Striker Performance Quotes

I am obviously a striker who likes to score a lot of goals and have done that in every team I have been with.

Diego Costa is a good example. He's doing very well, and he's arguably one of the best strikers in the world, so I have to see what he does and add it to my game.

Strikers are expected to score, and I have two goals in eight games.

I've always been working hard on my speed for the last few years. Obviously I'm not slow, but as a striker, the more speed you have, the better you are.

You look at some of the top teams in the world that have got the best strikers, and they are looking to buy another top striker. But if you have got a top goalkeeper, you are not often looking to buy another goalkeeper.

Neymar and Hazard are amazing talents, but the player who gave me most trophies was Diego Costa.

There is definitely an argument that Sergio Aguero is the Premier League's best ever striker.

[Wayne Rooney] has to be viewed as a great England striker if he breaks Sir Bobby Charlton's record. Scoring goals at international level is much more difficult than it was a few years back because even the lesser teams are well organised and don't concede too many goals these days.

People always see the goals, and for me, strikers are not only about scoring goals.

For every striker, it's important to have the confidence of the coach.

In a season, every striker has some periods where he doesn't score.

As a young player, I had to compete with Harry Kane - the top scorer of the Premier League - arguably the toughest league in the world, and a striker who is performing remains in the team.

When a striker does well it is normal that he is courted by other teams.

It would be a joke to compare Gerd Muller to other strikers. What he achieved, the number of games and the goals scored, is unique. That's what I have told him in person.

For a striker to come in and score his first goal is always important.

OK - we like to say how a striker creates space and influences matches in other ways, but let's not pretend: at the end of the season, the best striker everyone talks about is the top scorer.

Last season I scored 27 goals but still lost out against Robert Lewandowski. This season has started very well for me, but again I have some tough opponents, most notably with Anthony Modeste from FC Koln. I texted him the other day: "Keep calm, my friend." I am happy for him to be so successful. And in a certain way it even helps me. The better the other strikers are, the more I have to work to be to be ahead of them.

During my time at Juve, I didn't score more than 20 goals a year, but I won every title except the Champions League. I've scored 15 or 16 goals, and I've lifted titles, and other strikers have scored 35 and haven't won anything.

Strikers get periods like this, periods when you do everything right and others when you can't do anything properly.

Ibrahimovic? In my opinion, Ibra is the best striker in Europe. It makes me laugh when people say he misses crucial chances.

I have said many times that I am convinced that Benzema is a great striker, and I think he has demonstrated that.

It's always like that: strikers have to score to be confident.

I know I have missed some chances, but that's part of being a striker, and I know it's part of being a striker that when you don't score, people talk about it.

I have always said that a striker scores a goal but not every goal is scored by a striker. A goalkeeper can make a mistake which is a goal, but every goal still goes past him and you have to accept that.

I think Aguero is one of the best strikers in the League. And he's been doing it for many years.