Simon Mignolet Quotes

People always see the goals, and for me, strikers are not only about scoring goals.

I am obviously a striker who likes to score a lot of goals and have done that in every team I have been with.

Obviously when you're a striker you need to score. The manager's not going to just play you if you're not scoring.

Football is about scoring, and if you want to do that, you have to go forward.

Obviously if somebody scores 17 goals, you're not going to argue with him if he wants to take penalties.

I thrive on quick players getting to the byline and sending over crosses. I just have to be quick enough to get on the end of things. In that regard, my job has always been the same, but if we have more wide, quick players, that can only be good for me.

When you are a striker, you need to give a lot of effort for the team, to keep the opponent under pressure, to press them, to win the ball fast - that's what I try to do to help the team. After that, I try to make some goals.

When teams play good football, it tends to create chances for the striker.

As a striker, people look at the goals you score. But for me, my game is more than just about goals, it is how you link with other players.

When you're Scottish you're brought up to play anywhere and it's fine to play for one or two games but you need to play in your right position, especially on the back of scoring nine goals for Hull City.

My philosophy is always to play forward because goal is the reason of football.

The number 9 has to be the one who scores the goals.

I miss scoring lots of goals, but I have always thought that a striker should not be judged just by the amount of goals he scores. The work he does for the team is also important.

Everyone wants to score goals - that's the point of football - but you have to look at the whole situation in detail.

The position I am playing at right wing-back, I know I can score goals there.

I want to help my teammates, even if I'm a striker, because it's important to win back possession. But scoring is something incomparable.

I'm a striker. it's our job, and it's true that we need to score, and I am happy when I do.

It is very important as a midfielder to score.

Play well, play regularly, and score goals. Nothing else.

I'm an out-and-out striker. It's my job to hold the ball up, to get in the box and to score goals. And, yes, I keep count.

Attacking is the tough part in football; defending is relatively easy.

I always tend to think my goals are beautiful goals. That is what I want to score - beautiful goals - and create beautiful chances.

You hear all these people saying, 'Oh, Pep, what a good manager he is.' Forget about it. Cruyff was the best, by far.

I don't pick tournaments to score or rivals or other teams to score against. I'm a striker: every game I play, I want to score.

I'm not going on the pitch just to score goals, I am going on there first to win and to play well and then, if I have the chance to score as well, that's even better.