Petr Cech

“It's normal in a top club that people change.”

“It's always difficult to say if anyone is in the best form of their career.”

“There is always a lot of pressure at Chelsea, but we are used to this and have to make sure we keep winning games.”

“Managers come and go, and first-team coaches and players can leave suddenly.”

“It is a great challenge to be playing against the best players in the world, and I always wanted to play in the Premier League and be a part of this league.”

“The big teams are about the Champions League.”

“One day, if I feel the fear of putting my head in the middle of some battle or scrum, then I stop.”

“I know I could be a goalkeeper coach - I feel I am better suited to be a manager.”

“I think once you understand a language, you understand the culture surrounding it as well.”

“You need to defend as a team to defend well.”

“Money has never won anything. You can spend as much as you want, but you must build a team first.”

“As a player, you try your best to make things happen, and the rest is up to others.”

“My favourite language, actually, is Czech, just because it's so colourful. We have so many combinations, words, and expressions. I have to say there are a lot of things which you can say in Czech, but you cannot really translate, because the meaning would make no sense.”

“Sometimes, when you have a young team full of enthusiasm, they don't feel any pressure; they just play.”

“I would like to be a manager, to organize everything in training, see if my philosophy could work, and give it to the team.”

“True fans will appreciate what I've done and the legacy I've left.”

“As a player, it's better to wait a moment for the correct call than be let down by an incorrect call.”

“I want to be playing, I want to have a chance to compete for my position in the team, and I want to be useful for the team and do the usual stuff on the pitch week in, week out.”

“I don't do nervous, really. You always have to respect your opponent, respect the game of football, and be 100 per cent focused.”

“Obviously, you have the physicality and the way the game is played in the Premier League. The goalkeeper is not as protected as in Europe or different leagues.”