Ilkay Gundogan Quotes

Ilkay Gundogan

Profession : Athlete

Birth : October 24, 1990

If we are quite defensive and we lose the ball, we just try to get back into our positions and try to defend. That's something you have to do from time to time.

Ilkay Gundogan

I have no problem with answering questions honestly or even looking outside the box and answering private questions.

Ilkay Gundogan

The Premier League is the best league in the world in my opinion.

Ilkay Gundogan

Pep Guardiola tactically brings a gift that is second to none in the world.

Ilkay Gundogan

Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola are the two best teachers in the world.

Ilkay Gundogan

Guardiola, Jurgen Klopp, Thomas Tuchel, Joachim Low... How many players can say they've had coaches like them?

Ilkay Gundogan

It's bad if you disguise yourself, I honestly cannot see it anymore when you're after the game, always asked the same questions and give pre-programmed answers. I do not know if there is a solution for that. I don't know if you can, want or should change it. But sometimes I just wish for a little more.

Ilkay Gundogan

I try to do my best in training and to get in shape and be prepared.

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If I'm needed, I'm ready to help the team wherever.

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There was a guy I found incredible in training. A player I thought 'What is he doing? Is he only 18 or 19?' That player was Mario Gotze. He did things in training that made me think 'Wow. If he doesn't make it all the way to the top then I don't know!'

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I prefer to get my own picture of people and Pep was the main reason that I moved to City. I am very happy with how things have gone, both personally and in a sporting sense.

Ilkay Gundogan

We do not only have a Turkish side, inherited from our parents and our families, we were born and raised in Gelsenkirchen. It is a city with a high percentage of emigrants.

Ilkay Gundogan

I would be absolutely delighted if I were to have a career similar to that of Schweinsteiger, both at club and international level. We all know what he has done for German football. It is an honour to be likened to him.

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I feel privileged to have grown up in Germany so it was a heavy blow for me to be portrayed as somebody who isn't integrated and who doesn't live his life according to German values.

Ilkay Gundogan

I do not want people to forget me.

Ilkay Gundogan

I liked to watch Kaka very, very much. The way he played with tremendous pace with the ball at his feet, he just left opponents behind. Watching him was a feast for the eyes.

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I am always open-minded for challenges.

Ilkay Gundogan

That's why I don't want to know the questions before, when I give interviews whether TV or print. I don't want to prepare myself for what I will answer.

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I wanted to leave Dortmund in Dortmund and not think about spending time with Jurgen when I chose a new club. That was partly a reason for me not to go to Liverpool.

Ilkay Gundogan

Football has to keep being part of my daily routine!

Ilkay Gundogan