Son Heung-min Quotes

I couldn't imagine being from a country where all the pressure is on a particular player.

I don't care how good you are, teams can be put under pressure.

If you're not starting well and not taking the lead, then you're constantly putting pressure on yourself as a team.

It means a lot to you, to be out there. The highs are pretty high, and the lows are pretty low. You know, it's easy to feel like you let the team down. I mean, at the end of the day we still got to figure out a way to get through the tie.

I don't like to compare players or talk about having to carry the weight of the team.

I never enjoyed being the star-man because as soon as you become the focal point of the team, you assume an extra burden of responsibility.

You want to go out every week and win - that's our job - and when you don't do that for a few games on the trot it starts to eat away at you, no matter who you are.

As a player you are always made to feel welcome, but at the same time, there is too much pressure.

I think as far as any kind of pressure on a football team or on an individual in professional sports really depends not only on that individual but the leadership they have on the team and the leadership they have on the coaching staff. A lot of times, they can divert some of those pressures off of the individual and off of the team.

In the World Cup, much depends for every team on how it develops during the tournament. There are always rising tensions. They come from within, and they come from the media.

You have to be able to deal with the pressures that playing for a big club like Hibs brings and it's not for everyone.

There is always a pressure if you play every game and especially when you are representing your country.

In training, for example, when you feel your position on the team is in danger then you have to be fully focused.

My teammates don't see it, but deep down I find it tough to sit there and not influence big games.

It is hard to enjoy life in a national team.

I played football because I loved the game - but I didn't enjoy the focus on not making mistakes and the culture being essentially one of blame and a little fear.

I want to feel the team is playing like I want. If not, why am I here?

When I was named captain under Mark Sampson, there were a lot of questions about whether I was ready for it. I wasn't a certain starter. There were more experienced players than me; I was only 25. I was trying to nail down a centre-half spot, and it was a difficult situation.

I expect a lot. And, I hold my teammates accountable and they've got to hold me accountable.

When you play for United, you have to perform every week.

It's not easy to carry forward the national team because you have a whole country behind you. But I would be willing to take charge of the Argentina national team.

The number 10 player is the star of the team, and you have more responsibility.

Offensive linemen don't get looked at. Nobody is paying attention to the offensive line. But me? I'm getting watched for everything. I know what type of player I am. Everybody else that I know knows what type of player I am.

I, more than anything, obviously the presidency is the people, and it's been interesting the emotions in the last few months. What you realize is that you may never have the team that is together in the same way, under the same pressures, and the attachments that you make to folks from your chief of staff down to.

I am not dealing with footballers, I am dealing with people. They have fears and worry about failing and making fools of themselves in front of 80,000 people. I have to make them see that without each other they are nothing.