Peter Crouch Quotes

Any striker like me that likes to run in behind, they could play with Thierry.

There are footballers who are very good playing on the outside but don't know what to do inside. Then there are players who are very good inside but don't have the physique, the legs, to go outside.

Robert Lewandowski is a player who plays in front of the opposing goal, especially with his back to the opponent. He is always attacked, and this is one of the big strength of a striker who plays in this position.

I have to stay in front to try and create chances and be in the right place in the box.

I'm a striker. I feel I can have my greatest impact there because I'm free to roam around the pitch, take players on, have shots and create chances.

I am a striker, but I love playing wide.

Balotelli can play as a striker, as a winger.

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

When teams play good football, it tends to create chances for the striker.

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.

The thing about being a striker is you need to be lightning-fast.

The hardest thing to coach is scoring goals and creativity.

Every striker is stronger when we play with wingers.

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

In football, you don't hold on to the ball just to hold on to the ball. When you have it you need to be dangerous, create opportunities and score goals. And when you don't, you make sure the opposition doesn't.

As a No. 9, I have to be there to score goals, but that isn't the only thing. I also participate in the build-up and help my team-mates, but, above all, it's about scoring goals.

If you've got someone like Thierry Henry in your team, you get him on the ball.

I do what the forwards do and score goals.

As a goal scorer, my focus is always on converting my chances and being clinical in the box. That's my No. 1 priority.

I think a lot of people write off strikers like me, the true number 9 who hangs out at the top of the box. I mean, even I wanted to be a player like Romario as a kid.

There's different types of strikers: Harry Kane is a wonderful finisher, Jamie Vardy has great pace and has come onto the scene exceptionally well and is playing consistently, and Wayne Rooney is a player I have admired during all of his career.

Against a team who are tight inside their area, you look to find combinations, the center with the wings or with shots from outside the box.

As a striker, you are playing against big defenders. They try to throw you around. I try to play in behind them, and I need power. I know that I have to go to the gym and train. I train all the time.

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.

Part of my job leading the line for Watford is to occupy centre-halves - by that I mean those battles with Huth, say, to try to win headers when the ball is played forward. But I also look to bring centre-halves out of position to the flanks and make space for my team-mates in the middle.