Soccer Season Quotes

I remember, when I was at Sunderland, we made the FA Cup final and played in front of 20,000 at Derby.

It would be good to play in the Premier League.

I'll watch an MLS game if it's on.

It's very difficult in England because the season is very long and hard compared to other places. There's not a lot of recovery time at all, not even a break at Christmas. You just have to do your best and get on with it.

Winning the Bundesliga is never a given.

I've been watching all the games I can from MLS on television.

Ultimately it's your club form that decides whether you play at a World Cup because there aren't many England games throughout the season.

I never thought I'd be playing 60 games a season for City, I knew I would be playing half of that if I was lucky. I knew at a club with that much power and resources there would always be a flood of players into the team.

If you lose three or four in a row, people start talking about retirement. They are not used to this sport like they are used to tennis. If you take a look at how many times Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer lost, it's all part of the game. Soccer is no different: teams go through bad times and then rise again.