A biography for Shinji Kagawahasn’t been written yet.
“I pressure myself to score in every game but some days it feels like I just can't win. I know I have to overcome that.”
“You either lose your way or you break through the hardships and play well. There is a massive difference.”
“I know that not everything is easy.”
“Those who can keep achieving results are the big players at the big clubs. If you cannot get the results, you just can't play and move away.”
“Dortmund is like family to me, and I'm proud that they had not forgotten about me and welcomed me back.”
“Klopp never wanted us to get carried away. He never wanted us to think of ourselves as champions, even though we were top of the league. He wanted us to focus on ourselves, not to listen to what people were saying about us. It was all about the next game and only the next game.”
“I can't worry about external factors, I have to focus on myself.”
“When playing for Japan, it means that I carry my country on my shoulders and I feel a different kind of pressure as I am expected to do more when playing for Japan.”
“It would be good to play in the Premier League.”
“Nothing changes if we spend all our time worrying about the teams above us, so all we can do is win our next match.”
“It is hard to win in Asia.”
“I definitely feel the attention of the media globally now I am a member of a great squad like Manchester United. Everything here at the club shows me I have come somewhere really big. But I think I can take the pressure.”
“I'm not the tallest or biggest player, so I have to move my body more.”
“In my time here, I've seen that Borussia Dortmund has developed steadily. We have become German champions and played in the Champions League.”
“Smaller players in the Premier League are very good at using their bodies and that's what I will continue to do.”
“I realise the Premier League is a very tough league and I know I have to be stronger.”
“You gain trust when you deliver results.”
“I want to get more confident with each game.”
“I used to play for Dortmund, I have friends there and the fans know me so I want to experience that dread of going to that stadium as the away team and I'd like to see how Dortmund would react.”
“Sendai is the place that helped me build my basement.”