Jack Wilshere Quotes

Not only the attackers, but the defenders - it's on the attackers to prepare themselves to break through the strong defense.

You have to defend properly.

My job is to protect my guys.

My first, second, third, fourth and fifth priority is definitely defense. I want to be everywhere and help everybody.

Concentrate on defense because the offense will come.

I always root for the defense.

I don't know much about football but everyone seems to say that it is all about possession.

Sometimes in football you have to score goals.

A good football team plays offense and defense. You have to be aggressive and disrupt.

Football is like war. It's about taking territory.

I think there's a lot of different ways to score points and win football games and be efficient offensively, just like there is on defense and special teams. That's what makes this great game so special.

Esthetically, let's move the ball. Let's guard people. Let's fight.

Sometimes a team plays very well but doesn't manage to score, while another team comes and scores. But then, that's how football is.

First thing, and it's really one of my favorite things, is the protection part. Who everybody is blocking and where the pressure is coming from. Because if we can't get the ball off, it doesn't matter what you're doing out here.

I always felt defense was a big part of my game.

People automatically think that because you attack, you can't defend. Not true.

That's what I hang my hat on, is defence.

Defense comes with defensive concepts.

When you haven't got the ball, while we're defending, sometimes I am not always where I need to be.

At the end of the day, it's 11 men versus 11 on the pitch.

Defense is something I take a lot of pride in.

In football, we tried each week to come up with the best game plan for every opponent. Some were tougher than others.

What's mostly left after a match? The scenes in front of the goal where the attackers are the highlights of the play. But doing the spectacular is not particularly important to me. I just want to play for my team.

Defending is definitely an art.

Football, if we bring it down very simply, it's when you have the ball and when you don't.