Top 44 Petr Cech Quotes

Do I want to play every game? Yes, I want to play every game. But I also understand it’s impossible.

I’m amazed people talk about my helmet – saying it makes me feel psychologically better. I would love to play without it, but I’m not allowed to by the doctor. As long as I’m told by the doctor I’m running too much risk to play without it, I’ll play with it. There’s no other way for me.

Sometimes in the Premier League, you are in a game where you can’t play nice football because you just wouldn’t win it.

It’s always better if you have one manager for a long period because then you can build the team.

When you bring in a player with a big reputation for a big fee, and he’s coming from a different championship, and it starts badly, then you can be worried – we had an example of that with Andriy Shevchenko.

You have to have respect for money, but sometimes you get people who stop thinking about their career, and for them, it is just a case of saying, ‘Look at me. I have a lot of money now, and I can do whatever I want.’ I wouldn’t do that.

You always have years when you go through transition and the side needs to be rebuilt. Or you have changes in terms of managers.

Every team needs people who guide you through the difficult moments.

Every time you can score more goals you should try to do so.

All managers have a different playing style and football philosophy. What’s important for players is being able adapt to those different styles.

It is always great to be a position like this, where you play for everything because it is so exciting.

It’s the life of the manager: when you make a decision, and the team doesn’t win, the pressure comes. But that’s part of the life of a manager and footballers as well.

I had a depressed skull fracture. A few pieces of bone went in quite deep; that was the biggest danger.

We won back-to-back titles in 2005 and 2006, and it was a fantastic achievement, a fantastic feeling. Once you experience that, you want to have it again.

His ball technique is superb, but most importantly, he can react to how the game develops. At the last possible moment in any situation, he can find the ideal solution. There are a lot of ways that Messi can finish an attack.

If a team concedes a goal, then the first question is always of the goalkeeper.

I want to be playing, I want to have a chance to compete for my position in the team, and I want to be useful for the team and do the usual stuff on the pitch week in, week out.

Unfortunately, money is very important in this world we live in, but it is up to every individual to deal with it.

As a goalkeeper, Van der Sar can do everything. He is very good at coming off his line, and he is also effective as a libero – what they call in England a ‘sweeper keeper.’

Football is a wonderful game which can be cruel at times.

One day, if I feel the fear of putting my head in the middle of some battle or scrum, then I stop.

I think once you understand a language, you understand the culture surrounding it as well.

Arsenal is a team who challenge for the top and definitely match my ambitions and personal motivation.

There are so many things that a goalkeeper coming to the Premier League has not experienced in a different league.

Wenger and Mourinho are different, but there is one thing they have in common, and that is that they do not like defeats. And I think this is the driving force behind the success of both of them.

Managers come and go, and first-team coaches and players can leave suddenly.

You win the way you have to.

Sometimes I think it is best if, after a big game, you play another big game.

Iker Casillas is one of those keepers who always seems to be at his best in the really difficult games when he has hardly got anything to do but reacts when needed in those emergency situations.

Every time Luis Suarez is close, he pushes defenders around.

I think, in football, everything goes fast, and as fast as you can go up, you can go down. So basically, every day you work to be ready.

Sometimes, when you have a young team full of enthusiasm, they don’t feel any pressure; they just play.

As a player, you try your best to make things happen, and the rest is up to others.

It is a great challenge to be playing against the best players in the world, and I always wanted to play in the Premier League and be a part of this league.

Buffon may be a bit smaller, but he has everything that you want from a great goalkeeper. He relays his confidence to his defence, and they feel that they have a great keeper behind them. Everybody can make mistakes, but his consistency level is amazing. You never see him have a bad game.

When you are going for every trophy, it is always good to have as many points as early as possible in the Champions League, and then you can concentrate on the league and the Carling Cup.

In a way, the manager plays as big part, but you, as a player, are on the pitch. He cannot make you run if you don’t want to; he cannot make you make the right decision in the heat of the moment.

There is always a lot of pressure at Chelsea, but we are used to this and have to make sure we keep winning games.

It’s normal in a top club that people change.

Sometimes, if a striker is not scoring as many goals, they can still be in good form.

True fans will appreciate what I’ve done and the legacy I’ve left.

I don’t like running that much, and during the off-season, I have to do it, but if I can replace it with tennis, it is better.

Buffon is fearless and has no obvious weaknesses. He has been outstanding for Juventus and was one of Italy’s most important players at the 2006 World Cup finals in Germany, where they were victorious, but what is amazing is that he has been playing like that for years. He never seems to make a mistake.

If you’re not right, you can make a mistake that will cost your team-mates a game.