Jerome Boateng Quotes

A few goals is the way soccer is meant to be played.

When you get into the game you've got be thinking, when I get into the attacking third I'm gonna be freakin' creative.

You have to take care of the ball to win football games.

Normally, midfielders only pass the ball, but I dribble as well.

If I have the ball in my hands, I'll make a play. If don't, I'll try to get in position to make a play. I think that's what it comes down to.

You have to win on the ball.

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.

Football's not just about scoring goals - it's about winning.

If I don't get the service or if I don't the ball in the box, where I want it, I start drifting into midfield. I go and look for the ball. I try to be important for the team in other areas.

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

Football is not about suffering. It's about enjoyment. Control the ball, be friendly with it, try to attack, try to score goals. Of course defending is part of it, but you can defend in a lot of ways.

I can win the ball. I can clear the ball.

I like to control the ball and analyse the game.

Football is open; it is not only keeping possession of the ball and making more passes.

There are a lot of things you learn from playing wide. You also understand the way that you can coordinate with the front three or front two.

I like it when the team is in control of the match. I like very much the ball possession; I like to play in the other half.

I try to have an impact on every game, whether it's by making runs or using quick moves to try to get by defenders or making a nice pass to help my team.

I don't like to put much pressure on myself but yeah that is my sort of football: get the ball, run with it, use my pace, create opportunities, cross.

Accelerating, dribbling, and creating opportunities are the DNA of my game.

I've always been a player on the move. It's not because I like running. I like getting the ball.

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

I think the first attacker has the ball, starts from the back, you can see everything, and you have to play with the feel of a midfielder, not a goalkeeper.

I like to watch the great players, the ones who are technically good and understand the game. I try to see how they move.

I don't know much about football but everyone seems to say that it is all about possession.

Football is a simple game based on the giving and taking of passes, of controlling the ball and of making yourself available to receive a pass. It is terribly simple.