Chris Coleman Quotes

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

I never liked going to school and would sham and play football. I played in the centre forward position. If ever given a choice, I would love to represent Barcelona.

When you're at a club like Liverpool, it's always about what you can do with the ball.

There's players around the world that get assists from number 10s or wingers.

With Andy Cole up front they can score at any time. We'll be watching him very closely.

I've always wanted to be a top footballer since I was young.

Football became my life at five or six. The earliest memory I have is of playing in my first boots, a pair of black and white Alan Balls. It was 1970, four years after the World Cup, and I scored three goals at school.

It's the striker's job to put the ball in the net and it's up to us to make important tackles and blocks.

I'm an attacker, and forwards always want to score.

Soccer is still my favourite sport.

Speed isn't everything, but he'd be a great striker at Atletico. Usain Bolt would be perfect for our game. Me behind and him up front. The best!

I play at Manchester City. I try and give performances for them game after game.

Muller is a winner for Germany and expects to score big goals in big games, especially with his late runs from behind the striker.

I like to be in the box where it happens, to score goals or give assists.

You have better players and teams in England, and for myself, it is better to play in a better league against better players.

There are strikers all over the world who wouldn't get the goals if they didn't have a creative midfielder or someone that enjoys making assists.

I first learnt to play football as a striker and it was only when I joined City that I learnt how to become a midfielder thanks to the help I received from the staff at the Academy.

When I first began playing football, I was a striker.

I want to score goals and make goals.

Defenders are always tough, whether you play in Spain or England.

I don't take the ball in the middle of the pitch and dribble past six guys.

Ever since I was in the youth team at City, I've always loved crossing the ball.

I'd say I was an attacking midfielder, and if you are going to be one of the best, you have to score goals and create them.

For me, there are no 'between players' in football. For me, there are clear positions and clear characteristics for all players.

You don't need only your strikers. You need your defenders to be on top of their game. You need a midfield to work hard and track back, and I suppose you need a goalkeeper who makes saves once in a while.