David de Gea Quotes

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

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

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 have to open the game from my position. It's really important to play with the ball.

You have to win on the ball.

You don't need only your strikers. You need your defenders to be on top of their game. You need a midfield to work hard and track back, and I suppose you need a goalkeeper who makes saves once in a while.

I like it when I am in the middle; I am closer to the ball. The manager wants me to pass, to make assists, create chances, and I do more because I think the position is more central, and I don't ask all the time for the ball at my feet.

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

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.

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

When I go into games as a forward, my job is really clear, and I just have to execute. But as a midfielder, you get to sort of enjoy the game more, and you get to feel the game and dictate the play.

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

I like playing just outside of my own penalty box, the player who receives the ball and organises the game.

My favourite position is as midfielder, playing with Xabi and Khedira.

If you have a good midfield, you have a good team.

I'd say I was an attacking midfielder, and if you are going to be one of the best, you have to score goals and create them.

For me, there are no 'between players' in football. For me, there are clear positions and clear characteristics for all players.

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

With Andy Cole up front they can score at any time. We'll be watching him very closely.

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

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.

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