Kasper Schmeichel

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

“I came across a picture of myself back at Old Trafford stood next to the Premier League trophy. One of my friends said to me, 'Do you honestly think you will ever win it?' I said I had dreamed about it, but wasn't sure. He said, 'If you don't believe it, it will never happen.' From that moment I said I would believe it could happen one day.”

“The only thing I do is to try to play my own game and be myself.”

“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.”

“When you're a kid you want to be a striker, you want to be scoring goals. I still want to be scoring goals! It's the easiest part of football, no it's not, it's the best part of football - the one you enjoy the most. But I always knew that my particular skill set was more suited to being a goalkeeper.”

“A clean sheet is always nice but I'd rather win 2-1 than get a 0-0.”

“I think I am a bit different to how my Dad was. He had very set routines, I take it as it comes.”

“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.”

“That is the just the beauty of football - anything can happen.”

“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.”

“In this life, you end up getting what you deserve.”

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

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

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

“I think my level over the years has shown I am improving all the time.”

“This is Joe Hart we're talking about. People have very, very short memories. This is a guy who has won the league with Manchester City, has won the Golden Gloves I don't know how many times, and has 80 caps for England, so people have got to remember what and who he is and treat him with more respect.”

“I would back myself against any keeper in the world.”

“There is no one with higher expectations of me than myself. I cannot control other's expectations.”

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

“Manuel Neuer changed the game completely, probably back in about 2010 at the World Cup. He had been playing as a sweeper keeper before but it was something completely new to see it to that extent for Bayern Munich and for Germany. Both his coaches, Joachim Low and Pep Guardiola; they utilised the fact that he was brave enough to do that.”