Andre Schurrle Quotes

Playing me in different positions helped me to get in the head of the others players: to know what they're thinking, where and how they are going to move.

I like to control the ball and analyse the game.

Circulation of the ball is important, but it's only useful if you can give it to someone who can make the difference.

I make a dribble or a simple pass, knowing that if I lose the ball near the area, the opponent can score. I am aware of what I do on the pitch, but I always do it to help the team. That's why, occasionally, I also boot the ball into the stands.

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.

When I am on the pitch, I play on intuition, but I think a lot about the game as well.

I let the game come to me. I just try to read plays. I don't like taking bad shots. I want the best shot for the team.

Football's always been cerebral. The most important thing is thinking fast.

By empowering players - not just players, but grown men - to think for themselves outside of the game, you hope that they will be more likely to adapt to a situation and seize the moment in a sporting contest.

I have always passed the ball and worked on that part of my game.

Well, the first quality of being a good leader is you have to be able to follow. See, a good leader can't just be the leader all the time, I have to be able to follow.

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.

The way children are taught football doesn't encourage skill; the focus is on other areas.

As a player I was taught the importance of working four or five passes within your team and then stretching the play. That's something I believe in strongly as a coach.

I know I can shoot when I want. I know I'm going to have the ball. It's about seeing what the team needs at that time.

You have to adapt and find your niche, in terms of the type of player you can become, both on and off the pitch. I always knew I'd have no chance against a 1.90m, 90kg defender in a duel, so the key is to avoid these situations altogether. You have to pick your space and time.

My characteristics are to control the game, stay in the middle and organise the team, but I can adapt as well.

This is football, so you need to be clever to understand the moment and win games.

Players at the highest level have got high football intelligence, so they can adapt, but at the same time you need a structure and an idea of how you've got to play that system.

As a player, you are more concerned with the moments when you have possession of the ball or are about to receive the ball. You are watching your team-mates and trying to decide what the possibilities are.

When we're up 1-0 after 88 minutes, I don't sprint to the sidelines to take a throw-in - I expect that I and my team will be smart.

I do not know if we play the most beautiful or attractive football, but we certainly play more intelligently, more functionally and more precisely than anyone else.

One of the hardest things for a ball player to do is to accept his role

Any player at City is prepared to play anywhere, and I'm no different.

If I'm on the pitch, and I score, and I'm not going to celebrate, I would rather tell the manager I'm not going to play because what is the point of scoring goals and not celebrating?