David de Gea Quotes, a complete collection

David de Gea is a Spanish professional footballer who playing as a goalkeeper for

football club and Spain National team. Widely regarded as one of the best goalkeepers of his generation, De Gea started his career in 2009 with the famous Spanish side, Atletico Madrid. He spent two seasons at the club before moving to the Premier League to play for Manchester United.

De Gea's rise to the top of the football world started at Manchester United. He has been the Red Devil's first choice goalkeeper for more than a decade. David de Gea has won many top individual and collective awards so far into his career. He was a key player for Manchester United in their title winning campaigns in the 2012-13 Premier League and the 2016-17 Europa League. He was also been one of

goalkeepers since his international debut in 2014.

Known for his remarkable reflexes and saves, De Gea He has played over 600 matches during his club and international career. In the following article we present you with a complete collection of

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Best Collection of David de Gea quotes

We present football fans with the Best collection of David de Gea quotes which includes his comments about his personality and career as well as his comments on other football stars.

David de Gea quotes about his personal life

David de Gea was born into a family of football fans from Madrid, Spain. According to himself, De Gea had a happy childhood. He had a very good relationship with his parents. He was into different sports since his childhood years and used to play Tennis and basketball. Music is another one of his passions in life and he is also very much into movies.

De Gea is a true family person and has a close relationship with his siblings and parents. He had been in a relationship with his current wife, Edurne, who is a famous Spanish singer. The two have one son together. It is certainly interesting to know more about David de Gea quotes on his own childhood, personality and private life.

On His childhood and family

I played tennis a lot as a kid and I really enjoyed it. I used to have lessons. All sorts, I also played a lot of basketball at school. I think ultimately it was always about sports. I was a bit hyperactive and I always liked playing sports with my friends so mostly it would have been sports. (From de Gea's interview with Manchester United website)

My mum would call up two, three, four times a week. She always said she's very worried about me. She always worried about the balance between my studies and sports. My parents would drive 50km a day just to come to take a look at me at Atletico's training ground in the plush area of Alarcon.

I used to go on holiday to Alicante on the Mediterranean coast in Spain. I was always outside hanging out with my friends and I started hearing some guys that were listening to music, which was Spanish rock. I started going out looking for that type of music, I started getting really into it. I would have been 14 or 15 then.

For me, first and foremost, friends are one of the most important things in my life. I see them almost as family. I love them dearly and they haven’t just been my friends since I was 21, I’ve known them since I was five years old. I have the same group of friends now. I went to primary school with them, we were in the same class, spent many years together.

(From de Gea's interview with Manchester

United website)

I don’t like it when they serve strange things and mix this and that. Sometimes my girlfriend will say, ‘Come on, try this!’ and I’m like, ‘No, no way!’ But that’s the way it is. I don’t like trying new things. She loves to try new food and I’ll go along because I know she likes it, but I always order the simplest dish.

On his hobbies and preferences

I like lots of different sport, and I was always the type of lad that plays a lot of sport as well. I've played basketball; I'm not bad at tennis.

I like watching films, going out for a bite to eat and drink, and some shopping.

I'm a big fan of the PlayStation, so I spend quite a bit of time doing that.

I was also really into Avenged Sevenfold but now I listen to all types of music. Not just rock. Rock is my favourite but I listen to a bit of everything, to be honest.

I play a bit because my girlfriend bought me a drum kit a few years ago and I started playing, messing about on the drums a bit. I’m getting there, I’m getting better. It’s tricky and I’m gradually improving. I think if you take it up as a kid it’s easier but when you’re a bit older.

In Manchester I really love staying at home, to be honest. I spend quite a lot of time at home. I’ve got my PlayStation, my films, I can have a read or whatever. I can relax. Especially now with the virus; if I spent a lot of time at home previously, now it’s double what it was. (From de Gea's interview with Manchester United website)

On his Character and personal objectives

I am a guy who likes to put the bad things and difficult times behind me.

I had a lot of tough times, and I know what it is. We must move forward, working equally and always strong.

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.

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.

Normally, I never listen to the people who speak about me.

The criticism I received only served to make me a stronger person.

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.

You have to be as strong when things go wrong, but I don't get nervous.

Mistakes are normal; everyone makes them.

David de Gea quotes about football and his playing style

David de Gea is known the most for his incredible reflexes and acrobatic saves. De Gea has been also praised for his unorthodox, yet effective, goalkeeping style of making saves with his feet. On the other hand, de Gea has been prone to errors in the key moment of the games and has had to endure heavy criticism from the media and the fans.

De Gea has been a key member of the Spain national team and Manchester United in recent years and has shown his strong personality in many key moments of his amazing career. The followings are the

top quotes by David de Gea

about football and his own playing style.

On football

Football is cruel at times; it's difficult. When things go well, you're very good, and when they go badly, well, it's awful.

That is football. In the end, all clubs spend money.

English football is different, especially for a goalkeeper. It's more aggressive, more physical. It's far, far harder. The ball is in the air more, and you get pushed about. And the referees don't blow anything!

Football is football, and a thousand things can happen.

I think football is evolving, and I think the role of the keeper is becoming more and more important in the game in general.

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.

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.

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.

With any coach, you have a lot of respect for him, but it is difficult to be their friend.

All us players do that - looking to play, to fight for a place.

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.

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.

It's normal to have early difficulties when you get a new manager with a new concept.

On his playing style and career goals

I train every day to be the best goalkeeper in the world; that is my aim.

I have worked hard in the gym lifting heavy weights and doing a lot of exercises.

You have to keep working and try to improve in every training session.

I always try to do my best.

I'm lucky enough to be mentally strong, which I think is fundamental for a goalkeeper.

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.

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.

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.

Titles are what I crave.

I consider all aspects of being a goalkeeper as fundamental in the development of the side as a whole.

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.

I think I have improved a lot since I arrived in England.

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.

When I'm on the pitch, I only think about helping the team and doing well.

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.

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.

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.

The time I spent on the bench helped me to reflect and think. It encouraged me to keep fighting and work.

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.

It's all about getting your head down, focusing, working hard, competing in training, keeping fit, and picking up points.

David de Gea quotes on Messi and Ronaldo

In every generation, young football fans argue endlessly about who is the best player of the history of football. In our generation the debate is between

and

fans. David de Gea has faced both of them many times during his career. He has been Cristiano Ronaldo's teammate since the Portuguese return to Manchester United. Here are

David de Gea quotes on

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo

.

As a goalkeeper, it is a challenge to face Messi.

It’s great to have Cristiano home, He showed already from the first day we played at Old Trafford his impact, he scored two goals, very important goals for us. You know the qualities but we were talking before, the experience of Cristiano is amazing. It’s great for us. He’s a legend at the club already. It’s great to have him back and it’s massive for us.

Top quotes by David de Gea about famous football players and teams

In this part of the article we present you with the top quotes by David de Gea about other football great stars and teams, including his comments on Iker Casillas and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

On Iker Casillas

It is great that a goalkeeper as good as Iker has said that I could be the best of them all.

Everyone knows

. 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.

On the influence of Eric Steele on his career

Eric Steele was a great goalkeeping coach who always looked after me, and I will remember that.

On Zlatan Ibrahimovic

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.

On Jose Mourinho

Talk about

, and you're talking about a winner.

Comparing Alex Fergusson to Jose Mourinho

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. Hopefully he can keep the level up and keep scoring goals like he did today.

On Mason Greenwood

The kid is on fire. Top finisher, he is clinical, he has the goal in his mind all the time so he’s being very important for us at the moment.

Best David de Gea quotes about his club and international career

We wrap up our article on David de Gea quotes with a collection of his sayings about his club and international career.

On his international career with Spain

Getting to the national team is very complicated.

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.

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.

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.

On his time with Manchester United

Everyone who works for Manchester respected me. I tried to help, and I am very grateful to them.

To be fair, when you are really young, you don't think about the future too much. You just want to play with your friends. When you get older, you start to dream about being there, about being at a top team, so of course it's a dream to be at a team like Manchester United.

I think back to that match, the first match I had, Old Trafford, was a big moment for me. We played Tottenham. I remember we won 3-0. The team played well, I played well. And of course, I was very young back then. I still had lots to experience and lots to learn. But it's a really nice thing to do to look back on the past.

We are Manchester United: we are one of the biggest clubs in the world, and we are going to try to win everything, of course.

When a club the size of Manchester United comes in for you, it obviously makes you very, very happy.

It's a great privilege to be part of a club like United, and I'm keen to do my best and show what I can do.

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.

It's unbelievable: the fans of Manchester United are one of the best in the world, and I feel the support of them.

Being the Manchester United goalkeeper is one of the most difficult jobs in football when you look at the size of the club and the goalkeepers who have been here before. There is a lot of pressure on you, but I have worked hard to cope with that.

It would be great to have more Spanish players at Manchester United.

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 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.

I came to United to win trophies. When it comes to United, if you don't win everything, it's not good enough.

In another country, at another club, the fans would not be the same as at Manchester United.

Manchester United are a great club, and being associated with them is a great compliment for me, but Atletico are also great.

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.

We are Manchester United, and we want to fight for everything.

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