100 Quotes by Ilkay Gundogan

I like to have the ball, to have possession and to play passes, to create chances for my team-mates. I think that is what makes me strong.

That is the most difficult thing: to feel that you are useless, not worth as much as before, not worth as much as the others.

If we lose and someone is better than us then we accept it. Handshake after the game and well done and focus on the next game. But if we lose and don't play the style of football we want to play then we know it's our fault and we can do it better.

I am convinced that you should always play the way you want to play and success will then come on its own - as long as it's a good philosophy.

If we are quite defensive and we lose the ball, we just try to get back into our positions and try to defend. That's something you have to do from time to time.

Winning the Champions League is what you dream about when you are a small child.

The Champions League is maybe the most prestigious competition in the game and if you don't win it, as much as we are a great team, you feel like there's always something missing.

I see myself as a mix between number six and number eight in central midfield - this is the best position for me, as a box-to-box midfielder.

It's important in sport and life, if you do something with confidence you always do it better. That's the same in football and everything else.