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> [I think a lot of managers say that it starts from the front and us as defenders know it helps our job when the front two strikers put that pressure on. If they can do that it makes our job…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-smalling/i-think-a-lot-of-managers-say-that-it-starts-from-the-front-and-us-as/)

[Chris Smalling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-smalling/)

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## More by Chris Smalling

> [When you get the shirt and a position in the team, you don't want to give it up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-smalling/when-you-get-the-shirt-and-a-position-in-the-team-you-don-t-want-to/)

[Chris Smalling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-smalling/)

> [There are lots of aspects to work on my game, which the coaches do with me every day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-smalling/there-are-lots-of-aspects-to-work-on-my-game-which-the-coaches-do/)

[Chris Smalling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-smalling/)

> [I wish I knew in terms of more educated in food when I was younger. Because the importance of it not just in sport…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-smalling/i-wish-i-knew-in-terms-of-more-educated-in-food-when-i-was-younger/)

[Chris Smalling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-smalling/)

> [As I've got older I've become a lot more conscious of my diet and making sure I was getting all the right things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-smalling/as-i-ve-got-older-i-ve-become-a-lot-more-conscious-of-my-diet-and/)

[Chris Smalling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-smalling/)

> [When you have come from the bottom and worked your way to the top, you are more grateful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-smalling/when-you-have-come-from-the-bottom-and-worked-your-way-to-the-top-you/)

[Chris Smalling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-smalling/)

> [I love a challenge and when a new centre-back comes in it makes you raise your game. You have to show more, you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-smalling/i-love-a-challenge-and-when-a-new-centre-back-comes-in-it-makes-you/)

[Chris Smalling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-smalling/)

> [At cricket, I was mainly a bowler and tried to bat. I hit the odd four or six and then got out! In athletics,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-smalling/at-cricket-i-was-mainly-a-bowler-and-tried-to-bat-i-hit-the-odd-four/)

[Chris Smalling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-smalling/)

> [I think racism is unacceptable and should not be stood for. It is not an issue just in Italy, it is around the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-smalling/i-think-racism-is-unacceptable-and-should-not-be-stood-for-it-is-not/)

[Chris Smalling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-smalling/)

> [You can't rest on six months of good performances because as soon as you have a blip, there is always another player to take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-smalling/you-can-t-rest-on-six-months-of-good-performances-because-as-soon-as/)

[Chris Smalling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-smalling/)

> [A good pre-season is essential if you want to do well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-smalling/a-good-pre-season-is-essential-if-you-want-to-do-well/)

[Chris Smalling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-smalling/)

> [With United the spotlight is always on and there's always going to be that pressure, no matter what the game is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-smalling/with-united-the-spotlight-is-always-on-and-there-s-always-going-to-be/)

[Chris Smalling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-smalling/)

> [As players we don't want to be sitting on the touchline or watching the games in the directors' box. That is no fun.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-smalling/as-players-we-don-t-want-to-be-sitting-on-the-touchline-or-watching/)

[Chris Smalling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-smalling/)

> [It is nice to hear yourself being compared to great players.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-smalling/it-is-nice-to-hear-yourself-being-compared-to-great-players/)

[Chris Smalling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-smalling/)

> [If you would have told me that I'd be in a European final back when I was at Maidstone then I wouldn't have believed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-smalling/if-you-would-have-told-me-that-i-d-be-in-a-european-final-back-when-i/)

[Chris Smalling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-smalling/)

> [Football was always a dream, but a distant dream until when I was about to go to university. I'd had a couple of trials,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-smalling/football-was-always-a-dream-but-a-distant-dream-until-when-i-was/)

[Chris Smalling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-smalling/)

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