Emre Can Quotes

On the football field, you're still going out to there to win. And if you're not going out there to win, what are you going out there for?

All we can do is come in here and hoop, play hard, stay competitive and try to win.

In football it is impossible to win every match but we must do everything to show in every game that we have ambition.

The playoffs bring the best out of people.

When I play football, I try to win the game. That is part of me. That is who I am.

Whenever I was on the pitch, I always tried to win.

But I am a basketball player going out there to compete, I am going to try to win no matter what. That is just in my blood.

It doesn't matter whether it is your first game or your last game: you want to win.

To me, it's just another game of football - 11 players, a grass pitch. Regardless what shirt I have on, it's important you win the game, and I'm competitive as anyone, and I want to win every game, whether it's a Sunday league game, a five-a-side tournament, or a World Cup qualifier.

Everyone is committed to giving their best and to putting in 100 percent in every match to win.

I always want to win when I play, but sometimes I just can't get that interested all the time.

At Juve you always have to go onto the field ready to give your best.

Whatever games came my way, I tried to give my best, do whatever I could to win matches for the team, be it at the Ranji Trophy level, India A, IPL: this was always on my mind.

At Inter, I was the best-paid player in the world. But it's not a question of money, because when I go out onto the pitch, I only have one thing in mind - winning.

The Warriors are competition, and competition makes the best of us.

Playing so many important games in a prestigious competition like the Champions League, I have experience to call upon, and I'm thankful for that. I hope the other players can feel more confident because of that.

As a player, you want to win every game. That's what footballers do: they want to play, and they want to win.

Sports are in my soul. That's what drives me.

What matters is that on the pitch we give the maximum to prove that money is not everything.

The biggest thing I think is, 'It's OK to care. It's OK to want to win and to be that team. To be upset when we lose.'

We might have, with Hockey Canada, an Aero Bar, a chocolate bar. 'Okay we're going to play for this chocolate bar.' Here you have guys who made millions of dollars, they're professional athletes, and they will fight tooth and nail to win. It's not necessarily for the chocolate bar. It's the competitive spirit.

What a footballer wants above all else is to win, regardless of who the coach is.

I want to be on the pitch, whether it is for someone else or for Leicester.

Obviously, I don't go into a game not wanting to do well. I go into every game to try to do my best for my team-mates and the club.

If you're not ambitious, there's no point in playing football.