Peter Schmeichel Quotes

Peter Schmeichel

Profession : Athlete

Birth : November 18, 1963

On some occasions, it is every footballer's dream to play for the national team, but if you don't reach it, you always need to work harder to reach a higher level, a level you wouldn't reach if you didn't have this as a goal.

Peter Schmeichel

Kids want to play in goal.

Peter Schmeichel

In the future, you'll see many more nominations for big awards going to goalkeepers.

Peter Schmeichel

Neuer is the best goalkeeper in the world by far.

Peter Schmeichel

Any beginning is difficult, but when you're opening the newspaper every day, and it's all about how bad you are, sometimes even you begin to believe that.

Peter Schmeichel

If we should have any regrets as Manchester United, that is that we only gave David Moyes seven months. I think we should have given him more time, accepted that results weren't going to be the way we hoped they would be and that playing would be a little bit different. I believe he would have grown into that role.

Peter Schmeichel

When David De Gea first came to the Premier League, he was a small boy.

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I would never bring in a player to make a statement.

Peter Schmeichel

You don't sign a player for the sake of it.

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My mother really wanted me to go to school and to university, but I was adamant that I wanted to be a football player.

Peter Schmeichel

You've got to get a certain amount of sleep. You've got to eat the right thing. You've got to train in the right manner. You've got to behave in the right manner.

Peter Schmeichel

When you're young, you want to do everything. You want to go out and find girls; you want to have a drink - there are a lot of things you want to do. But if you want to make it to the top, there are a lot of things you can't do.

Peter Schmeichel

Neuer is simply sensational.

Peter Schmeichel

For 99.9% of the players there, they are at United because they want to be at United, and it is their dream move. That gives United a little bit of an advantage over other clubs, where some players are maybe there because there was financial pressure for them to be sold.

Peter Schmeichel

At United, everyone is there because they want to be there.

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I read about Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the newspapers. I would love for him to come to Manchester United; I've said this for a long time. He was born to play for Manchester United.

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It's always going to be difficult for Asian countries to create big leagues because Europe is so settled.

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I, as a fan, want to be winning but to entertain equally as much, too.

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I want exciting players.

Peter Schmeichel

Penalty shoot-outs are the most high-pressure situation that a goalkeeper will face, and in a World Cup, it's even worse because the stakes are so high.

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