Vincent Kompany Quotes

I want to play more minutes. I'm a player who doesn't want to stay on the bench or not in the squad.

Like every player, I want to start more matches.

It's good that I can play in two positions, as a centre-back or as a holding midfielder, as I just want to get minutes and get games.

Every footballer wants to play. No one is happy when they are not playing.

It is just down to confidence. When I haven't got any, I hate playing the game.

You go into training camp and you fight for jobs and often times things work themselves out. Like players just take the job, they play so well, they win it, and makes it easier on the coach to decide who is the guy that gets those minutes.

When I have the ball at my feet, I'm in different world.

Obviously, teams start wearing down. But that's kind of when you thrive, when the other team starts to get tired.

I know how you can feel when you are playing under pressure.

I was not getting much time on the pitch and was in need of this time to improve and play my best football. Wenger was not prepared to give it to me. Also my position on the wing was not what I was expecting and I wasn't happy with it.

Sometimes self-esteem affects you on and off the pitch. Until you face your next game and you miss an easy chance, for example, then you feel not as great.

Ibrahimovic is certainly a great player, but during a match, I don't waste any thoughts on who is opposing me, and you never have any fears on the pitch.

If you are young and you don't get rewarded with game-time, or don't come into games, it is difficult to try to still be hungry in the training sessions.

In a game, I'm locked in. I maybe notice three rows in the stands the arena over, and that's it.

When I see the ball going in the hole, I'm a completely different player.

Every time I have the ball in my hands, which is every play, I feel I'm the best player on the team. That's just my mentality. I'm not saying that in a cocky way, but everybody should have that mentality when they step on that field.

A lot of times when I'm confident and relaxed on the court, I'm going to be a pretty tough out. But when I'm not so confident and not so relaxed, I tense up and my balls fall short and everything. It just sort of unravels.

You don't hit an 11-darter unless you're feeling good.

I left Bayern because I needed the game time.

I always say that mentality is a crucial aspect in a football environment.

I want to start every game but you have to respect the staff.

In the games I feel good, I can keep the ball well, I help the team there.

Just before a fight, as the ring empties, you can feel it. There is danger and loneliness all around you. Soon it's just the three of you in there: the referee, your opponent, and you. You're in a very lonely moment then. But, strangely, that's when I feel most comfortable. The ring becomes my office, and I go to work.

I think, of course, when you are coming somewhere, when you know you are playing good tennis, it always helps you.

As a player you want to play every single game, and every single minute.