Top 93 Quotes & Sayings by Granit Xhaka - Page 2

I never used to be taken seriously as a Swiss person.

I am in an outstanding city, an outstanding club. The only thing that Arsenal has been missing is a league title.

I've had four beautiful years at Monchengladbach and owe the club a lot.

I heard my new team-mates saying, 'We have got to hope that we don't go down.' I thought to myself, 'What kind of a mentality is that?'

The family is our greatest luxury.

It could be very costly if you don't have a clear mind during a tournament.

I will give everything to help Arsenal win trophies and make the fans happy.

In football, you get criticised if you are sent off. It's my style of play, and nobody can make me change that. Even if I get another red card, then that happens. You become cleverer, maybe look more, and since my red card, I think things have improved.

We are young; we are naive with money. Money can go fast. If anyone thinks he is something better just because he has more money in the account, then he can very quickly fall on your face.

Arsenal is Arsenal. It's not a small club; it's a very big club, and it's like a family. It's very good for me because I love my family, and to have another family here is very good.

You have to be completely there in every game, and as soon as you drop your level even one per cent, you concede goals.

Here at Basel is where I made my first professional steps. I came up and grew up through the FC Basel school.

I don't think Gladbach are on the same level as Arsenal.

Actually, it's normal when you come to a new club and country: you need to get used to the language, the philosophy of the team, the squad, the coach.

It's true that my father was imprisoned for three and a half years, and it was because he stood up for what he believed in. It's not a taboo subject in our household. We talk about it. After all, I want to know what happened.

The expectations are high, so we know: If we do not meet them, there is criticism. We have high expectations ourselves. We are not happy with fourth, third, or second, either.

I am still young; I am still fresh, and I want more.

I am a regular for one of the biggest clubs in Europe, and I want to progress still further.

Individual quality doesn't decide games for us but the whole team.

Lots of people talk about the character of our team, that it's not right and that we need to do more. But we always show that we can come back.

When I think about a mid-table club like Everton spending £150 million during the summer, I am lost for words.

I think, when a manager has been at a club for more than 20 years, he can only have a positive impact.

I'm a hard-working young man who believes in myself.

When you want too much, you don't usually achieve much.

I can't stand people who are backward. I am honest, straightforward. I don't like to pretend. And I will not change either.

I guess I'd say I'm quite an aggressive player. Fair but aggressive, someone who likes the tough stuff.

I'd no longer be the same player without my rigorousness, and certainly not the player Arsenal wanted.

Here in the Premier League, you have to give 100 per cent for the whole 90 minutes. It's not like after 70 minutes you can say, 'We're 2-0 up, so let's have some fun now' - that doesn't happen in the Premier League.

I play with a lot of emotion because I'm a passionate guy, and I play with that passion. I love playing that way. Sometimes you're late onto the ball, sometimes you're not. Sometimes you make contact with the guy when you tackle him, sometimes not. It's a sport where individual duels are vital, so I don't see it as a problem.

My goal is to become a key player in one of the ten best clubs in the world and become a leader there.

I've picked up quite a few yellow cards in the last few years - a few reds, too. That was the case as a youth player as it is now. But I don't see it as a problem. That's how I play. If you take that away, then I wouldn't be where I am now. So I don't think the yellow cards or the red cards are too big of an issue.

Each month from our income - we have a separate account, obviously - we give 80 percent of it to our parents back home.

In football, you just have to develop yourself.