Quotes from Toni Duggan
At Manchester City, the women are not second-class citizens in any regard. We are treated exactly the same way - it's a level playing field.
- Toni Duggan
At City, you'd see Pep chewing someone's ear off about football and think, 'Wow. I'd love to ask a question, but I'd probably be there for a week.'
- Toni Duggan
I spent four years at Manchester City and won three trophies. It was a big wrench to leave.
- Toni Duggan
We want to take ourselves out of our comfort zones; when you're in your comfort zone for so long, you only play to a certain level.
- Toni Duggan
In England, you might have a possession game of six v. six, and it's like headless chickens: people running around everywhere just trying to keep the ball and be strong in tackles. But in Spain, you always stay in your position. You're still in your shape for every drill.
- Toni Duggan
Obviously, culturally, England's style of play is a lot more direct and physical. In Spain, they're a lot more patient, and they have the ball a lot more.
- Toni Duggan
In Spain, when we're successful, we're on the front page of the newspaper. Every newspaper. But when we lose, we're slated, the same as the men. That's the level the game is at.
- Toni Duggan
I'm not too bad at reading, but I've got a bit of a confidence problem with speaking, with going from Scouse to Spanish.
- Toni Duggan
It was lucky I came from City; I'd say their philosophy is quite similar. Barcelona are a lot more advanced because they are the ones who created it, but they have a history of members of staff at Manchester City who worked here.
- Toni Duggan
I'd recommend for any little girl starting out to play with the boys as long as possible.
- Toni Duggan
We played a different style under Mark Sampson, and all credit to him, because we did really well. It worked for us; we were quite direct, but we were successful at doing it.
- Toni Duggan