Petr Cech

“Football is played by 11 players, and unfortunately, every time, it happens that some do well, and some do worse.”

“Jose Mourinho doesn't have a magic wand, and you wave the wand, and everything goes the way you want.”

“I understood I had to be good at school so I could play football in my free time. Usually, by the time I came home from school, I already had all my things ready for the next day, so I could put my bag on the side and go straight out to play football with my friends!”

“With goal-line technology, there are plenty of results that could be changed.”

“Sometimes you need to make sure that, no matter how you do it, you win the games.”

“I always like to do things the right way.”

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

“You win the way you have to.”

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

“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.”

“For a big club, you can accept that the team does not win the league because it is in transition, but you cannot afford to slip out of the Champions League spot.”

“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.”

“Football is a collective sport, but goalkeeping is an individual sport.”

“You can be the best manager in the world, but if the players don't trust you, it will never work.”

“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.”

“Every summer is important. If you have a bad summer, it can have consequences for the whole season. If you don't get people to rest and to have a very good pre-season, you can start the season chasing.”

“Obviously, every player wants to keep their spot in the starting line-up, and I'm the same.”

“Obviously, as long as I enjoy it, I'm fit, and have the desire to work 100 per cent every day with the same motivation, then I want to play.”

“You can't control games for 90 minutes; there will be moments where the opponents will show their quality.”

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