Thibaut Courtois Quotes

If I were Goldberg or Brock Lesnar, I wouldn't want to have to go on after me and Randy. From their standpoint, I wouldn't want to be them and have to go on after us.

Being the headliner is only more pressure if you're not very good.

As a goalkeeper, I'm well aware that any mistake can be magnified by the fans. But it's true that here at Manchester United, there's added pressure.

When you're young and starting out, the big hurdle is to relax enough in rehearsal so that you don't feel intimidated. The more work you've done, the more you can experiment in rehearsal and not have to worry about getting the sack.

When you're expected to win and you have the press saying that you are going to win the Olympic gold medal, and you're the only sure thing in the Olympics, it can undermine your confidence.

I was always surrounded by expectation from the very first race I ran as a 5-year-old.

Coming from bad results, you have more tension and you get more into the game, maybe. You never know which is best. I prefer to come from good results. You have more confidence and you believe you are doing things well. But in football everything can change very quickly.

I have played for Real Madrid, which is such a big club and where the pressure is so huge because you have to go and, really, win absolutely every game. There is no game where people don't expect you to win. So, having played there for three years, pressure is nothing that would scare me.

The talent God gave me is beautiful and wonderful, but it is difficult because you are always facing other people keen to judge you. There are few people with such talent, so there are few able to judge what I am doing.

A lot of what you get done in the NFL is by perception. They perceive you as really talented, and they worry about you. You've got to come out of the locker room with something.

I know I'm a good goalkeeper.

It's not easy to play for Atletico. Talent is not enough, the bar is very high.

Everyone has a different view on football, but I didn't have a fear that I wouldn't be good enough in England.

I don't know why, but playing for England, I always feel I am going to score.

For Zlatan to play the way we love him to play, he has to be Zlatan.

I've dealt with expectations my whole life and have been blessed to be able to play at a high level, whether it's football or baseball.

I'm confident about playing on the big stage.

You grow up always thinking you'd be in pressure situations all the time, and that's why I put pressure on myself in practice, so when those situations come in the game I feel I can be successful.

You have to have confidence in this league. Everybody's so good.

I think pressure exists in a situation only when you are unsure of your talent and people are expecting a lot from you due to your lineage.

I've worked on my game, and I don't think it has any holes, no weaknesses. I say that with humility because you can always work to get better. But I run inside, I run outside, and I'm just not a guy you have to take off the field for certain packages.

Negredo is an exceptional player.

I still feel pressure - I'm sure everyone who plays feels pressure - but I don't feel it as much now as when I was younger.

When you are next to Harry Kane, achieving all he is and scoring so many goals, it's normal that the focus is on Harry Kane.

Messi scores three goals every game. If you score one goal, you're not Messi.