Quotes from Carlos Tevez

Me and my family all like Shanghai, and I'm slowly getting used to the city and the atmosphere.

I'm a bit tired of so much football, so much football. I want to enjoy my family a bit. I'm very keen to stop and get a bit of calm.

You must be in supreme physical condition. If your body isn't right, you cannot play in the Premier League.

I will give everything to help City become one of the biggest and most important clubs in England - and win some trophies.

He who doesn't love Messi knows nothing about football or about life.

Messi would never tell a coach who he has to play or not. I think he not only lacks the power to do that but also is not humanly capable of saying that.

Of course you can never say zero possibility or 100 per cent possibility in football, because you never know what will happen because football changes so rapidly.

Chinese players are not as naturally skilled like South American or European players, like players who learned football when they were kids. They're not good.

Sometimes in a game - even with the best will in the world - a striker can drift out for 10 minutes and then come back into it.

I do not speak very often to the press. I just have it in my head. I do my talking out there on the field, which is the most important thing.

What one does in one's club is what determines whether one gets called up for the national team.

I want to thank Manchester United, David Gill, Alex Ferguson, and the fanbase for two years there, but this is my new life, and I am very happy to be with Manchester City.

To play a match between Boca and River in Madrid, it's weird. But as a player, it is important to stay focused on the match.

I do feel the obligation and desire to win the Scudetto with Juventus, and obviously everybody wants to win the Champions League.

What's helped me is my childhood, my tough upbringing. I learnt a lot from that; it helps with any problems I might encounter.

Street football is the greatest thing in the world. There is just you and your friends against the rest.

It's hard to say you're struggling if you're a professional footballer. Other people have far greater problems.

If things are not going well on the field, then it's up to me to lead by example.

I like Manchester, I love the fans. They are great with me, the club is great with me. But I'm not happy if I don't play, and all the time I don't play.

I want to go back to Manchester and win the City fans back.