Believe Quote by Giorgio Chiellini

If you have got pace and awareness of where you want the ball and where you want to go yourself, you are getting in…

— Kasper Schmeichel

As a defender, it's really important to communicate with the players in front of you and next to you. It makes it easier for…

— Matthijs de Ligt

Your No. 1 priority as a defender is to keep the ball out of the back of the net.

— Kelley O'Hara

When you get the second defender on the ball, their responsibility is to get rid of it, to make plays for their teammates.

— Tom Thibodeau

As a defender that is something you like - to go out there and win the ball.

— Joel Matip

You need to beat a defender when you have the ball. You need to be able to successfully pass to a team-mate, and there…

— Edgar Davids

The key is developing your game in both directions: in the build-up, joining the attack at the right moment and also in defence. You…

— Philipp Lahm

For me, it is very important to control a situation in defence. You can always score goals, but you have to add stability in…

— Bastian Schweinsteiger

To people outside it's always more important who scores the goals. If you do an amazing block as a defender which saves a goal,…

— Antonio Rudiger

I've always liked taking the ball out of defence and I will carry on doing that but at the end of the day I'm…

— John Stones

There are no plays run for your sake as a defender - you just have to want it.

— Ben Wallace

Defending isn't just about tackling and heading, it's also about getting the ball down and playing - starting the attack from the back.

— Phil Jones