Millie Bright Quotes

I think football is evolving, and I think the role of the keeper is becoming more and more important in the game in general.

I want to stop goals going in the net.

I've saved a few penalties; I'm good at them.

The number 9 has to be the one who scores the goals.

But really, I can only be dangerous for the team in one place, and that is in the box.

Our keeper, Karen Bardsley, stakes out any penalty, any free-kick, any corner. KB knows the detail of how the person will take it.

What goalkeeper doesn't like a little action?

The quality of goalkeepers is very good in the Premier League - and you have to be good at using your feet.

I want to become the best person as a goalkeeper I can be.

I think a goalkeeper has to participate at the back of the defence and come off the line to play.

It's my job to be a goalkeeper and keep the ball out of the net, and that's what I've done. I've kept a clean sheet.

As a goalkeeper, you want to play.

When I played in goal at Stamford Bridge, I realised that's not my best position.

Defending for a team as offensive as Real Madrid isn't that easy.

I don't watch goalkeepers, to be honest.

I think, on one end, we need to understand that goalkeeping is an art and is also a very important position to have in your club.

I choose to be a goalkeeper.

The only way to stop Messi is to double mark him. One player to stay on him and the other to help out.

It is always good and important that the strikers score.

If you face the goalkeeper, you have to wait for him to go and then put the ball in the other side. It's easy to say it but not so easy to do it when you are in the 88th minute of a game. So you must practise.

How do you mark Ronaldo? You try not to leave him alone and don't let him shoot on his right foot. As for Messi... you just make the sign of the cross!

I always, always decide where I'm going with the ball before I take a penalty shot, stare at the ball, follow through, and never look at the place that I'm going to shoot.

If I watch big games like the Champions League on TV then I'm definitely watching what different centre-backs are doing in certain situations.

In Spain, you get seven clear chances a game to receive the ball and shoot. In Italy, you get very few clear balls, and you have to fight everyone to score; that makes you improve and develop.

The star-jump technique - that is a big part of being a handball goalkeeper, and I brought that move into football. It is a very effective way of saving a chance.