Top 45 Kasper Schmeichel Quotes

For me, pressure is part of the game, that I really enjoy.

For me the important thing is I have four honest lads in front of me who give their everything.

People see you for 90 minutes a week, they don’t see the all the effort and time that goes into the weekend.

I’d love to make the switch over to NFL. I’d love to try it but I’m not really sure what position I’d play. I’d probably have to be a kicker.

Football was so over-awing, so intense, just everything in your life. You couldn’t go anywhere, really, with my dad and the circus around football became too much for me at a young age. I fell back in love with it probably around 13-14. It was much to do with the camaraderie, the team-work and being part of a team.

I feel just an overwhelming sense of pride of being part of the family that Vichai built and the extended family of Leicester City.

We have the utmost respect for any team we play, football is a game where there is no right or wrong way of playing.

Training every day – I loved everything about that.

I hated getting to a Saturday and not having a game. For me it was about playing.

My wife and I have already set up a charity back in Denmark – Fodbold Fonden – and now, through Common Goal, I have a great opportunity to give back in other areas of the world as well.

I’m happy to talk to anybody but do it in the right manner.

It’s a lonely position and those are the margins you play in as a goalkeeper – you simply cannot make mistakes because you will be punished.

Relegation means everything to a club, a city, a whole community. People lose their jobs.

I’d say I have a better view of the game than anybody that’s why I have always thought that goalkeepers make the best captains.

My dad was a fantastic keeper and I am extremely proud of his achievements.

To me, as a keeper, you don’t learn anything from sitting in the stands collecting a paycheck. You don’t learn from eating the organic lunches at the buffet, you know what I mean? You can only learn from experience.

A lot of goalkeepers are naturally very vocal and outgoing so it’s a natural thing for a keeper.

Any day of the week you’d rather your team win rather than have personal achievements.

As a player you appreciate a manager who can maybe compromise a bit in his own ways for the good of the team.

My world, the world that I have grown up in, is very different. I have had intrusions from the outside since the day I was born because of my dad. Always wanting to talk to you. A lot of players only get that when they turn pro so the first 18 years of their life were the same as any other person’s.

Pressure does things to people.

Captaining Leicester is one of the greatest honours in my career so I feel very privileged.

From the beginning of my time in football, the common thread has always been teamwork and togetherness. That’s what’s going to help you achieve your goals in the end.

I am happy with how my career has gone. What other people want to make of it is irrelevant to me.

I have no bad feelings towards Leeds. The fans were amazing and I hope, for their sake especially, that they get what they deserve.

The FA Cup has a special place in our family’s hearts because my dad won it three times with Manchester United.

The important statistic is the number of games you win.

I would back myself against any keeper in the world.

You enter every competition wanting to go as far as you can.

It was part of my dream when I was a kid to become a footballer, is to have that pressure, to be the man who is going to be there when everything is on the line.

I used to love Mark Clattenburg.

The loan spells were great, I always pushed for them.

I did not play for Manchester City and I had no prospects to play, so there was no reason to stay.

The crazy thing about my story is that I only came to Leicester City because Leeds didn’t want me. A lot of footballers say that, and it’s almost a cliche. But the chairman literally told me that they didn’t want me.

One in 10 women will get breast cancer at some stage in their life and that’s quite a scary thought.

You are responsible for your own career, if you ain’t preparing right, you are not going to get picked.

I first heard about Common Goal through Juan Mata and knew it was something I’d be interested in.

City were great to me in so many ways for the education and the people I was able to work with. I will be forever grateful for that.

If you have got pace and awareness of where you want the ball and where you want to go yourself, you are getting in positions behind defenders and that is what defenders want the least.

Goalkeepers need to have some stability, some certainty and some freedom to make mistakes knowing that you’re not going to have to pay the consequences, other than conceding a goal.

I came to Notts County and I loved being there. It was great to play a full season and win the League Two championship.

You come across very few people in your life that really impact you.

The grass is not always greener on the other side. It is about recognising what you do have and being grateful for what you do have.

To win four games in a row at any point in the season for any team in the Premier League is a great achievement.

Clean sheets is a misleading statistic. It gives you the platform to win a game but you can lead 5-0 and concede a goal.