Andre Schurrle Quotes

I don't want to be known as a super sub. But you have got to be ready to come off the bench and make an impact if you're not in the starting team.

In a normal season, the sixth man always seems to get the most minutes on my team.

Like every player, I want to start more matches rather than be used as a substitute.

It's not always easy to come to the national team and be on the bench.

If I'm on the bench in a Premier League game, I'm thinking, 'What can I do coming off the bench?'

Coming off the bench, I'm able to view the game, see how their bigs are playing. And what I bring to the table is energy. The starters go in and run their bigs for a bit. When I check in it's time to punch the clock and play hard.

Messi never wants to be subbed off, but it's my task to take care of him.

Coming off the bench behind a fine young center like Alonzo Mourning fits my style.

The advantage of not starting is you're sitting back, looking at the game and saying, 'OK, we need rebounding,' or 'We need hustle points.' Coming off the bench, that's what you try to do. The disadvantage of it is you gotta catch that flow. You're coming off the bench, you gotta come ready, warmed up already, catch the flow of the game.

It's not a ton of fun being a backup quarterback.

Me as a backup center? Hell no.

It's hard to come off the bench and be ready all the time.

It was frustrating at Arsenal, obviously. For a year and a half, it went from bad to worse. I could no longer continue like that. I could not bring myself to spend another year at Arsenal and remain a reserve, even a second reserve.

I'm happy to play as a centre forward or a second striker, like in the national team with Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani.

I always try to perform, and not because you have players on the bench or on the pitch that can play in your position.

Being considered for Sixth Man is definitely something that is pleasing.

I don't like it if I'm not part of the starting 11.

I'm not stupid - if you buy one of the world's best goalkeepers, it's not to keep him on the bench.

It's very difficult to say that a player is irreplaceable because the nature of football means that someone always steps in to take the shirt and provides different elements to your team.

Dembele is a player who has been playing regularly, from the bench or the start, and he has quality. When he comes off the bench, he can change a game, and that's a quality that is undervalued in football. Not everybody has that quality.

I was never a super sub before I came to City. I used to play always from the beginning, and I scored a lot of goals not as a sub.

Actually I think it's better for me to come off the bench, because for them first couple of minutes when that first five is in there, you can see the little things and what you need to do when you get in there.

I will never be a super sub. I want to play.

Arsene Wenger's style of play is the sort of style the Chilean national team has. Therefore, I am used to it.

Let's say I have a new respect for guys who come off the bench every day. That's not easy to do.