Robert Green Quotes

Big teams want goalkeepers who are not only good on the line but good with their feet as well.

I consider all aspects of being a goalkeeper as fundamental in the development of the side as a whole.

Goalkeeping is now at a point where it's a very popular position.

In Twenty20, because of the pace of the game, everyone is constantly involved in the field, you have to work as a team covering each other, there's no time to take your eye off the ball.

To be a Barca goalkeeper, it's not enough to have quality. You have to make decisions and execute them.

My game is characterised by consistency, and that is what has brought me to Liverpool and helped me grow and develop. I like to make simple saves. I don't make saves for the camera.

You have so many modern goalkeepers, and they're all different. There's not just one type of modern goalkeeper.

Don't let the ball hit you. Catch it or get out of the way. And if you get out of the way, that's when you have to stop playing.

As a player, you always want to play - it would be wrong to say otherwise - but you can always understand the manager's reasons if he decides to leave you out.

Eddie Howe was the most tactical manager I have worked under.

Not everything is seen that happens on the pitch - the teammate in a good position, where it might get dangerous, how a situation develops.

You can talk about systems until you're blue in the face but that's secondary - if you're closing down, if you're first to the ball, it doesn't really matter what system you've got.

How well a team executes its plans is important, but I think keeping nerves under pressure is far more important in the knockout stage.

The key is developing your game in both directions: in the build-up, joining the attack at the right moment and also in defence. You have to win the one-on-one situations and need the required pace and technique. These are the decisive factors for a defender.

I want the ball in my hands, throwing the ball, making decisions.

I love to tackle, especially when the grass is wet, but my main aim is to be a complete goalkeeper who can do everything.

I think most people thought that because I am quite reserved and private, I wouldn't make a good captain.

Quarterbacks are leaders; it is what it is.

The spectacular catches are the ones that you remember detail for detail. The ones with two hands, it's kind of routine.

If you give time and space to players, they will make good decisions and score goals.

The captain at international level has to be someone who is one of the first names on the team sheet, someone who has the respect of the other players and someone who has good leadership qualities.

You have to communicate with your teammates; you have to be on a string. There are a lot of things that go into a play. And then you are guarding a two or three, which is probably one of their better players on the team, so you're focused on them.

To play as an anchor man you have to be extremely disciplined and a lot of the time you're attracted to the ball but can't go there because if you don't get there or it breaks down there is a hole.

With the coaches, you don't want to hear everybody saying, 'Move over! Back up! Do this!' Let's find out what the players know.

When I was a player, I was always interested in management.