Nemanja Matic Quotes

I like playing deeper, but I'm not Casemiro.

Usually, the most intelligent player is a midfielder.

I prefer defensive midfielder because I know my job when I play there. More things are in front of you.

Pique has been a great centre-back.

Any good attacker will always beat a defender who's face-marking you.

My temperament is not the adventuresome sort that enjoys starting new projects every six months. I love ensemble, nine-to-five stability. There's a family dynamic in making a television show that you don't get on a movie, where you're a hired gun for a few months.

As a youngster as I was a centre-half, I liked being on the ball and coming out from the back. I took chances so I got put in midfield and then I was playing all over the pitch so adjusted wherever I needed to play.

I wasn't a natural defender. I was a striker as a kid. I have learned a lot but there is more to learn, of course.

I much prefer playing in the centre of the park; that's where I feel comfortable.

Growing up I've been playing as an attacking midfielder, more central in the midfield. I wouldn't say if I'm most comfortable there but that's where I grew up playing.

My favourite position is as midfielder, playing with Xabi and Khedira.

People say that Rooney could have been like Lionel Messi, a more prolific goalscorer who dribbles past opponents more. But they are different characters. You will never see Messi snapping around the heels of an opponent to win the ball back deep in his own half. Wayne does that all the time, and sometimes that enthusiasm will count against him.

I just want to show my speed and my skills as a left back and it's a position where I can go forward and come back as well and help the team both defending and attacking.

When I was at MK Dons, I played all the games in centre midfield, so it's not like it's new to me.

When I was younger, I played as a right-back. I also played as a central defender, but I realised that I could dominate the ball quite calmly, so I started playing further forward in front of the back four.

Defensive midfielder is my position and I have to be focused on that role.

You cannot play the position Kroos plays in defensive midfield besides Luka Modric better than he does.

I'm not really a defensive midfielder.

Your house is all about routine, not the unexpected events of your life.

I like predictability because I know what I'm getting into.

Of all the things a body loves, predictability is one of them.

Some people like to do everything always the same thing. That's another way: To do the same thing.

The great advantage of being in a rut is that when one is in a rut, one knows exactly where one is.

I want to try to keep my life the same.

I'm a person who likes habit and knowing what my job is.