45 Quotes by Teemu Pukki

It's not easy to be a footballer.

A lot of my family follow Liverpool, including my dad Tero and my uncle. In Finland I would say Liverpool is the biggest team, it started in the 1980s with the games on the TV. And then obviously they have had two Finland legends in Jari Litmanen and Sami Hyypia.

I will always keep my feet on the ground.

When I was a little boy, my dream was to play in Spanish football, which I've done, and then it was the Premier League, so it's all worked out OK.

When I moved to Schalke it took me a few months to settle.

Football is getting bigger but ice hockey is still the biggest sport back home.

Celtic are a great, traditional club.

It was not so easy for me in Scotland in general.

I didn't really adapt to Scottish football well, but I enjoyed my time there. The physical nature and the pace of the game was a big thing, and many of the teams defended really deep against Celtic so there was not so much space to run in behind. That's a big part of my game, so that was one thing as well.