Quotes from Dimitar Berbatov

When you train with good players or watch matches on TV, you want to do what they do.

A player may have a future only if he respects the players who taught and advised him.

I am a striker, and people expect strikers to score goals. But I don't see myself as a striker.

Sometimes you don't play well or you don't score, and in those times, the pressure comes from all around you as well as from yourself.

As a striker, people look at the goals you score. But for me, my game is more than just about goals, it is how you link with other players.

I hope when I finish with football, I'll be happy with what I've achieved.

I left Manchester United with my head held very high. I gave 100 per cent, and no one could doubt my performances, especially when you compare how many minutes I actually played.

I came from a background where we didn't have bread. I know what it's like to live with money and no money.

I cannot speak for other players, but it is always good when the manager comes to ask how you're feeling and makes you feel calm before you play the game.

I always tend to think my goals are beautiful goals. That is what I want to score - beautiful goals - and create beautiful chances.

It's always good to beat a top team like Chelsea.

I credit my success to my mother. Her prayers and support are everything to me. I know all she does for me, and I know nothing I do can ever pay back the amount of support she has given me.

On the pitch, you can have the feeling that everything is happening for you, from passing to tackles.

Sometimes self-esteem affects you on and off the pitch. Until you face your next game and you miss an easy chance, for example, then you feel not as great.

Football is a simple game. It is not difficult to play football: just pass the ball around.

Ronaldo is brilliant, Messi more my kind of player. He sees the game so clearly. He can score, create; he's the complete player - the best ever, probably.

Jose Mourinho knows how to control to big players in the dressing room, to control egos. He's done it all his life and knows how to work it into the team.

Those who know me, my really close friends, know that I play for enjoyment and to entertain the fans.

When you're young, you're cocky.

When United wanted me, I was like a horse with blinkers on. I was not interested in anyone else. City offered more money, but the team was weaker, and their history couldn't compete with United.

I don't like to show my weaknesses.

I think every person is different in coping with pressure; every person thinks differently. For me, sometimes it is difficult because people expect so much of me.

I was the Premier League's top goal scorer in 2010-11 and never wanted to be on the bench.

The Premier League is in my heart.