Glenn Murray Quotes

Usually, the most intelligent player is a midfielder.

I believe my strengths are my pace and reading of the game.

When I play, I like to use my pace and to link up with my team-mates.

Guardiola likes footballers who can pass the ball, who have eyes for the best position and the right runs.

I like to control the ball and analyse the game.

It is up to me to adapt and to continue to surprise with my positioning, the timing of my runs, the trajectories, when I call for the ball.

Deco is a very skillful player. He thinks very fast on the pitch.

What I like about it is the creativity. When I watch good soccer players - the way they have to make a play out of nothing.

English football is so physical and fast that when you see a space, you have to go into it with all your speed.

If Lukaku is not as good as others with his first touch, then give him a ball that he can handle.

For me, David Silva is a fantastic player because his technique is incredible, and he understands when the right time to pass the ball is.

I know people say you have to be big and strong to play in the Premier League, but you cannot just judge a player by their size. You have to look at their other qualities, too.

Each coach you have gives a little something to every player, but the one who changed my game the most was Mancini. He taught me to play more outside the area, dropping me back a bit.

I've never been blessed with height, strength and power so I've had to learn how to play differently from a young age, my game was all based on technique and when I look at players like Xavi and Iniesta they were always players I modelled myself on.

Guardiola has helped me so when I receive the ball, I have space.

I look at our sport as the same as tennis. Male and female tennis is very, very different. The men's is more quick and powerful, and the women's is more about finesse and has more rallies - and that's the same with men's and women's football.

I've learned to adapt to the pace of the English game and a different style of football in the Premier League.

Jorginho is really suitable to the way I like to play. He is a player that has many good sides to him. He wants to work hard, and he's very fast in moving the ball, which is important for us, although there is also Cesc Fabregas, who has the same potential as Jorginho.

The way children are taught football doesn't encourage skill; the focus is on other areas.

The lower you go down the levels, the more players think they need to hang on to the ball to prove how talented they are, but that's not football.

There are many talented midfielders but not the kind of playmaker I am.

Anybody who has played with Mesut will tell you how intelligent he is as a player. His vision is probably the best I have ever seen and that is why it is so important to have the right striker ahead of him.

By playing in the street, the level of Asian football can absolutely improve, as you will get more technical players. They will be quicker, more creative, and after succeeding in the street, it will be a piece of cake for them to do well eleven a side.

Every Bundesliga match is a new challenge, our opponents don't make it easy for us.

I'm not someone who can do 10 stepovers or backheels - I'm not very interested in that. I'm more fascinated by the simplicity of play because the thing that makes this sport so beautiful.