Mesut Ozil Professions : Soccer player Born : October 15, 1988 Browse All Authors Top 28 quotes by Mesut Ozil If you want, you can overcome all: Pressure, expectations, gravity. Mesut Ozil overcoming expectations want I gave my jersey to Mourinho because he’s the best coach in the world and I love him like a father. Mesut Ozil jersey i-love-him father I come from a background where you don't show off the good things you do. It's modesty. Mesut Ozil things good you good-things I want to help people in need, but I don't want people to know I'm doing it. Mesut Ozil doing know want people I am very, very proud I am also Turkish and both of my parents are from Turkey. I was born in Germany and grew up there. By playing football, I learned my different cultures, and that is an advantage if you grow up as a person. You get a different view on certain things. I am very, very thankful I was able to pick the best from many cultures. Mesut Ozil i-am best thankful football My aim is helping kids. Kids are the future. I love children. I'm thinking of my own childhood. I know where I'm from. If I wanted something, I couldn't get it. Life wasn't easy. Mesut Ozil future childhood love life I've played for Real Madrid, where the pressure is so huge because you have to go and really win absolutely every game. Mesut Ozil game win you pressure People wrote so negatively about me, but generally, the people who are familiar with football know my strengths and abilities. Mesut Ozil know me football people When I look into the future and where I'd like to live, I'll say Germany because I grew up there and like the discipline the people have. But my background is from Zonguldak in Turkey. I'm there a lot. Mesut Ozil look future discipline people I used to wear the German shirt with such pride and excitement, but now I don't. I feel unwanted and think that what I have achieved since my international debut in 2009 has been forgotten. Mesut Ozil wear feel think pride I am the sort of player that likes to create goals. I think a lot of my team-mates know me as a player who is not selfish. Mesut Ozil goals i-am me selfish It makes me very happy when I create goals or score goals myself, but the most important thing is that the team reaches its goal and plays positive football. Mesut Ozil myself me positive football I'm a person who prefers to play games rather than train. Mesut Ozil person games train play The Premier League is the best league in the world; it's so strong. The smaller teams love to try their chances against the big ones, and this is why the game goes back and forth. That can be strenuous, tough on you and your body, but I really love it. Mesut Ozil best game you love I'm one of the best players in the world in that No.10 position. Fans, coaches, players, and everyone knows that my best position is playmaker. Mesut Ozil everyone best fans world I was never a guy who liked to be in the centre of attention. Mesut Ozil never who guy attention Anybody can miss a penalty. Mesut Ozil penalty anybody miss Things I didn't have in the past I try to give to kids. I know how it feels not to have things. We were poor, but we had enough food to eat. It was a big family, four kids, and it was not like you could just go and buy something. But we had the essentials, the food. Mesut Ozil you family food past I am happy to be playing in the Premier League because everyone knows it is the strongest league in the world. There are simply a lot of top teams. Mesut Ozil i-am-happy i-am happy world Of course the Premier League is the most difficult league in the world because it's so even. I think you can't really compare other leagues with the Premier League. In the Premier League, every team can beat every team, and in football, that's something where you can have surprises. Mesut Ozil you team football world Similar Authors Alan Mullery soccer-player Bojan Markovic soccer-player Brad Friedel soccer-player Brian Owen soccer-player Brian McDermott soccer-player Brian Clough soccer-player All Authors
