Thon Maker Quotes

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

I'd say I was an attacking midfielder, and if you are going to be one of the best, you have to score goals and create them.

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

One of my favorite aspects of basketball is good passing.

I like to watch the great players, the ones who are technically good and understand the game. I try to see how they move.

Football's not just about scoring goals - it's about winning.

If I don't get the service or if I don't the ball in the box, where I want it, I start drifting into midfield. I go and look for the ball. I try to be important for the team in other areas.

When you get into the game you've got be thinking, when I get into the attacking third I'm gonna be freakin' creative.

Football is not about suffering. It's about enjoyment. Control the ball, be friendly with it, try to attack, try to score goals. Of course defending is part of it, but you can defend in a lot of ways.

If you've got someone like Thierry Henry in your team, you get him on the ball.

Watch me, and I only really like the ball into feet. I don't like running in behind so much.

As a player I was taught the importance of working four or five passes within your team and then stretching the play. That's something I believe in strongly as a coach.

Sometimes in midfield, it's nice because you do get a little bit more of the ball, and maybe out wide you rely on people to get you the ball.

I liked mostly to play football on the ground and have a little bit of playing tactics rather than just up and down, long balls and second balls. That's not really my game.

I think I'm a good enough ball handler to bring the ball up the basketball court, and my teammates do a great job of getting open.

I like to control the ball and analyse the game.

In England, you might have a possession game of six v. six, and it's like headless chickens: people running around everywhere just trying to keep the ball and be strong in tackles. But in Spain, you always stay in your position. You're still in your shape for every drill.

Messi often has a crowd of opponents around him, but with Neymar on the pitch, too, at least two of those opposition players will have to be aware of him.

I have to play with discipline in midfield.

You have to win on the ball.

For me, good football is not about how many skills you show or how many players you beat. It's about making the right decision every time you have the ball.

I like it when the team is in control of the match. I like very much the ball possession; I like to play in the other half.

There are teams in England who play the football I like, keeping the ball on the ground, playing a quick game with one-twos, pressing their opponents high up the pitch. If one of these clubs were interested in me, I'd adapt to them well, and they could adapt to my way of playing, which isn't so common.

I don't like to put much pressure on myself but yeah that is my sort of football: get the ball, run with it, use my pace, create opportunities, cross.

When you're at a club like Liverpool, it's always about what you can do with the ball.