Jerome Boateng Quotes

It's normal that there's pressure at Real Madrid.

I want to put expectations on our team that are high. That's kind of the way I've always been, and I want to put those expectations on our team as well.

I've said before that when you win, people think it's so easy, but it's not so easy to handle it, and probably I expect myself to always play so good.

The pressure is always there with Bayern, but we can cope with it.

Playing for the Bulls, playing for big organizations, like Boston, you're going to be judged from Day One. It's part of it. You signed up for it.

I've played for Real Madrid, where the pressure is so huge because you have to go and really win absolutely every game.

When you take over at Wisconsin, nobody's ever won there, nobody expects you to win and that's when it's really hard to do. And Bo Ryan won there, consistently.

Once you become an Olympic champion, you are expected to win all the time.

When you take over at Kansas, they've always won, so you're expected to win.

At Arsenal and the so-called big clubs, you always know that there will be a bigger spotlight on every single position.

I think at a club like Liverpool you always feel a bit of pressure. You should. But it doesn't bother me.

If you've got the best record, you're going to be the favourite. So you've got to play as the favourite with a bullseye on your back.

Now that I'm a XXL Freshman, you know, I feel like that sets high standards for me, and I feel like I have to deliver.

Bayern are a club where success is demanded, and second place isn't particularly appreciated. We have a history and culture to respect.

It's a responsibility when you have won as much as I have done, as much as the teams I have played for have done: then the fans are waiting for more.

You now have these owners who are all successful businessmen, and they think they should be winning. They come in thinking that they should be winning. Some don't understand that only one team can win the league.

Success in football is relative. If you take a job at a school that finished with a 1-9 record the year before, you're considered a good coach if you finish 5-5 in your first season. But what happens if you start with 8-2 or 9-1?

Not seeded players, they always want to do well.

With United the spotlight is always on and there's always going to be that pressure, no matter what the game is.

You are under some sort of pressure to win any match. It is natural.

The players who play have to perform. If they don't, then they will be replaced. That has always been the case.

There's always pressure at a big club.

Playing in Milan is never easy because the San Siro always commands great performances.

A club like Liverpool should always expect to be in finals.

When you play for Barcelona, there is always pressure to win - you play for something special. It's the same when you player for Tottenham; the names are not important.