Giorgio Chiellini Quotes

Most teams won't really focus on one player because they've got multiple players to defend and that will open up a lot of things for me.

When we are organised on the pitch, it is easier to play in defense.

Really what we've done is establish a tradition in Carolina of playing defense.

There's two sides to the game, and you have to do the ugly side as well. If you're getting beat, and you're conceding the goals that we're getting beaten by, then it's because you're not defending and shutting people down well enough.

If they focus on me too often, somebody's going to be wide open. It's all about playing together and playing as a team.

If we don't start playing better on defense, it's going to be hard. We can't just sit there and win shootouts.

We believe defending is very much a team job, and we can't just rely on a back four and a goalkeeper.

We cannot take responsibility for every goal we concede, we all need to do our part across the field to ensure we win as a team.

You have to win the title with a strong team and a strong defence, but I don't only like to talk about the four defenders and the goalkeeper when you concede goals. It's about the team.

You need to defend as a team to defend well.

I stay in the middle and my team-mates can go to attack.

Defense is one man guarding the ball and four others helping him

Some days, you don't score, but then you have to make sure you don't concede.

I want to play for a team that has a strong defensive reputation. One that relies on a system and where assists are valued. And a team that needs what I do - making other guys better, leading a team, being a defensive stopper every night. I want to be a good fit.

It's difficult when you play the best teams in the world. You have to be strong as a team and defend and get clean sheets.

I don't worry about individual matchups.

I like entertaining football but, at the same time, you can't concede goals. That's a tricky balance to find.

Usually, a team of Claudio is really very solid. They usually defend very well, sometimes low, but very well.

Tackling and playing well in space against any spread offense is very important.

Our goal is to outplay the other team's defense every game - it doesn't matter who we're playing.

LeBron's probably the best player in the world, so you just have to make it tough for him, make him take tough jump shots and things like that.

It's hard to guard two dynamic players working together rather than guarding them going one-on-one.

A football team is like a piano. You need eight men to carry it and three who can play the damn thing.

I think the only thing that matters is you win as a team and you lose as a team. And so the team needs to understand that no one player is bigger than any other player. Everybody has a role... Every single role is important.

... Really get to know and establish relationships with your teammates because they are your new family and they will be the ones there for you when anything goes wrong.