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Football Quotes by Alex Greenwood

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Alex Greenwood pushes for clearer refereeing and admits not everyone will like her style. She admires defenders like Mapi Leon and praises Aitana Bonmati’s high football IQ as world‑class. She also stresses the need to keep the ball and give it to teammates who can create chances.

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You have to be unselfconscious on the pitch.

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Things change in football so quickly.

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I do have so much more to me than football.

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We want to win everything that we play in.

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I'm motivated to win every game that we play.

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It's not always plain sailing in an England shirt.

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I'm obsessed with football.

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I want to keep the ball, I want to give the ball to the players that are going to make things happen.

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I always knew I wanted to play football. There was never any other option.

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Not everyone is going to like how you play and who you play for.

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You ask every footballer - we're very schedule-based people.

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What more can be done to help see better refereeing is a question we'll keep posing.

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Whatever my role is for the team, I'll do it the best I can.

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There are still people out there who think women's football is rubbish.

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I like to have possession and build up play from the back. That's something I pride myself on.

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Feeling settled at a club for me is so important and I absolutely have that here at City, which is why I've…

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The game has evolved and we've come so far that I don't think there should be any excuse for girls not to…

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We have got world-class players in the Women's Super League and too many of them have been going under the radar without…

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At a club like Man City, if you don't win football matches then you've got to expect fans and people to question…

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For me, Aitana Bonmati is one of the best if not the best player in the world. She sees the game on…

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We want to play the right way and do things properly, the Manchester United way, we'll go out to win games and…

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I love the club, I love Manchester, it's been my home and I'm very settled. Home will always be Liverpool, I'll never…

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Every team goes through transitions - whether that be changes to the playing group or coaches - and that can cause disruption.…

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Challenging for headers in the air is part of the nature of the job when you play at centre-back. You can never…

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Over the course of the 10 years I've played with England, we have definitely changed mentality-wise more than ability-wise. I think the…

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Critiquing performances - positively or negatively - only helps to grow the sport, to get more people talking about it. A deeper…

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Listen, I'm not stupid so I am fully aware of the teams I've played for, and knew I'd gone from one side…

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Doubts can almost take over a little bit, but I've had the time to reflect now and take a moment and speak…

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Whoever you play with you try and play to their strengths.

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People ask what I do to get away from the game but I don't want to escape it.

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I wanted to create a safe place for girls to play football.

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I watch the defenders in particular and I am an admirer of Mapi Leon.

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In football, if you don't have setbacks, that's abnormal.

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I suppose at Manchester United the players were learning from me a little bit.

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I had so much respect for Casey as a player and that doesn't change as a manager. She's someone I always looked…

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I can speak about it now, but the couple of months after signing for City I went through a really difficult time.…

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Casey will always expect high standards whether she's on the pitch with you or managing the team. She's a fantastic role model.

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Football has given me so much, I now want to do my bit to help provide young girls the access to coaching…

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Be it football or hockey, whatever it is, we want young females to feel that sport is a space for them to…

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There are still young girls out there who are too scared to play football or don't have the opportunity to do so.

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Sarina is special in a lot of ways. As a coach, she's top. She's open to listening, she wants every player to be themselves…

What more can be done to help see better refereeing is a question we'll keep posing.

Not everyone is going to like how you play and who you play for.

Losing any game is not a nice feeling. It controls my whole day from that moment on, is constantly on my mind, and I'm…

Sarina can be serious at times, but she's also funny. She makes us laugh a lot on the training ground with her sense of…

We want to win everything that we play in.

I watch the defenders in particular and I am an admirer of Mapi Leon.

For me, Aitana Bonmati is one of the best if not the best player in the world. She sees the game on a different…

We have got world-class players in the Women's Super League and too many of them have been going under the radar without the opportunity…

I love the club, I love Manchester, it's been my home and I'm very settled. Home will always be Liverpool, I'll never forget where…

It's not a male and female footballer thing either, men go through a hell of a lot too. We're all in this, fighting online…

I am a big believer in speaking about things and having uncomfortable conversations, about going out of my comfort zone and learning things.

We can't control people's comments.

I would like to see Fara Williams involved in the punditry.

What Marcus Rashford has done for the children in this country is just unbelievable. There's Megan Rapinoe who speaks out for equality. When she…