Loris Karius Quotes

I want to focus on football and just go on the pitch to do my thing.

In Mexico, they didn't demand you controlled well, or they didn't get mad because of a bad pass. In La Masia, they demand perfection. Competition is the core principle.

Ninety percent of hockey is mental and the other half is physical.

I always had a concept of watching great players, great goalkeepers.

If I am on the pitch then I am happy.

When you play for Liverpool and England, you have good players around you, and you want to compete with the best.

I guess there are worse things than being compared to Messi but I don't look at what he is doing. I just try to give my best for my team.

I think you are wrong if you play a Champions League game, and you don't find motivation.

I started playing at six. I was at a school always playing football with my friends. But I was always bored at home. I asked my father if he could start me in a football team. He took me to a team called Rupel Boom, who were playing in the fourth division in Belgium, and I stayed there for four years.

I train every day to be the best goalkeeper in the world; that is my aim.

For me, it's important to perform in my club and with the national team as well.

When I am on the pitch, I just want to play, I don't care if it is the Nou Camp or not; I just want to play.

I think pressure is good. Just watching my brother and my dad be professional athletes, I think pressure has driven them and has caused them to excel more.

Football's about winning and I'm a winner, but you also have to set standards and entertain people.

For me, it's important to perform well for Borussia Dortmund in every match.

Arsenal is a team that needs good footballers and leaders on the field.

Being an Olympian, I always have this strong belief in excellence.

To me, discipline in football occurs on the field, not off it.

For reasons that baffle me still, my high school sports coaches put me in the first division of the rugby, cricket, and soccer teams.

I didn't know about competition or the Olympics until Peggy Fleming won in 1968. My mother looked after all of the competition stuff. I just skated. I didn't really love competition, but that was the only way to get better. You'd see more talent.

Whether it's a friendly match, or for points, or a final, or any game - I play the same. I'm always trying to be my best, first for my team, for myself, for the fans, and to try and win.

I let my racket do the talking. That's what I am all about, really. I just go out and win tennis matches.

There is still a lot of football in me and I enjoy watching the players go out there and be the best players they can possibly be.

The athletes are still out competing the same as a Division I team, and I think we've done a good job of creating an atmosphere where they're responsible for their actions and their play.

My aim is to play as many games as possible and to go out and be one of the 11 players again.