Petr Cech Quotes

Petr Cech

Profession : Athlete

Birth : May 20, 1982

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.

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Football is a wonderful game which can be cruel at times.

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

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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.

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I played tennis a lot when I had the skull injury. For the first two months of my preparation, it was all I could do. It is a great sport for me because it helps my hand-eye coordination, and you need quick feet, which is a good exercise for a keeper.

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My father has a book where, ever since I started playing games... he wrote down the games that I played in. And then, when I did my website, we thought that was a really good idea, that people can keep track of my games.

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Arsenal is a team who challenge for the top and definitely match my ambitions and personal motivation.

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I had a depressed skull fracture. A few pieces of bone went in quite deep; that was the biggest danger.

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

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Now the ambulance is always ready; the paramedics are always ready. People in the crowd can get help without risk. If you look at the Fabrice Muamba case, this is what helped save his life - the paramedics are there.

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Sometimes in the Premier League, you are in a game where you can't play nice football because you just wouldn't win it.

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You win the way you have to.

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I'm amazed people talk about my helmet - saying it makes me feel psychologically better. I would love to play without it, but I'm not allowed to by the doctor. As long as I'm told by the doctor I'm running too much risk to play without it, I'll play with it. There's no other way for me.

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I always like to do things the right way.

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Unfortunately, money is very important in this world we live in, but it is up to every individual to deal with it.

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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.

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Buffon may be a bit smaller, but he has everything that you want from a great goalkeeper. He relays his confidence to his defence, and they feel that they have a great keeper behind them. Everybody can make mistakes, but his consistency level is amazing. You never see him have a bad game.

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

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Football is a collective sport, but goalkeeping is an individual sport.

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If you take the autobiographies of great sports people, they are almost always the same. They start with zero; they are always ambitious, know what they want to do in life, and have the confidence to do it.

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