Harry Winks Quotes

I'm a versatile player, I'm a technical player, and I play with my head, but I can progress further.

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

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.

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.

The main thing is I've tried to get better at everything - that includes the attacking side, being a threat, and taking people on.

I like to control the ball and analyse the game.

The game was different then, when I used to play. The ball ran more than the players and to some extent there was greater technical skill.

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

You need to beat a defender when you have the ball. You need to be able to successfully pass to a team-mate, and there are other attributes needed to be the complete player.

For me, soccer was a dance.

English football is so physical and fast that when you see a space, you have to go into it with all your speed.

In international football, you need pace and you need your players up top to create things out of nothing and run at people.

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

A coach once told me there are four factors that determine a players' performance: his tactical awareness, his physical condition, his technical ability and his mental strength.

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

I just say I'd like to be an attacking midfielder.

I'm a naturally gifted left-footed footballer.

I don't think the physical part of English football would be a problem. When you get the ball, you need to be ready. The defenders here are very tough. I like that.

I think Messi is an absolute giant in the game. Not so much because of his dribbles and actions. That's why most people rate him. But I think, differently from others, that he is phenomenal in his teamplay and combination play.

I see children now, and many things surprise me: they ask me about my boots and why I don't dye my hair. I wonder, 'Why don't you talk to me about how to cross the ball, control it, the position of the body when I strike the ball?'

I first learnt to play football as a striker and it was only when I joined City that I learnt how to become a midfielder thanks to the help I received from the staff at the Academy.

The sport of soccer in general is very combative. People don't realize it's very one-on-one a lot of times.

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.

I like to play wide, but as a youth, I played more in the middle as a 10.