Toni Kroos Quotes

You play for a club like Real Madrid, the people outside start talking.

Fame is a magnifying glass

When you're playing for Real Madrid, even when you're playing well, you're under scrutiny.

When you leave Real Madrid - a famous club worldwide - it's normal to get criticism.

It's normal that there's pressure at Real Madrid.

When I started out playing live, it was different. I felt good about it. Nobody knew who I was. I just opened for so-and-so. Now, I'm playing to people who are coming out to see the band. There's too much attention on the band and me.

You're never quite prepared for the inundation of stardom, or whatever you want to call it.

I don't think Michael had to retire for us to get the spotlight, because when you win, it commands attention.

Before 'Gremlins,' I was a normal person, then within two weeks of the movie coming out, I couldn't walk into a store without people turning around and staring. It's exciting and also scary because everyone starts telling you how amazing you are.

Don't get me wrong. I don't take anything for granted. But it seems like the better I play, the more attention I get. And I can't get away from it. You play great, you get attention. But I hate attention. It is weird. I'm in a bind. The more you win, the more they come.

You get to be famous or have some notoriety and there are so many people who want a piece of you.

We don't get groupies, well I don't see them, anyway. That was something that I always looked forward to and am constantly disappointed by the lack of!

At Arsenal and the so-called big clubs, you always know that there will be a bigger spotlight on every single position.

My goal is to get my name known here in the Premier League.

The more success you have, the more attention and the more spotlight comes to your name.

If people love you, if you're making money, if the performances you have are unlike anything anyone has ever seen, you get put in a position to be the man.

When you score 30 goals in a season, you can expect that the following year there will be a little bit more pressure and attention on you.

I always loved the spotlight, just not the negativity.

If you are in the spotlight, you have to get used to it.

Even Cristiano Ronaldo, who has won two Ballons d'Or with Real Madrid, receives whistles from the Bernabeu.

The bigger you get as a player, the bigger the spotlight.

When I go home, it is quite difficult. Being at Manchester United means it is a huge thing, and when I walk down the street, most people recognize me.

When you play for Manchester United, the pressure's on every week.

As a player you want to be on the big stage.

I had come from Poland and the attention on you is much bigger when you get to the Premier League, so everything was doubled or tripled. Obviously, there were times when I struggled to deal with the criticism.