaster Rovers Belles, I used to play up front or as a number 10, but when I joined Chelsea in 2015, I was more a midfielder, and over the last few years, I've moved into the back four.

I was 5'3' when I was 15, but suddenly shot up to over 6 feet by the time I turned 18 and it was clear that an NBA career was up for grabs.

At Under-11/12, I was playing as a right-back. The manager then was Cyril Helstone, and he said to me, 'No, you're not a defender. You should be in midfield.' That was the big change in my career because from that moment until I made my debut in the first-team at Feyenoord, that was the position I played.