Willy Caballero Quotes

I think that everyone should be able to dribble. Everyone should be able to pass. Otherwise, why are you out there?

I had very good players around me in the team, like in the German national team. Andreas Brehme was one of my best partners in the team because he had good eyes; he could always hit the best ball.

They were so clever finding ways to get me the ball. They had to do more than just give up open shots. They had to avoid fouls and pass me the ball in traffic.

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.

OK, the wonderful thing about soccer is, a football is a perfectly round object, and it doesn't make mistakes. The player using it makes mistakes. And the more you use it, the less mistakes you make.

I still believe it is important that children have a chance to play other sports because they all offer learning experiences. Soccer is a growing sport and would be a good complement to hockey.

When I play, I play with my feet and with my head also.

I think flag football is a great alternative, and it's a great game in its own right. It's a wonderful alternative. You can develop all of the skills and athleticism and glean the lessons you can from contact football through playing flag.

In Germany, my focus was mainly on dribbling.

I have played football since I was five years old. This is my core skill and it will always remain so.

Some lads were dribblers, some lads just loved scoring goals, whereas I enjoyed and took pride in practicing my passing and that. That's how it was.

In football, you cannot only play because of your quality and talent. Defence is a must.

I had to unlearn cricket to learn hockey. It is easier for someone who is not a sportsperson to pick up hockey. They just have to learn it.

I play a complicated position in an intensely team-oriented game.

A game of soccer induces more than enjoyment, more than entertainment.

To succeed in hockey, you need teamwork.

They throw the ball, I hit it. They hit the ball, I catch it.

For me football is more about making the right pass at the right time.

Volleyball was the hardest thing I've ever had to do.

I was a part of Backyard Soccer, and I hear that I score a lot of goals in it.

At school, myself and some pals, all football-daft, divided up the old English First Division and wrote off to half a dozen clubs each asking for a trial.

I might not be a great athlete, but I think I'm a real good football player.

Growing up as an athlete, I started skating very young. My parents didn't know anything about the sport, so they went with the flow. I had two great coaches who gave great advice and gave guidelines for my parents. My parents let the coaches dictate what was going on on the ice.

I love sports, and when I was playing soccer, I was always trying to be the leader on the team and the one who takes control.

I don't think that players learn how to play any other aspect of the game in high school or college.