Striker Quotes · Page 4

Every striker from England I know is the same; they're greedy and they want to get goals.

— Bradley Wright-Phillips

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

— Ciro Immobile

It is good to be a striker for the Dutch team; the way the Oranje play suits me best.

— Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

People consider me a striker, but I have trained jiu-jitsu for 10 years.

— Mirko Cro Cop

Since I was a young boy, it was about playing football, always as a striker, never another position.

— Teemu Pukki

My preferred position has always been striker and I think I managed to show what I could do.

— Danny Ings

The thing about being a striker is you need to be lightning-fast.

— Peter Schmeichel

I'm a striker, and I can only score if the ball gets to me.

— Mauro Icardi

Before I went to Liverpool, I was a striker and then sometimes a No. 8 or No. 10, and my thing was…

— Raheem Sterling

I played there a couple of times in Leverkusen, playing as the striker was nothing new for me I knew what to…

— Andre Schurrle

Chicharito has had a very good career. He was at Man United and then when he left, he went to Real Madrid…

— Marko Arnautovic

Obviously when you're a striker you need to score. The manager's not going to just play you if you're not scoring.

— Bradley Wright-Phillips

Mbappe is more like Cristiano, going from the wing to the middle and I think I'm a little back from them like…

— Joao Felix

Style-wise, dos Santos is going to be an excellent fight for me - striker against striker. With my experience, I should have…

— Alistair Overeem

I was a fan of Henk Groot, former striker of Ajax, who scored many goals with his head. I thought, 'I can…

— Louis van Gaal

Sometimes in a game - even with the best will in the world - a striker can drift out for 10 minutes…

— Carlos Tevez

I can’t think of a striker in the world who has scored so many important goals, never mind a midfielder.

— Thierry Henry

The strikers are the first defenders. And the first defender is the first striker to build from the back.

— David Luiz

I could be a super clean striker that's really pretty and 'OOs' and 'AHHs' everybody.

— Anthony Smith

Robin Van Persie is a sensational striker and one of the best in Europe.

— Shinji Kagawa

Scoring goals is scoring goals. From a striker's point of view, the aim is the same.

— Diego Costa

It's hard as a striker. It's cut and dried. Your job is to put the ball in the back of the net.

— Alvaro Morata

As I always say, I am learning the role of a striker and with Napoli it was immediately good emotions.

— Victor Osimhen

The striker role, together with someone else, is pretty good for me.

— Ryan Babel

I really like the No. 9 position, but I also know that as a striker you have to score goals.

— Kai Havertz

John Guidetti is a typical English striker. Even though he is Swedish

— Gareth Barry

When teams play good football, it tends to create chances for the striker.

— Tammy Abraham

I was a striker before a wrestler. I've always wanted to knock people out.

— Robbie Lawler

Maybe I'm not selfish enough for a striker but I enjoy football too much.

— Eidur Gudjohnsen

Every striker has to have that edge. When they are not scoring, or when the team is losing, they explode.

— Romelu Lukaku

Am I too critical on Torres and Drogba because I used to be a striker myself? I don't think so.

— Marco van Basten

As a striker, you always try to convert your chances, give everything when training.

— Thomas Muller

Nowadays, as soon as a striker scores three goals, everyone starts asking him about it.

— Just Fontaine

My preference would be to play as a right winger, but I can also play as a striker.

— Oliver Burke

When you are a striker like me, you always play for the teammates.

— Olivier Giroud

The last thing you want as a striker is the opposing team putting all 10 players behind the ball.

— Roy Hodgson

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

— Andre Schurrle

When you like to play in support of the striker, you have to adapt.

— Thorgan Hazard

Shearer is the best English striker of his generation and yes, one of the best there has ever been.

— Eusebio

Sometimes, if a striker is not scoring as many goals, they can still be in good form.

— Petr Cech