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Quotes About Competition

When you face Spain it's not a normal friendly.
~ Giorgio Chiellini
In Spain, we always talk about Madrid and Barca for the title and that is normal because they are the two teams with the most history.
~ Robert Pires
If you play in France, Spain or Italy it is not the same football, especially when you play in England. Every game is very difficult.
~ Robert Pires
Sometimes you have an exceptional international team, such as Spain in 2010, but club football is better.
~ Marco van Basten
I came to Spain to play and get more time on the pitch.
~ Andreas Pereira
I'm sad to have left Spain because in my opinion LaLiga is an exceptional, unique and extraordinary league.
~ Christian Vieri
At 17... I went to the second division in Spain, played a lot of minutes, and we actually won that league.
~ Jose Calderon
If I didn't think I could win the World Championship I would go and play golf badly in Spain.
~ Jimmy White
The Scottish league was good for me to get fully fit, but my goal was always to play in England or Spain because I consider those two competitions to be the best in the world.
~ John Guidetti
It has been very good playing here at a high level in Spain, in La Liga, every week. I get to train and focus hard for the games and, for me, it has been very good.
~ Andreas Pereira
In Spain, we have a pretty good league - for me, I think it's the second-best league in the world. They play tough there, they play aggressive. The big difference is that we play only one game a week in Spain, maybe two.
~ Ricky Rubio
I ate 18 spam fritters in one sitting at Farnham Common junior school in some sort of popularity contest.
~ Zoe Ball
Korea achieved economic development in a short span of time, which is why competition can be more intense here than in other countries.
~ HoYeon Jung
I want to invite the mainstream into my world and to my sound and to what I'm doing. And I want mainstream artists to respect me and accept Latino artists as equals without us having to sing in English. I want them to know that I can compete globally, with whomever, in Spanish.
~ J Balvin
I like many things in English football - everyone lives and breathes it here. Of course, that doesn't mean I don't like Spanish football.
~ Julen Lopetegui
In England, the referees don't call many fouls, as opposed to Spanish football. Consequently, you must be really strong all through the 90 minutes.
~ Diego Costa
Finally a Spanish girl can play on grass.
~ Garbine Muguruza
Spanish League is very tough, especially away matches.
~ Luka Modric
For me, the Bundesliga is a stronger competition than the English and Spanish leagues.
~ Thomas Muller
My wish is that soccer in the U.S. become on the same level like the Premier League, Spanish league, or the Bundesliga.
~ Bastian Schweinsteiger
I really like the Spanish league and find it attractive.
~ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
If you analyze the German league, the Spanish league, the Italian league, there are two or three teams that stand out above the rest, and the other teams have a regular level.
~ Gerardo Martino
It's difficult to beat German teams. They don't play as attractively as, for example, you have it in the English league or in the Spanish league. But to break a German team is not very easy.
~ Louis van Gaal
I have watched and coached in the Spanish League.
~ Jupp Heynckes