Defender Quote by Joel Matip Download Open image “I like playing as a central defender, but I also feel good as a holding midfielder.” — Joel Matip ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Defender Feel Feel good Good Like
My position is a centre back, but I've played right back before and I started my footballing career as a midfielder. I see myself… — Victor Lindelof Copy Share Image
I have said from day one I see myself as a center back. But, if I am asked to play in midfield or at… — Phil Jones Copy Share Image
It's good that I can play in two positions, as a centre-back or as a holding midfielder, as I just want to get minutes… — Declan Rice Copy Share Image
I began as a striker, then became a holding midfielder, and now I'm a centre-half. I've done everything except play in goal. — Aymeric Laporte Copy Share Image
I'm a centre forward, and that is my preferred position. But I'll play on the wing or in midfield, wherever the manager wants me… — Danny Welbeck Copy Share Image
I like to play against strikers and think that, from my size alone, I'm more of a central defender. — Jerome Boateng Copy Share Image
Defensive midfielder is my position and I have to be focused on that role. — Nemanja Matic Copy Share Image
I am actually comfortable in every position in midfield. At Bayern Munich, I even played as a winger and sometimes a full-back, so I… — Bastian Schweinsteiger Copy Share Image
To play as a No. 10 in central attacking midfield is my best position. — Thorgan Hazard Copy Share Image
I'm happy to play as a centre forward or a second striker, like in the national team with Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani. — Diego Forlan Copy Share Image
I played a lot in midfield, I scored some goals, gave some assists, and then suddenly they said to me it would be better… — Matthijs de Ligt Copy Share Image
Salah already played in England. He has high skills at dribbling, tempo and finishing and he makes defenders despair. — Joel Matip Copy Share Image
I had 16 years at Schalke. It was my hometown club, I grew up there my whole life and it was a big decision… — Joel Matip Copy Share Image
There was no tougher training than under Magath. Every coach I had after this I would think 'no problem.' Magath was what you call… — Joel Matip Copy Share Image
I didn't only join Liverpool because of Klopp, but I had good talks with him. The whole package just suited me. — Joel Matip Copy Share Image
In the Bundesliga we would always have our eye on games in England - this hard, physical league - so it became a dream… — Joel Matip Copy Share Image
If you are one against one with Philippe in training, it's the same as you see on the field. It is very hard to… — Joel Matip Copy Share Image
I know what I can do and shooting is not my favourite part, so I think it's better to leave the shooting for some… — Joel Matip Copy Share Image
It's like, every game you never know how a defender is going to play you. You have to be mentally focused. — Buddy Hield Copy Share Image
I am a Zionist, an ardent supporter of Israel, its defender when I deem Israel to be right and its critic when I deem… — Theodore Bikel Copy Share Image
I think Gary Cahill's very good. It's always tough against him. He's a great defender and I got to know him with England as… — Andy Carroll Copy Share Image
I'm not the strongest, I'm not the fastest, I can't jump the highest, so for me, it's doing it in other ways: changing paces,… — Devin Booker Copy Share Image
Street basketball is all about shakes and fakes, crossing your defender up. The NBA is more strategic. — Baron Davis Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
History shows that it is incredibly tough for a defender to be named Footballer of the Year because over the course of a year… — Philipp Lahm Copy Share Image
The term 'human rights defender,' incidentally, isn't something I or my attorneys came up with. Personally, I find it a little embarrassing. — Ward Churchill Copy Share Image
With a lot of defenders, if I go up for a header, the defender will usually go up too. — Andy Carroll Copy Share Image
That's what you do as a federal public defender. You are standing up for the constitutional value of representation. — Ketanji Brown Jackson Copy Share Image
When Kane plays, England become predictable because as a defender, you know he's going to drop in and not stretch it the other way. — Chris Sutton Copy Share Image
