Top 25 Lukasz Fabianski Quotes

I’ve had some bad moments in my career and maybe I started to really understand the game a bit later than some.

I just like documentaries.

When I decided to leave Arsenal, I also decided that I would only be interested in playing in England or Germany. Why Swansea? I think it is the best place for me to make progress.

I wanted to prove myself on the pitch, but I didn’t have many chances, so it put a lot more pressure on every single game that I played. I found myself in situations where I was so keen to show my qualities, but many times it worked against me and I was punished for being too eager.

Since I moved to the U.K., it has been ten years almost, I have never had any issue. My boy, Jan, was born in London and people have been great to me. I have been really happy living here.

There were periods when I was first-choice keeper and was starting to consolidate my position when out of the blue I got injured. It happened a few times and it really unsettled me.

As an athlete living in a very competitive environment there are always times when you are questioned. It’s up to you to prove people wrong and I really enjoy that.

I think all the people I met at the club at Swansea, they deserved the respect they showed me over the time I was there.

I think the idea of crazy goalkeepers is an old thing, really.

Having grown up in Poland, it is a dream come true for me to be playing every week in the Premier League as the No. 1 goalkeeper.

At Arsenal and the so-called big clubs, you always know that there will be a bigger spotlight on every single position.

Swansea invested in me. They took a chance on me because I was a second-choice goalkeeper with not much experience when it comes to Premier League games.

For me, it is a dream come true to play in the Premier League as a No. 1 goalkeeper.

Put it this way, I’m a romantic, emotional guy that lives and breathes football and believes in fairytale stories; ‘Rocky,’ things like that.

I have the idea that when you put yourself through hard, detailed training, and you put a lot of attention into all the little details – the analysis of the opposition, the movement and understanding of the game, the way your opponent plays – then you shouldn’t be afraid of making mistakes.

Of course, I made some mistakes as Arsenal goalie but I am sure that people also remember that I was unlucky with injuries.

When I came to Swansea, no one said to me: ‘Whatever happens you’re going to be No. 1.’ But I felt I would at least have the chance to start or be given an opportunity and then it would be up to me to take it.

People watch me because I am a footballer, not because I wear a nice watch.

Before my last year at Arsenal, when we won the FA Cup, I was really up and down, never really consistent, and never really put my mark on the team. I understand that then there were question marks over my name.

Over the years, I was always training hard, no matter what position I was in.

Even though I was sitting on the bench at Arsenal, I made myself prepare like I was going to play, thinking about the game properly. I had to be ready.

Over the years I think I have developed a better understanding of being a goalkeeper – and I mean on and off the pitch. I mean how to deal with certain situations, how to prepare myself for games, how to read the game. I think I needed to leave Arsenal to do that.

I think I’m very consistent, that’s the right word.

Even when there was a difficult time for me I was always focused on my job or I was always working hard. That is the only way I think you can achieve something.

It’s tricky because obviously when you join a new club, from the very first day, everyone looks at you and tries to see if you are good enough. That’s more or less what you have to go through. Then the other thing is that when I signed for West Ham nobody told me I was going to be number one.