Eden Hazard Quotes

Football is not about suffering. It's about enjoyment. Control the ball, be friendly with it, try to attack, try to score goals. Of course defending is part of it, but you can defend in a lot of ways.

When someone like Lukaku gets you in the position where he's holding you off it is key to try and nick it in front of him.

I like to be in contact with the ball, have possession, to play.

We know it's impossible sometimes to have good defending against Cristiano Ronaldo but we want to keep the ball, with good possession, as then he can do nothing in attack.

You pressure, you want possession, you want to attack. Some teams can't or don't pass the ball. What are you playing for? What's the point? That's not football. Combine, pass, play. That's football - for me, at least.

When you get into the game you've got be thinking, when I get into the attacking third I'm gonna be freakin' creative.

Playing in midfield is a different ball game. You have to be on the half-turn all the time, have a different picture in your head of what is behind you and in front of you. Playing at right-back is different again.

When we're playing, I really shape my body to receive the ball - even before it gets to me.

I want the ball for 90 minutes. When I don't have the ball, I go high pressing because I want the ball.

When we lose the ball, I don't want to win it back directly. I act smarter now, have better anticipation, and also start earlier when somebody tries to lob the ball over me.

Sometimes in midfield, it's nice because you do get a little bit more of the ball, and maybe out wide you rely on people to get you the ball.

Personally, I always try to focus on the little things in my game. As a defender and attacking outside back, I continuously work on completing passes, not being too predictable going forward into the attack, good services into the box, good positioning and footwork.

I liked mostly to play football on the ground and have a little bit of playing tactics rather than just up and down, long balls and second balls. That's not really my game.

It is impossible to do it for the whole game, but when you have the ball for most of the game and have players like Samir Nasri, David Silva, Yaya Toure, and Raheem Sterling, they keep the ball so well.

Carrying the ball is one of the strongest points in my game and I like to be a danger on the pitch.

I have to open the game from my position. It's really important to play with the ball.

Messi is the best in the world, even when he is defending.

You have to win on the ball.

In the centre, you play more with your back to the opponent's goal and have to move into the gaps.

I was certainly no Maradona. I was a very fast player. When I saw a space, I used it. When I went past somebody, he didn't catch up with me again. I was a player who came with a run-up. What Maradona could see in a small space, I saw over long distances.

When you play eleven a side, you might go through a game with very few touches, but with street football, you're always involved in the game, so it is a great way to improve your skill and to learn how to create and use space, as the pitch is very small.

I experienced that the ball is the most important thing. When you have the ball, the other team really can't do anything.

I try to have an impact on every game, whether it's by making runs or using quick moves to try to get by defenders or making a nice pass to help my team.

I learned how to defend the ball with my body and to be faster than my opponents.

I try to have a picture when I receive the ball and know where everyone is. That's one of the most important things for a midfielder.