Petr Cech

“I speak all my languages basically every day with the people in the dressing room, and it's a pleasure to be able to do so. On the pitch, if it's a group of players I'm trying to communicate with, then I use English because you need to make sure everyone understands what you are saying.”

“I'm so focused on the game that I hardly understand what the people sing or shout or what they do.”

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

“In football, you only work for the things you can control. You cannot control the outside world: you can only control your preparation; you can only control your performances.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“I think it's very useful when you want to be the team who create. You need to create this superiority at the back when you build up using the goalkeepers.”

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

“Once the surgeon said the skull is strong enough with the helmet on, I decided to return to training with the team.”

“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.”

“Every summer at a club is important because you have some changes in the squad.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Once you're on the pitch, you play for your team, and you want to win. During the year, you can play against friends - you can play against big friends and close friends - but once you are on the pitch, this friendship goes away, and you just focus on winning the game.”

“It was my dream to have an opportunity to become a professional player.”

“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.”

“Unfortunately, the manager is always the one who gets under pressure the most.”

“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.'”