Top 45 Peter Schmeichel Quotes

If he is having a bad game, a team-mate might feel Paul Scholes is not quite on his game, but a spectator wouldn’t notice. Scholes, of all the players I have played with, has the highest bottom level.

When you look at the goals he has been criticised for, at some point they could have been prevented by a defender, or it was a misunderstanding. It is not down to Joe Hart on his own.

I would never bring in a player to make a statement.

I read about Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the newspapers. I would love for him to come to Manchester United; I’ve said this for a long time. He was born to play for Manchester United.

I was one of the first foreign players coming in to the Premier League.

With a club like Manchester United that have history and traditions, I think the manager at the club should respect that.

Joe Hart has bags and bags of talent.

At the end of the day, it’s 11 men versus 11 on the pitch.

If we should have any regrets as Manchester United, that is that we only gave David Moyes seven months. I think we should have given him more time, accepted that results weren’t going to be the way we hoped they would be and that playing would be a little bit different. I believe he would have grown into that role.

Today, the biggest clubs in the world, they buy the players they need for whatever way they think they have to play.

Joe Hart has come in for a bit of criticism, but it’s only because he’s the England goalkeeper, and he’s not got any competition. It’s always been like that; it’s just the way the English media works. Joe Hart is a tough cookie, and he won’t listen to any of that.

If you’re a senior player, and you really want to make an impact in the dressing room, it’s difficult if you have players there who are not as committed as you are and they have a certain status.

Any football club, any person, any human being alive goes through adversity. The art of living life is to recover from that and respond to any challenges being thrown at you.

For Zlatan to play the way we love him to play, he has to be Zlatan.

Even when I went to Aston Villa, it was very important that I was not in competition with Manchester United.

You will never see United manager Sir Alex Ferguson in the media taking problems he has or the squad has or the club has into the open. Never, ever. But you do see that at Manchester City.

I have no regrets about leaving, and I don’t miss being at United at all.

I am a massive fan of Wayne Rooney, and it is nice to see him play in any position because he gives a 100 per cent. Not many players can do that and say they do that.

I think Manchester United is a much bigger club than any manager in the world, and the manager who comes in should respect what Manchester United is.

To be a Manchester United player, it requires a certain level of performance, mentality, and you have got to be proud to be a Manchester United player.

Manchester United would like to have world class players.

It’s always going to be difficult for Asian countries to create big leagues because Europe is so settled.

I am crazy about Leicester; I am crazy about the owners – they are fantastic and really good for the Premier League.

I really want to get involved in football again at some point. I know I’m getting older, but my life has just turned out a different way after I retired from football.

It’s far, far better to be prepared: the more you know about the other team, the better.

Penalty shoot-outs are the most high-pressure situation that a goalkeeper will face, and in a World Cup, it’s even worse because the stakes are so high.

I, as a fan, want to be winning but to entertain equally as much, too.

Sometimes you’ve just got to hold your hands up and say you’ve been beaten by a quality free-kick.

The better you can prepare your players and the more you can put their minds to it is really important.

Knowing where a team will usually place a penalty can be the difference between winning or losing.

When you have a way of playing or a mentality of playing, it’s difficult to do something else.

Real Madrid will be the first team to claim two Champions League trophies in a row.

As a footballer, you have to be confident you can win all the time so it does not come as a surprise.

Every player makes mistakes; every goalkeeper makes mistakes. Every manager does, every broadcaster – every person in life makes mistakes. But for goalkeepers, often when they make a mistake, it leads to a goal.

Neuer is simply sensational.

It’s not the mistake that’s important; it’s how you recover from it. If you recover instantly, in that second, it’s gone from your mind. You play on and don’t make the next mistake, and that’s the sign of a top keeper. Joe Hart certainly is one of those guys.

At United, everyone is there because they want to be there.

You will not get anywhere if you are not a great team. It’s simple.

I don’t think spending money is a guarantee for anything.

There are hundreds of players who are trying to be a Beckham or Cantona but do not have the personality, and they fail.

During a big tournament, it is the small details that make big differences.

In three weeks, you can improve a lot. You can train a lot. You can come up with a proper plan.

If Sir Alex says, ‘Listen, I want you to play for my team,’ it’s very difficult not to say yes.

Sir Alex is so consistent with his management. He manages each person differently, but you know exactly where you are with him. You know exactly what is required.

We never played for 1-0 and then defend. We always went for the second goal and the third.