Daniel Sturridge Quotes

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

When you're wide, you're taught to try and get in at the far post so the ball doesn't go straight across, but from that central position, you can use your instinct where to go.

To score goals, you need to receive the ball in advantageous positions.

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.

Scoring lots of goals in Italy is much more difficult: they are experts in defending.

I want to become the ultimate centre forward. I want to be able to play on the left, on the right, and down the middle.

The hardest thing to coach is scoring goals and creativity.

It is very difficult to score goals in Italy.

For goal-scorers and centre-forwards, confidence does play a big part.

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

I am just going to keep getting in the right place at the right time and try and get more goals.

Pukki has a bit of everything, which makes him a complete striker. He times his runs well, is very intelligent in his positioning, runs hard, presses opponents and never stops moving.

I like to play with my back to the goal, but my colleagues have to tell me when I'm alone or how much room I have so I can choose to pass or to go straight for the goal.

Balotelli can play as a striker, as a winger.

It's important for a striker to play in a position which is natural for him.

During my time with Maccabi Tel Aviv, I learned how to play better by using my head. I was given the chance of playing a more forward position so I could score many goals. In short, I have become a player who can score goals and win games.

With a line of six in the defence and then three in front of that, it's not always easy to find the spaces to score the goals.

Niang is very good in front of the goal, and he's also a quick learner. He is a versatile striker who can play both as a centre forward and as a second striker.

I think I'm a good passer and can make plays, but there's definitely a knack to putting the puck in the net.

Anytime you get good service to the box, it's always great as an attacking player because it gives you more opportunities to score.

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.

In order for a player to score goals, he needs minutes.

I've been playing football for a while, but Guardiola really made me a better player. I was 29 when I started working with him, so I wasn't very young, but if you see the steps I made thanks to him, it shows you what he is capable of doing. Guardiola didn't just put me on the flanks but in other positions as well.

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.