Top 102 Quotes & Sayings by Peter Schmeichel
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Last updated on September 16, 2024.
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.
Neuer is the best goalkeeper in the world by far.
There are hundreds of players who are trying to be a Beckham or Cantona but do not have the personality, and they fail.
My mother really wanted me to go to school and to university, but I was adamant that I wanted to be a football player.
Goalkeeping is now at a point where it's a very popular position.
Neuer is the world's No.1 keeper and can be used as a role model for all young keepers. He has everything a goalkeeper needs to have.
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.
If he is having a bad game, a team-mate might feel Paul Scholes is not quite on his game, but a spectator wouldn't notice. Scholes, of all the players I have played with, has the highest bottom level.
Such great goalkeepers have played in England over the years - the likes of Gordon Banks, Peter Shilton, and Bert Trautmann.
I am very proud to join the Hall of Fame.
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.
I have had a fantastic career with United, and I owe it to the club, players, and fans to do everything I can to finish on a successful note.
It's far, far better to be prepared: the more you know about the other team, the better.
As a footballer, you have to be confident you can win all the time so it does not come as a surprise.
For Zlatan to play the way we love him to play, he has to be Zlatan.
If Sir Alex says, 'Listen, I want you to play for my team,' it's very difficult not to say yes.
During a big tournament, it is the small details that make big differences.
Football has changed. There are no more Zvonimir Bobans or individuals who win games by themselves.
The star-jump technique - that is a big part of being a handball goalkeeper, and I brought that move into football. It is a very effective way of saving a chance.
When I arrived at Manchester United, the club hadn't won the league for 26 years, and then in my first year, they won the championship.
People remember the treble in 1999 as if we only had to turn up to collect three trophies. But on that cup run, we were 1-0 down against Liverpool going into injury time, and we turned it around to win 2-1. And everyone remembers the Champions League final in Barcelona, where the same thing happened.
It is very nice Kasper has now also won the Premier League, too. I am very proud; I think he has done a fantastic job. It has been amazing to bring this lad into the world and bring him up and hear his wishes and hopes for the future, his ambitions; he made it fairly clear early on that he wanted to become a footballer.
At Manchester United, you can have a bad day, and the supporters understand. Even in a crunch game, you can have a bad result, and they still back the team.
Sometimes you've just got to hold your hands up and say you've been beaten by a quality free-kick.
It is important that Manchester United keeps its identity. Their heritage is to produce and develop players, something that started with Sir Matt and continued with Sir Alex Ferguson.
If you're mentally ready, you're willing to go the extra mile.
Neuer is simply sensational.
You can't just walk into Old Trafford, and you're there. There's so much to get used to.
This is something you learn as soon as you walk through the doors at Old Trafford: that you're never better than your last performance. You always have to improve on your last performance.
I am crazy about Leicester; I am crazy about the owners - they are fantastic and really good for the Premier League.
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.
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.
Knowing where a team will usually place a penalty can be the difference between winning or losing.
I would never bring in a player to make a statement.
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.
I'm quite good at golf. I'm not amazing, but I play a lot.
At United, everyone is there because they want to be there.
I, as a fan, want to be winning but to entertain equally as much, too.
Manchester United would like to have world class players.
I want exciting players.
You have to believe you can win.
There are millions of Manchester United fans everywhere in the world. A lot of them live by the club. They need to be inspired by the manager.
I think, in Denmark, we are quite good when it comes to the environment.
It's always going to be difficult for Asian countries to create big leagues because Europe is so settled.
People say that Andrea Pirlo is the main player and that everything goes through him, but that's an illusion. Pirlo is a brilliant player but doesn't dominate Italy's play as much as people say.
In the future, you'll see many more nominations for big awards going to goalkeepers.
You don't sign a player for the sake of it.
Real Madrid will be the first team to claim two Champions League trophies in a row.
You will never see United manager Sir Alex Ferguson in the media taking problems he has or the squad has or the club has into the open. Never, ever. But you do see that at Manchester City.
There's no doubt: nobody can argue that Manchester United is not the biggest club in the world. It is.
Sir Alex is so consistent with his management. He manages each person differently, but you know exactly where you are with him. You know exactly what is required.
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.
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.
When David De Gea first came to the Premier League, he was a small boy.
Any football club, any person, any human being alive goes through adversity. The art of living life is to recover from that and respond to any challenges being thrown at you.
I played handball up until I joined United, both as a goalkeeper and an outfield player.
I have no regrets about leaving, and I don't miss being at United at all.
We never played for 1-0 and then defend. We always went for the second goal and the third.
Kids want to play in goal.
The big clubs will always talk about the same names such as Ancelotti, Mourinho, and Wenger. Louis Van Gaal is always in there as well. He has his own style and is a very determined man. He knows exactly what he wants. He's got direction, the ability and experience at big clubs such as Barcelona and Bayern Munich.
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