Granit Xhaka Quotes

Football is teamwork, unity, defence, assists, sacrifice.

There's a tipping point that happens with soccer in which you just kinda get it. I was drawn to it because the best soccer teams play similarly to my favorite basketball teams - like the eighties Lakers or eighties Celtics - teams that emphasized teamwork over individualism and relied on passing as their biggest ongoing edge.

I've always been a team player.

I'm a teamworker.

There is so much interaction in a football match: between you and your team-mates and how you support each other, work for each other, make runs. But I also enjoy the other aspect: the pressing and how people work so hard to recover the ball.

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

Playing quarterback, you rely on everybody. Everybody impacts you.

Losing the ball is not going to help your team, so I am trying to change that.

To be successful you have to find a good balance between offence and defence, to work without the ball, but our main tactic is to work with the ball, to be in possession.

I am a team player.

I see myself as a team player.

I play with some talented players like Cesc Fabregas, Nemanja Matic and Nathaniel Chalobah. They have different styles and I can learn from everyone.

I always try to manage the ball in a way that can help the way my teammates receive it.

For me, good football is not about how many skills you show or how many players you beat. It's about making the right decision every time you have the ball.

One of the first lessons I learned in football is that it takes a team to win a game.

I like to watch teams who play well, ball on the floor, ball to feet, playing well as a collective.

If your offensive and defensive lines are speaking and people are listening, you've got a very good chance of success.

I always play football in my team, and I know that if you play too much long ball, then it's difficult.

I play a complicated position in an intensely team-oriented game.

To get things done, you have to get people together.

My mum always told me 95 per cent of success was partnering well.

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

In football, it's the ultimate team sport. You have to have good people around you as a quarterback for things to happen.

Soccer is simple, but it is difficult to play simple.

For me football is more about making the right pass at the right time.