Chris Smalling Quotes

I've played at centre-half plenty of times before.

I enjoy the football, I really love our kickarounds. I would say Chris Woakes is the best - a real Rolls-Royce midfielder. He gets himself around and he's got a silky touch. He's the main man.

I believe I could be a good centre-half.

Usually, the most intelligent player is a midfielder.

I've played all over, to be honest. Centre-half, defensive midfield, attacking midfield.

That's soccer. There are good games and others that aren't so much.

I'd like to think that centre-half is my best position.

One thing was crystal clear to me: if you're centre-back, you first of all have to perform your task.

I'm a defender first and foremost, and if I'm playing right centre-half, I am even more of a defender than the wing-backs.

Normally, I play in midfield where I'm challenging the players and trying to take the ball.

I like centre-half, but I can play centre-mid as well.

Sometimes I look at myself and ask, 'What is my best position?' But I think it's a defensive midfielder; that's the best one.

Arsenal wanted me to be a controller in the midfield, an Emmanuel Petit-type.

My best position is in the middle, and if I am asked to play there, I can do it.

I can play at full back on either side, but I prefer the central defensive position.

If you score goals, you play. It's as simple as that.

I am a central midfielder, and that's where I like to be.

If Tiger Woods had played football, he would have been a quarterback.

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.

My whole life, my dream has been to be a quarterback.

I want to be a footballer - and that means playing on a Saturday afternoon.

The role that I play as a lone striker, I enjoy it and particularly playing with great players.

I've been playing American football since I was six years old. I was a captain of my high school team, playing strong safety.

Whoever likes football always likes to see the best player on the pitch.

I like football very much. That's what I like. I play it quite well.