Quotes from Bruno Fernandes

Growing up, my father was never interested in how many goals I scored, how many passes I made, but only in how many mistakes I made, and how I could be more efficient.

When you have strikers who move a lot, and they give you the chance to play balls for them, it is really good.

Penalties are part of the game, you know. You need to score. You have the chance but you need to score.

I know everyone is talking about them like it's easy but you can lose a final with a penalty.

It doesn't matter who takes the penalty as long as the team scores.

I am confident when I take the penalty otherwise I would pass for somebody else.

It's always pressure to take a pen, doesn't matter if it's against City, or another team. It's always pressure to take the pens.

I have respect for Pep and what he won, and what he did for football because he changed some mentalities in football.

At Sporting I have found the trust and I am at home. I had the chance to come and I immediately picked it up.

At Old Trafford you warm up with nobody in the stands, you hear nothing in the tunnel, and then you enter the pitch and you hear an incredible noise.

I have a lot of players I like to see. For example, in my first few years, the player I think is the one everyone liked and always will like is Ronaldinho. For me, he is the player with the capacity to take you and put you in front of the TV, and you will stay for hours. For hours!

When Cristiano burst on to the scene here in Manchester, he spent a good chunk of his early career here and enjoyed so much success. That's why it was a dream of mine to play for Manchester United and I'm very pleased to be here because it's a childhood dream come true.

People will always complain about everything.

I looked at Manchester with more interest when Cristiano was here because it's normal when you have Portuguese players in some teams, you look at them more than other teams.

In Portugal, you couldn't always find Premier League kits, and if you could, they were really expensive.

Yes, it was my dream to play in the Premier League and fortunately for me my dream is also to play for Manchester United.

Pressure always has to be present in our day-to-day and we have to be under pressure to improve every day.

There are those who say that defeats teach a lot, but also learning to win is not bad.

I was really good, I had a coach who said to me, 'If you want to be a top player, you will need to play as a central defender. If you want to be a good player, you will be a midfielder.' I think he was wrong but, maybe as a central defender, I could be much better, I don't know!

I played central defender for the most part when I started playing football, either central defence or right-back.

I find it hard to define myself.

I'm a person who demands a lot from myself and always want more and to do better.

I think everyone knows what it means to play a derby - it doesn't matter which derby it is.

My target is to score the most goals I can and assist my team-mates to score to.