Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" I am still young; I am still fresh, and I want more. "
Granit Xhaka
Fresh
Want
Still
Related Quotes:
" Maybe if I was born in Kosovo, I might not be where I am now, so I need to thank Switzerland, of course, because I went to school there, learnt to play football there, and started my career there. "
Granit Xhaka
School
Career
Play
" I have learned one thing in my life: If I put too much pressure on myself, then everything goes wrong. "
Granit Xhaka
Pressure
Life
My Life
" I'm a hard-working young man who believes in myself. "
Granit Xhaka
Man
Young Man
Young
" Each month from our income - we have a separate account, obviously - we give 80 percent of it to our parents back home. "
Granit Xhaka
Our
Parents
Percent
" I'm looking forward to the new adventure. Playing in the Premier League was always my dream, and I'm definitely going to relish this opportunity and give my absolute everything for this club. "
Granit Xhaka
Adventure
Dream
Looking
" Arsenal were really interested in me for a long time, and I think that I fit into the football Arsenal play. "
Granit Xhaka
Football
Time
Think
" 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. "
Granit Xhaka
Know
Talk
Three
" You always need a certain amount of time to fully adjust; it was no different when I moved to the Bundesliga. "
Granit Xhaka
You
Certain
Need
" I'll give my all on the pitch, as I have in recent years. That's what is important. We will give our all to win something. "
Granit Xhaka
Our
Years
Win
" I know I've made mistakes, and sometimes I've talked about things too openly or directly. That wasn't good, and I've learned from that. "
Granit Xhaka
Good
Things
Sometimes
" When I think about a mid-table club like Everton spending £150 million during the summer, I am lost for words. "
Granit Xhaka
Club
Words
Think
" You can't afford to rest on your laurels at all, or you'll instantly be on the bench. "
Granit Xhaka
Afford
Bench
Laurels
" Everyone fights for everyone else. If someone has a bad day, then the others are there for him. And if a player makes a mistake, then the others can compensate for that. Those sorts of things are crucial at this level, and it's really important that we perform as a unit. "
Granit Xhaka
Important
Bad
Day
" I guess I'd say I'm quite an aggressive player. Fair but aggressive, someone who likes the tough stuff. "
Granit Xhaka
Say
Aggressive
Tough
" I compliment Kramer perfectly. We both put in a lot of legwork, win many balls, and we're comfortable with the ball at our feet. We also talk a lot both off and on the pitch. "
Granit Xhaka
Win
Talk
Feet
" One of the most revealing details about my parents is that they only got together three months before my dad's arrest. "
Granit Xhaka
Details
Parents
Three
" When you want too much, you don't usually achieve much. "
Granit Xhaka
You
Much
Too
" 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. "
Granit Xhaka
Back
Need
People
" I am a regular for one of the biggest clubs in Europe, and I want to progress still further. "
Granit Xhaka
Still
Europe
Am
" Arsenal prepare the players in the best way. They pay attention to every detail. We are able to recover optimally during our flights. The food and the service, everything's geared perfectly to each other. "
Granit Xhaka
Attention
Service
Food
" No, Borussia is not falling apart. It does not matter whichever players will leave. That is what the past has showed. The club has developed and actually improved despite big-name players leaving. "
Granit Xhaka
Matter
Falling
Leave
" I'm a person who thinks realistically but has dreams and fantasies as well. "
Granit Xhaka
Who
Well
Thinks
" I'd no longer be the same player without my rigorousness, and certainly not the player Arsenal wanted. "
Granit Xhaka
Without
Arsenal
Player
" My brother was always going to go in the direction of football. With me, it was more between school and football. Eventually, it worked out for both of us. We're pleased to have gone down that path. I'm proud that my parents always supported us, in good and in bad times. You need that. "
Granit Xhaka
Parents
Path
Football
" 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?' "
Granit Xhaka
Myself
Thought
Down
" In football, you just have to develop yourself. "
Granit Xhaka
You
Yourself
Develop
" It's not like I played my first football match in England. For me, football is pretty much the same everywhere; the ball is round, but maybe tactically, things are different than at other clubs I've played for. "
Granit Xhaka
Football
Different
Me
" I knew before I arrived that the pressure at a club that challenges for the title grows quickly. The season is long; we'll become stronger with every game. "
Granit Xhaka
Challenges
Season
Pressure
" Here at Basel is where I made my first professional steps. I came up and grew up through the FC Basel school. "
Granit Xhaka
Steps
First
Here
" Every Monday, we're asked to undertake jump tests to check the conditions of our muscles. There's nothing you can hide. Once a week, they do urine tests, and your body fat percentage is tested regularly. The doctors cover all bases. "
Granit Xhaka
Hide
Monday
Week