Todd Cantwell Quotes

I'm a naturally gifted left-footed footballer.

More than anything I prefer the ball on the floor. I think I play my best football on the floor. There is a delicacy to this big giant.

In Germany, my focus was mainly on dribbling.

The players who tend to make the difference are often great dribblers. Some are very fast; others have a repertoire of moves and feints. These players need to have great technique in order to be good dribblers. But I'm not a good dribbler.

If you're playing for five hours you don't want to score goals all the time and I loved dribbling. I could score a goal, but I preferred to dribble.

Lionel Messi is a wonderful player. Very skillful. Highly intelligent. He is not good in the air.

Messi has the best technique in the world.

I always dribble for a reason, and I always head for the goal.

I spent hours from 11 until 16 with Tottenham in the gym playing the ball against the wall. We played against the wall for an hour before we would have a match. Left foot. Right foot. In the square. In the circle. Above the line, below it. Chest control. Thigh control. Volley sideways.

When I'm on the field, the trick I like to do most are stepovers. For me, it's a simple, beautiful dribble that also has a point.

Yes, I'm working on playing with my feet, so I take risks.

Tactically, technically, physically, mentally he was the best. A lot of things that I learnt was from Pele's sticker albums: how to head, how to shoot the ball. It was like a step-by-step guide. I learnt from Pele as a kid.

I am a defender, but I can play the ball. I have a good technique.

When I play, I like to use my pace and to link up with my team-mates.

I love watching Messi with the ball at his feet. He scores goals and everything else.

I'm a player who likes to get on the ball and use it.

I'm working on my final ball, my precision in front of goal, my one-on-one attacking ability, just new ways to beat defenders and help my team.

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.

Obviously, football and soccer seem to clash a lot, but soccer was great for me. It's a game that you play with triangles. You make a pass thinking that the person you pass the ball to is going to make the next pass.

In soccer, you have to be sly.

I just like to play, to pass the ball and dribble.

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

I can keep the ball and pass it, and I've always felt comfortable with the ball at my feet.

Messi is one of the best strikers in the world, one of the very best players.

Since I was in the youth team I would love to dribble past opponents with a dummy. That tendency got even stronger under Giampiero Ventura at Bari, as we never threw the ball away.