Rio Ferdinand Quotes

The most important thing is that Spain have a good team no matter who plays. It is always nice to see your name spoken but the important thing is that the national team does well. But having good players for every position is important because there are always injuries, drops of form.

Benteke is a threat when he's fit, fully motivated and firing on all cylinders.

I think the fitness of players is the key to success. I believe that there should be no place of unfit players in the team because the fit players also start becoming lazy seeing their routine. Having teamwork capabilities is also very important as there comes a lot of times where you have to think beyond your own interest to upkeep the national interest.

That's one of the things with a championship-caliber team, is how it deals with injuries.

As a quarterback, you certainly don't want to hamstring your team in any way because - I know this more than anyone - you rely so heavily on those playmakers around you.

Normally, I am a player who can play in different positions, but never in defence.

Having fresh players is important.

I hope to have my players in good physical condition, all players, and then to face all competitions.

Piatek is a player that lives to score goals.

Early in the year, you never know how teams are going to be.

OK, Wayne Rooney is always the center of attention, and I always have to answer questions about him. But Wayne is Wayne, and he will always contribute in a game.

If you have a good midfield, you have a good team.

Whether a player rotates more or less depends on his form and his position. It's not the same for a center back as it is for a winger. Every player is different.

English football is a lot different to Spanish football but Soldado is an international for Spain, he is a player who has become accustomed to playing against great teams - and he has always scored goals.

I'm used to the feeling of playing in a team with high individual quality.

One guy can't make a team better.

Benzema is the best No.9 in the world.

If you don't have the best player in the world in the team, it would be strange if you didn't notice the difference.

Rooney's a legend. He's one of my favourite attackers of all time. He's a guy I really do look up to.

The more players I have, the more difficult choices there are for me, but the better it is for LFC.

At United, my United, we had been honed into a ruthless team who played great football but, ultimately, were there to win football matches and league titles. At Newcastle, they could certainly play on their day, and the crowd was formidable, but there was a weakness - a vulnerability that you could seek out.

Stars don't necessarily make a good team and that is what we must learn.

The midfield is the heartbeat of a football team, it's the centre of the action, so you can't just do one thing.

After I joined Alkmaar, I didn't score for seven League games, but soon afterwards, I started to score goals.

Harry Kane, for example, is a really physical striker but also really skilful. He surprises lot of defenders, but he won't surprise me.