Top 50 Ederson Quotes

When I play with my friends, I always play as a midfielder.

Pep is a great manager who sees football in another way. He lives football and breathes football. The way he thinks about the game is completely different to other managers.

I remember sometimes a difficulty and I realise that it taught me something or it helped me later on. The difficulties in the past are the wins in the present.

I remember my father used to wake up at 4 A.M. He woke me up as well. We would leave home together, he was going to work and I continued my walk to catch the bus. I had my training session with Sao Paulo in the morning. I had to take two buses to the point I could take the club bus.

On the pitch, I try to be focused and calm and think positive. That’s my attitude towards football.

As for my ambitions with City, I want to win the Premier League and the Champions League.

I have always been skilful with my feet.

I always train as a goalkeeper. I never train outside the goal.

I want to win everything we can! But it is my dream to win the Champions League in Manchester City’s shirt.

Brazil is well served for goalkeepers, many who have not been to the World Cup are very good.

I used to play as a ‘goleiro-linha,’ it’s a goalkeeper that plays a lot with his feet.

I’m a player that usually focus on my team, try to give the best for my team-mates, and I don’t look much at what the other teams do.

At Benfica, I started playing because the starting goalkeeper got injured.

I like everything about Manchester City.

It’s something I’ve been working on since I started out at Sao Paulo, and over time I’ve tried to improve my skills. But even when I played in the local academy, I was trying to show off some ability with my feet. I actually scored several free-kicks.

When I started playing football, I started as a left-defender. Maybe I wasn’t very talented in that position but I knew that something good could come out of it. I got some skills with my feet and that helped me a lot later on. Those qualities have helped me a lot in my career.

I started playing in goal because I ‘struggled to run as fast as the strikers and the other players out there. I was 10 years old.

We know that in the Champions League and the knockout competitions, you can’t make any mistakes.

I’m a happy person.

When you live without training for a long time, you end up losing that habit. It is difficult to resume things, even if you have some time to prepare. It is difficult to acquire that rhythm again. Many injuries end up happening.

I train a lot with the ball.

I always learn from Julio Cesar and I learn more from watching him than from talking to him. I gain a lot of experience when I train with him.

When I played in the Benfica youth teams, they would always call me to play in midfield if someone was missing and I didn’t ever embarrass myself.

When I started to play in school, I didn’t have an idol as such, I didn’t really like football in my nursery days. I used to go three times a week due to my brother‘s influence and also because our friends used to go as well.

I am working on my English skills that will help me on the pitch. Communication between each other makes our job much easier.

We study the shooters of the opponents – the team, the goalkeeping coach and the other goalkeepers.

When I used to watch the derbies on TV in the past, I could tell the atmosphere of those games was incredible. Now, being able to be part of such a great event like a Manchester derby, it’s an amazing feeling.

I think modern football has evolved a lot. Goalkeepers do several things during the game.

Rogerio Ceni has always been my inspiration.

It’s no wonder Pep is one of the best coaches in the world. When I knew I could work with him I was very happy. I didn’t think twice. He has helped a lot in my adaptation, in the form of the game he likes.

Many people look forward to my work, and I hope to live up to expectations and work at a high level.

When I knew it was real, that City were really interested in me, I was very happy because it’s good to see your work recognised.

Even before I’m on the ball, I’m always looking to see where I can pass the ball.

Ceni was very skilful – and he made history. He played for 25 years at Sao Paulo, more than 1,200 games, and that’s an inspiration. Hopefully, I can build a history like that.

I train as if I am always playing, which makes it easier for me to be used.

A striker can miss three or four chances and still score the fifth.

Most of the games are decided by a small margin. That shows the intensity and the competitiveness of the English league. Everyone knows here the competition is ferocious. It’s a bit different than the Portuguese league. But I’m going to try to adapt to this league as quick as possible.

When I started playing as a boy, a lot of people were asking, ‘If you don’t make it, what are you going to do?’ But in my head, I was always repeating to myself, ‘I’m going to become a football player.’

As a player you must be prepared for everything.

I am very happy to have been called up by the national team. It’s indeed another achievement in my career and I’ve worked a lot and very hard for this moment.

There is always room for improvement.

With Pep Guardiola, City are growing more and more.

I’m not sure if I would be able to do set-pieces, but I’m good at penalties, either using power or technique on shooting it.

I’m good at penalties, either using power or technique when I’m shooting.

If there is a chance to ever take a penalty I am going to ask the manager and I would do it!

When a goalkeeper makes a mistake, there is no one to save the goal.

I was always comfortable with the ball at my feet, and this helps me during games. I think it’s a natural talent.

That is very important, to play with your feet, it is very important to know how to read the game and obviously save balls and also handle the pressure when it comes to the crunch time.

I think it’s a matter of taking advantage of your opportunities in life.

My team-mates always offer me lots of lines to pass, so that ends up being easier for my role.