Michael Carrick Quotes

Playing for Chelsea I have to be more ruthless than in the German team, where I have managed to earn myself a different status over the years.

If I have a keeper who makes a mistake in consecutive games and is dropped, when he plays again, there is pressure on him because that is the level of the game we are at.

Real are the type of club where you are expected to win every game. For a player who wants to be the best it is stimulating to feel the pressure to defend their interests.

I demand a lot and we look to improve, but I'm glad that Atleti are expected to be among the best every year.

Either a player accepts competition or they say they absolutely need to play. For a player to have an open door, I have to have, at the same position, an element that is just as good or even better.

I've had the privilege of playing in our top seven leagues and the main differences when stepping up are organisation, athleticism and decisiveness. Believe me, the gap is even more evident when you achieve the holy grail of the Premier League.

If you go down the leagues, you have to understand what level you're working with, and if you get frustrated, then it's not going to ever happen for you. That's why a lot of managers don't succeed where they should do.

The thing I know about Diana Trout is that she's the hardest-working person. She even says it in season one - that nobody works harder than she does. I believe that's always been true about her. That is why she has high expectations of everyone around her.

Tennis is a very interesting world. It's a sport of opportunities, but it's a sport of challenges as well. And for anybody to continue to progress, they have to understand what those challenges are.

Every moment, every practice, every game, everywhere; I just love competing. Competition is in my DNA.

Whenever something in the system changes, you have to prove yourself again. But wherever you go, you have to prove that you're better than whoever else is on the team. At a team like Arsenal, that's always going to be hard so I always have to be on it in training and matches.

Only players can understand what it's like, travelling and playing every three days, it gets on top of you.

I had three years of success with Molde, winning the League twice and the Cup. I thought I was fully prepared, that I was ready for the Premier League. But it's a completely different world there. Everything is much bigger.

The main reason I have joined Everton is not to try to help my England ambitions - that will come if I am playing consistently well for Everton.

Back in 2014, I felt like I was ready to win a world title. I felt like I was prepared and I was as good as anyone else, but I knew I didn't have the equipment.

Coaches have plans and structures, and if you're not in those plans you shouldn't take it personally.

A Hamilton-Vettel combination, on paper, would look very attractive to any team. However, what you have to look at is the dynamics of any partnership like that and it's difficult to see how two sportsmen at the absolute top of their game could work in harmony under one roof.

My secret is to train as intensively as I can, if possible, with the same intensity you experience in a real match.

Kimi is a great driver like Fernando, but together, they could be a time bomb for Ferrari.

The Spurs, obviously - you look at an organization like that and say that's what you want to be consistent, because they've become consistent. That's what you start striving for night in and night out.

I don't want to be one of those players that gets the contract and the main focus is on him.

DC is good all round. He pushes the pace, makes you think what you're doing, makes you uncomfortable.

You never want to be behind your team-mate at the end of the year, that's definitely always going to be my goal.

I want to play my best tennis and see how far I can go.

You train hard. But when you don't play every week the pressure is even more when you are called up. It's not difficult for me though.