Fabian Delph Quotes

My value can only go higher if I can perform well in the Champions League.

It's up to the coach to decide who is in the best shape to play each match.

It is not a problem to sit on the bench: absolutely not. When you have three games in a week, and you don't play, though, you have to think about it.

It's hard in England. If I didn't score for three games, there was the chance someone would take my place or I would be loaned out.

I've been in football a long time now and I've seen plenty of managers and players come and go. It is part and parcel of the game.

I think we have more athleticism, I think we have more pace and that's going to be important to deal with Ghana.

One of the greatest motivating things that a coach has is the bench. They all love to play, all of them. You sit them on the bench, and they come around pretty good.

I enjoy watching the NFL, but you've got to have a real passion to make that transition and have a real crack at it.

I have always wanted to play against those types of players such as Ronaldo and Neymar.

When I was playing for Chelsea and Arsenal, we had a young team but also experienced players. You still have space for the youngsters to play, they just have to be strong mentally to compete every week.

Not everyone gets the chance to be drafted.

I think I need another trophy on my list, and I know that Barca's ambition is to win the Champions League. This is my goal, too.

I've been watching all the games I can from MLS on television.

Playing for a Champions League place is not enough. It is not my target, but it is a target we have to take.

You have to be prepared for situations on and off the field, and everything that happens within the world of football. It's difficult for players at big clubs to deal with these things.

There's always competition in the national team.

At other clubs I have been, at Juventus, at Barca, we had two 'ships': one for the domestic league and another for the Champions League.

When you play for United, you have to perform every week.

Our quarterbacks were getting hurt; a couple got kicked out of school. The coach asked who wanted to try out for QB. I went and tried out, and from there on, I was a quarterback. I was ineligible in 10th grade until spring, so I did baseball. I started in left field and pitched.

I want to go to China or coach or play arena football.

It's tough being at Chelsea. I work hard every day in training. It's a massive club with really good players, so you don't get the opportunity every weekend.

I couldn't sign for Barca, as I can't play football the way Xavi wants.

Considering the relatively brief careers of professional athletes, teenagers who are good enough to play at the highest level should be able to exploit that market.

I had a coach when I was getting recruited say maybe you should play basketball at a Division III level, because you're not good enough to play football in college.

In high school, you can just go out there and play. In the NFL it was so much more mental.