Marco Reus Quotes

When God built Pele, he put everything that a player needs in him. He knew how to shoot, how to dribble, how to head, be physical. He had everything that a football player needs to have. It's difficult for someone to achieve what he has in football.

I had a poster of Iniesta. He seemed like a different player to me: elegant, special... a genius. I watched all the Barcelona games to see how they played and the geniuses, Iniesta and Messi. After, I tried to imitate them, but it was difficult.

Ronaldinho was a big influence on me, watching him on YouTube, he used to do things that other people didn't really used to do.

For skills and tricks, Ronaldinho was the best player I've played with.

For me, Brett Emerton is the heart and soul of the Australian team. Him signing for Sydney FC, it has to be the biggest catch in the history of Australian football. He's a machine and he's probably the best pro I've ever trained and worked with.

Iniesta - he is the Zinedine Zidane of the team, because he can do whatever you want him to with the ball.

It's grossly unfair to judge Walter Payton solely on the yards he gains. He is a complete football player, better than Jim Brown, better than O.J. Simpson.

I understand football. I have always been a good footballer, and that gets overlooked by most people.

I think if you're a good high school player that you have the ability to be a good college football player. If you're a good college football then you have the ability to be a great NFL player.

Beckham is a nice man and I'm sure he will reach 100 appearances for England. But he is just a good player, nothing more.

People told me I was more of a soccer player, not a football player.

As a kid, I looked up to Gazza, and to Wayne Rooney because he came through at Everton. Zidane has been one of my favourite players and I was always watching videos of him.

I am a fan of Cam Newton. I love watching him play the game. He is an unbelievable talent: throwing the football, running the football.

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar is one of the best goalscorers in the world and even watching him in training and in games you can learn from him.

Dembele is a great player.

My overall favourite player would be Iniesta. For his final ball, obviously, his skill, and his ability.

I played football ever since I was a little boy. Coming from a family of six boys, I guess we learned the game of football from a very young age.

What I can say is that Neymar is a very good player, amazing.

Kiko Alonso is a tremendous football player.

Barcelona and Real Madrid wingers, these are the big players at the big clubs and you have to watch them. They are at a top level. I'm not going to say they inspire me, but I take things from them.

I don't know if my perspective is different because my dad played but I've always admired footballers: second division players, second division B players.

Ruben Neves is by far one of the best players I've ever played with.

I've been a versatile player since I started playing football.

Beckham was the one I always looked up to - the technique, his crossing on the move or set-pieces. But as a kid, I just played with my brother. He was playing for Oldham, in League One and League Two, and he's the one I really looked up to.

Iniesta is my ideal player. I've watched him throughout my career and hoped to be like him. It's fun to watch him play and that's the kind of football I'd like to play.