Lothar Matthaus Quotes

There are strikers all over the world who wouldn't get the goals if they didn't have a creative midfielder or someone that enjoys making assists.

I'm an attacker, and forwards always want to score.

Soccer is still my favourite sport.

When I first began playing football, I was a striker.

I really hate strikers.

There's players around the world that get assists from number 10s or wingers.

I've got a defensive responsibility as well as trying to get goals and assists. I'm trying to do that.

I like to be in the box where it happens, to score goals or give assists.

I first learnt to play football as a striker and it was only when I joined City that I learnt how to become a midfielder thanks to the help I received from the staff at the Academy.

I want to score goals and make goals.

I don't take the ball in the middle of the pitch and dribble past six guys.

Ever since I was in the youth team at City, I've always loved crossing the ball.

No single player can stop Antoine Griezmann on his own.

Before I went to Liverpool, I was a striker and then sometimes a No. 8 or No. 10, and my thing was shooting, finishing, and long-distance shots.

I feel more comfortable where I play for Colombia because I like to be closer to the goal; that works better for me. I can score and pass from there. But as a player, I have to be prepared to play in any position.

Sometimes in football you have to score goals.

I have never once dribbled the whole field and scored a goal by myself.

It's the striker's job to put the ball in the net and it's up to us to make important tackles and blocks.

I'd played some very good games, at Manchester United, at Tottenham Hotspur, but they'd lacked a goal. There've been times when I could have scored myself, but I've played a pass to a team-mate instead.

I promised my mother that I'd be a famous footballer one day after seeing players such as Croatia's Davor Suker and Serbia's Predrag Mijatovic shine in France.

I play on the left hand side, and I try to do the best I can.

The World Cup ball is very fast, and you need to think very quickly, when to punch and when to catch.

I learned and played with the very best like Messi, Xavi and Iniesta.

Ever since I was a kid, I always wanted to score volleys.

The World Cup is a competition in which everything needs to work to your advantage. Players need to be fit, decisions have to go in your favour, and details such as a red card can cost a team dearly.