Kelley O'Hara Quotes

I like to control the ball and analyse the game.

Normally, I play in midfield where I'm challenging the players and trying to take the ball.

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.

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

I like playing just outside of my own penalty box, the player who receives the ball and organises the game.

I like it when I am in the middle; I am closer to the ball. The manager wants me to pass, to make assists, create chances, and I do more because I think the position is more central, and I don't ask all the time for the ball at my feet.

I am a central midfielder, and that's where I like to be.

The most important thing is to be a midfielder first, not scoring goals. You have to make the game, make an assist for the team, and if you can score, it's a plus for the team.

If I don't get the service or if I don't the ball in the box, where I want it, I start drifting into midfield. I go and look for the ball. I try to be important for the team in other areas.

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

I think Messi is an absolute giant in the game. Not so much because of his dribbles and actions. That's why most people rate him. But I think, differently from others, that he is phenomenal in his teamplay and combination play.

I've always had one in my teams - that sort of central pivot that orchestrates the game.

Sometimes when you play on the wing it gets a bit isolated and you can't help as much. But if you play a bit more central I can get the ball a lot more and help a lot more.

My favourite position is as midfielder, playing with Xabi and Khedira.

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

I love good flowing football where the whole team is engaged.

I like to be involved as much as I can in the game, and in the middle, you're definitely the heartbeat of the team. When you're on the right, you can go minutes without seeing the ball, and that's a long time when you're out on the pitch.

I love to play in the middle to be in contact with the ball all the time. I'm very happy to play in that position.

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

I think the first attacker has the ball, starts from the back, you can see everything, and you have to play with the feel of a midfielder, not a goalkeeper.

If you're playing for five hours you don't want to score goals all the time and I loved dribbling. I could score a goal, but I preferred to dribble.

I just say I'd like to be an attacking midfielder.

If you've got someone like Thierry Henry in your team, you get him on the ball.

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.

When I play, I just try to score goals or assist someone - that's my job.