Top 35 Teemu Pukki Quotes

You never know what’s going to happen in football.

Physically I was not strong enough to play at Celtic and I know myself it was not my best time as a football player, for sure.

I will always keep my feet on the ground.

Those years in Denmark changed my game and how I played football.

Even if you have a contract you can be sold.

My favourite team was always Barcelona. When I was young, I went to see them, my first ever big game. Jari Litmanen was playing there at the time. In Finland, Litmanen is a big hero for all of us.

Neil Lennon was a great manager; he really got your team in the mood and wanting to play for him.

It is always nice to get your first goal of the season.

I’m not the type who gets stressed about something.

I played in Germany which is quite a physical league.

When I played in Germany there was also a good atmosphere in the games but this is better at Celtic.

If I have a bad game I go home and see my daughter and I don’t think about the bad game anymore.

Scottish football doesn’t suit me perfectly, how I want to play football.

I have great memories of playing in the Champions League at Celtic Park. That was something I will never forget, and of course we won a championship and that’s something no-one can take away from me.

I didn’t really adapt to Scottish football well, but I enjoyed my time there. The physical nature and the pace of the game was a big thing, and many of the teams defended really deep against Celtic so there was not so much space to run in behind. That’s a big part of my game, so that was one thing as well.

I just live life and I do not think about what will happen.

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar is one of the best goalscorers in the world and even watching him in training and in games you can learn from him.

I had four seasons with Brondby in Denmark and they were crucial, mentally. The first two seasons there, I score nine goals, then nine goals. Then we get a new coach, Alexander Zorniger. A German guy. The next two seasons, I score 20 then 17.

When I moved to Schalke it took me a few months to settle.

If I see someone that’s too arrogant, that’s not how I was raised.

I like it in Denmark. The league is very good and all the teams are of a similar standard.

I got used to the physical play in Scotland and it taught me about some stuff for sure.

It is hard when you think you can do better, but things just aren’t working out.

I wanted to go somewhere I could be more part of the team and where the coach really trusts me. At Schalke it wasn’t really like that.

A lot of my family follow Liverpool, including my dad Tero and my uncle. In Finland I would say Liverpool is the biggest team, it started in the 1980s with the games on the TV. And then obviously they have had two Finland legends in Jari Litmanen and Sami Hyypia.

When I do defensive work well it always helps my offensive game.

To live abroad you have to grow up quickly.

It’s not easy to be a footballer.

A lot of Finnish people are laid-back and quiet and that’s how I am. I’ve never seen any reason to change myself.

Growing up in Finland, ice hockey was the main sport. But I never played that. I went with footy. I never had any other hobbies.

When I was a little boy, my dream was to play in Spanish football, which I’ve done, and then it was the Premier League, so it’s all worked out OK.

Since I was a young boy, it was about playing football, always as a striker, never another position.

I always try not to read anything of people talking about me, but of course you can still feel pressure at the stadium, during the games, if you don’t play well.

I got the call, ‘Celtic want you.’ And I knew Celtic were a top, top team. I thought it would be much easier than it was. It was quicker than I thought. When you got the ball, there was always a defender at you.

I haven’t made any targets of how many goals I want to score, because I just want to help the team.