Top 76 Quotes & Sayings by David de Gea

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Spanish athlete David de Gea.
Last updated on September 18, 2024.
David de Gea

David de Gea Quintana is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Manchester United and the Spain national team. During the latter half of the 2010s, he was widely regarded as one of the best goalkeepers in the world.

As a goalkeeper, I'm well aware that any mistake can be magnified by the fans. But it's true that here at Manchester United, there's added pressure.
The value that really counts is that which is shown on the pitch, not what theyBsay your value is. Money is secondary. being so expensive is not something I like especially; I'm interested in what people think of me on the playing field.
The biggest thing for me is that I've managed to work through some difficult times, and those moments always make you stronger. It makes you a stronger person and a better player.
Manchester United are a great club, and being associated with them is a great compliment for me, but Atletico are also great. — © David de Gea
Manchester United are a great club, and being associated with them is a great compliment for me, but Atletico are also great.
It's difficult to say with words what Manchester United means for me. For anyone. It's amazing to play for this club, with the history of this club, for the fans, for everything. It's amazing to be part of this club.
I'm a big fan of the PlayStation, so I spend quite a bit of time doing that.
When I'm on the pitch, I only think about helping the team and doing well.
I'm lucky enough to be mentally strong, which I think is fundamental for a goalkeeper.
Normally, I never listen to the people who speak about me.
When it comes to United, if you don't win everything, it's not good enough.
In the Under-21s, I played good football for several years, trying to play the same game as the best and with some very good players.
When you have bad moments, you have to improve. You have to become stronger to deal with it, and I believe I have become stronger.
Always, even with the U17s in Spain, U19s, we play from the back, and we try to improve on that a lot. So I always enjoy having the ball at my feet.
Everyone knows Iker Casillas. We have all followed him being at the top level for so many years. What he has done for the national team is something impossible to equal. But I try and learn from him when we are there,and train the best I can.
The time I spent on the bench helped me to reflect and think. It encouraged me to keep fighting and work.
I am a guy who likes to put the bad things and difficult times behind me. — © David de Gea
I am a guy who likes to put the bad things and difficult times behind me.
I think the first attacker has the ball, starts from the back, you can see everything, and you have to play with the feel of a midfielder, not a goalkeeper.
Talk about Jose Mourinho, and you're talking about a winner.
It's unbelievable: the fans of Manchester United are one of the best in the world, and I feel the support of them.
I think football is evolving, and I think the role of the keeper is becoming more and more important in the game in general.
Even though I didn't win any titles, I have positive feelings about my first season at Manchester United. I have learned a lot, and I think I've made a lot of progress.
The style is the same at all levels, which facilitates things: bring the ball out from the back, keep possession, work gaps to create chances. It's like that from the Under-15s all the way through. That's the Spanish way, and it has triumphed.
As a goalkeeper, it is a challenge to face Messi.
That is football. In the end, all clubs spend money.
Every goalkeeper has their own strong points and qualities. What I like to do is focus on every keeper. You can pick bits out of every keeper where they are particularly strong, and you can learn from things like that.
You've got to trust in your own ability, back yourself, and the main thing is work really, really hard and fight to improve.
I came to United to win trophies.
In another country, at another club, the fans would not be the same as at Manchester United.
It certainly helps that I'm quite a relaxed guy and I take things in my stride, and if you hear the odd murmur of criticism, you just stay focused on your job and doing what you're working hard to do. I've always been confident in my own ability, and that's just as important.
It is unbelievable, the fans in China.
You have to keep working and try to improve in every training session.
If you are at United, you need a manager with a winning mentality. We had that with Ferguson. Mourinho has it. He wants to win every game.
At the end of the day, we're goalkeepers, and we live with making mistakes. We learn from a young age that you can make a mistake at any point.
It would be great to have more Spanish players at Manchester United.
I consider all aspects of being a goalkeeper as fundamental in the development of the side as a whole.
You don't have time to think about things that aren't as important as football and the points that are at stake in the games that we have to win and do well in.
At the end of the day, this is football, and it's quite normal for anyone to go through difficult moments - and it's something you can learn from.
The fans of Manchester United are one of the best in the world. I felt the support of them from the first day, and I am really happy with them.
When you see Zlatan up close, he's even more imposing than on the television. Zlatan is very, very big, very strong, and his control of the ball is incredible. It can seem like he's not there, and then he goes and scores the decisive goal.
You cannot train saving with your feet, but sometimes it is instinct. Sometimes it is quicker to go with the feet; going with the hands is sometimes more difficult. Even when I was young, I would go with my feet, it's something good for me.
All us players do that - looking to play, to fight for a place. — © David de Gea
All us players do that - looking to play, to fight for a place.
We are Manchester United, and we want to fight for everything.
What matters is the team and all of us being focused on what we need to focus on, which is winning games, rather than contracts or any topics that can be a distraction. What matters is focusing on football.
Titles are what I crave.
The criticism I received only served to make me a stronger person.
I always try to do my best.
In training, the players would deliberately hit high balls into me and barge into me so I'd get used to that side of the English game. I actually enjoy the physical side of it now.
I don't obsess over mistakes, because they do happen, so I just keep working and training hard. I just keep helping the team, which is key.
Of course, getting to be No. 1 keeper in the world is a tough ask because there are loads of goalkeepers out there and some very good ones, too. But I always try to give my very best to reach that standard.
I think I have improved a lot since I arrived in England.
It's normal to have early difficulties when you get a new manager with a new concept. — © David de Gea
It's normal to have early difficulties when you get a new manager with a new concept.
After a great save or a mistake by a defender, I prefer not to shout on him; I prefer to wait and say it inside of the dressing room. I was always like that. I am relaxed, I try to be normal after a mistake, and when I make a mistake, I don't want people coming to me on the pitch shouting at me.
Getting to the national team is very complicated.
Football is football, and a thousand things can happen.
It's all about getting your head down, focusing, working hard, competing in training, keeping fit, and picking up points.
I train every day to be the best goalkeeper in the world; that is my aim.
When you do things wrong, even a couple of mistakes, the press has the right to criticise. Much more so when you're a goalkeeper - who remain in the spotlight forever.
Being part of such a great club like Manchester United fills you with emotion, and you gradually realise how much the club means to the fans and the people who work here. They really live for the game, so that does become part of you, and you can only appreciate that having spent time here.
Normally, I focus on my job and focus on trying to help my team and trying to improve every training session and try to be as a good as I can.
With any coach, you have a lot of respect for him, but it is difficult to be their friend.
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