Marouane Fellaini Quotes

I've always been a player on the move. It's not because I like running. I like getting the ball.

I do like to play and pass the ball. But first and foremost I see myself as a defender: blocking, tackling, heading.

I have to open the game from my position. It's really important to play with the ball.

You have to win on the ball.

If you're playing for five hours you don't want to score goals all the time and I loved dribbling. I could score a goal, but I preferred to dribble.

Football is a simple game based on the giving and taking of passes, of controlling the ball and of making yourself available to receive a pass. It is terribly simple.

It's the striker's job to put the ball in the net and it's up to us to make important tackles and blocks.

I've got a defensive responsibility as well as trying to get goals and assists. I'm trying to do that.

I'm an attacker, and forwards always want to score.

Normally, midfielders only pass the ball, but I dribble as well.

I am a defender, but I can play the ball. I have a good technique.

As kids we'd be forever shooting at dad and I started as a striker, but I eventually became a pivote, the position I like most and best suits my characteristics.

I loved scoring goals. I played to score goals. It's what made me happy.

I just like to play, to pass the ball and dribble.

My favourite position is as midfielder, playing with Xabi and Khedira.

I have scored some goals, but that is not everything, is it? Football is more than that.

I want to score goals and make goals.

I only try to play good soccer.

You don't need only your strikers. You need your defenders to be on top of their game. You need a midfield to work hard and track back, and I suppose you need a goalkeeper who makes saves once in a while.

Some lads were dribblers, some lads just loved scoring goals, whereas I enjoyed and took pride in practicing my passing and that. That's how it was.

People expect you to dribble past 10 players and put the ball in the back of the net.

Accelerating, dribbling, and creating opportunities are the DNA of my game.

I think the first attacker has the ball, starts from the back, you can see everything, and you have to play with the feel of a midfielder, not a goalkeeper.

A few goals is the way soccer is meant to be played.

I have never once dribbled the whole field and scored a goal by myself.