Theo Walcott Quotes

When I play, I like to use my pace and to link up with my team-mates.

More than anything I prefer the ball on the floor. I think I play my best football on the floor. There is a delicacy to this big giant.

If you're playing for five hours you don't want to score goals all the time and I loved dribbling. I could score a goal, but I preferred to dribble.

English football is so physical and fast that when you see a space, you have to go into it with all your speed.

Soccer is simple, but it is difficult to play simple.

OK, the wonderful thing about soccer is, a football is a perfectly round object, and it doesn't make mistakes. The player using it makes mistakes. And the more you use it, the less mistakes you make.

I'm a naturally gifted left-footed footballer.

I think that's the type of game I'm better at - faster paced, just moving the ball more around.

Playing lovely football and making wonderful saves is not a challenge.

I have great technique, a good shot, and I'm pretty good in the air.

In Germany, my focus was mainly on dribbling.

People expect you to dribble past 10 players and put the ball in the back of the net.

It's difficult to mark Ronaldo. I think he has a lot of qualities. He has all the abilities a striker can possesses. He's very good with the head, the right foot, the left foot. His strike is the same whatever the feet.

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

It is very important to be able to play with your feet, and deal with one-on-ones.

I like to get the ball on the ground, make good plays and move the ball around the pitch quickly at a good tempo.

I try to get early contact and keep it on the ground. I like to keep the ball down as much as I can.

I am a master of drag-drag-flick.

Cristiano - he has it all. He has a right foot, left foot, is good in the air, so quick.

For me, soccer was a dance.

In international football, you need pace and you need your players up top to create things out of nothing and run at people.

For me football is more about making the right pass at the right time.

Lionel Messi is a wonderful player. Very skillful. Highly intelligent. He is not good in the air.

I feel good doing it. It's not like guys are stripping me at half-court or I'm just losing the ball dribbling. I think I'm handling the ball pretty well, just trying to make good passes, man.

The essence of football was blocking, tackling, and execution based on timing, rhythm and deception.