Clint Dempsey Quotes

I always say that someone who doesn't score isn't a forward.

In attack, I can play in every position.

Football is about scoring, and if you want to do that, you have to go forward.

Normally, I am a player who can play in different positions, but never in defence.

There are strikers all over the world who wouldn't get the goals if they didn't have a creative midfielder or someone that enjoys making assists.

I like to play up front.

It's always good for us to score as attacking players and to help the team get the three points.

I like to play as a striker.

I genuinely enjoy watching the full-back run up the pitch and going across to fill in.

A forward always has to help the team, either with assists or goals.

I'm not out there to be blocking shots or fighting guys. I'm out there to produce offensively.

To score points, you need a lot of consistent effort over the course of the game. If you're throwing it or running it in, it's not a big difference in terms of the score at all, obviously. But turnovers limit your scoring. That's the problem with turnovers.

I am a winger, but in future, I want to play more in the middle. When you are there, you have a lot more chances to score.

It's clear that I'm a winger. I've now defined that as my position.

I can play in a number of positions, on the left, as a No 10, or off the right.

A lot of teams get a lot of offense off the rush.

When we have to defend, I just try to recover the ball for the team because it's important, but I always try to go forward when we have the ball.

Penalties are easy if you score, but in open play, we create chances as well.

As a striker, I don't get to score a lot of beautiful goals.

I'm a mix between a striker and a midfielder.

Wazza, when he plays behind the striker, he is very dangerous because he has more touches of the ball, and Wazza can create the goal as well and can score.

You have got to be one step ahead, as a striker, to create that space you need. Apart from the ball, when you're a striker, it is space that's your best friend. You need space.

Generally, you're going into every game with excitement. You know you're going to play forward and not going to defend. You're going to try to create and score goals.

When you are a striker, you need to give a lot of effort for the team, to keep the opponent under pressure, to press them, to win the ball fast - that's what I try to do to help the team. After that, I try to make some goals.

It's fun scoring goals, but I also like to stop them.