Quotes About Competition

When I was little, I always watched the Premier League with my brother. It was, it is, very attractive: a nice football to play, one that could fit my characteristics and personality well.

Obviously the leagues are different. The Premier League is much more competitive than the Dutch league.

The position as a striker is the hardest one in the Premier League. If you look at some top, top strikers, even they struggle to score goals here.

It is harder to win Premier League games playing 4-4-2 without having players of the quality the top teams have.

There are so many great players in the Premier League and of course the big teams are always the favourites, but the teams below them also play good football. The mixture of foreign and English players works really well.

You don't appreciate the level of the Premier League until you are there.

I won two Premier League championships, I played a lot - I won a championship with the Brazil team too.

Of course the Premier League has the most top level players in the world. But the Chinese guys are very good.

If you want to build a good team, you need to spend a lot of money, especially in the Premier League.

You only get half a chance sometimes against these big boys in the Premier League.

I firmly believe that the Premier League is the best league in the world, and when Norwich came in for me, I made the step because I believe that Norwich can kick on again.

To play for a team in the Premier League would be amazing and that's what I am going for.

The atmosphere in England is absolutely amazing and I'd be delighted to play in the Premier League.

I'm not going to say the Dutch league is naive but they all play to win. In the Premier League, you have teams with a different idea.

The Premier League is probably the best in the world so if you have a lot of players who play well there, it's normal that they are going to grow as players.

For me it is good to win, to win the Premier League is a dream for me.

Managing in the Premier League isn't something I am fearful of.

I don't think the bottom beats the top very often in the Premier League, if ever.

Premier League players are a lot cleverer, but they don't like being roughed up. They're not used to that.

You sit on the bench in the Premier League for one week, you could be playing for the rest of the season if the No. 1 at that time had a bad game.

I went from Chelsea to Fulham - two Premier League teams at the time - and was sitting on the bench for the Europa League and Premier League and you don't think it is going to finish.

It is more difficult for any coach to work in the Premier League than any other league. You can lose or win against any team.

When things go wrong it is magnified 10 times more in the Premier League.

There's plenty of points to play for in the Premier League.