Quotes About Champions League

I hope Milan will become the model to follow for Italian teams - it would mean that we had gone far in the Champions League!

If you're a talented player, and you're 20 years old, you should be playing in the UEFA Champions League or in the elite European teams like AC Milan, Juventus, or Chelsea.

The Champions League is very difficult - there are so many big teams in Europe, and one bad day, and you can be out.

It is really nice to play in the Champions League, because we play against the best teams and the best competition in Europe.

Any player would like to play in the Champions League and progress, that's what I've based my whole career on.

When I was young, I told my parents, 'I promise you I'm going to play in the Champions League, and for my first match, I'll invite you to come and watch me play.' Luckily, I was able to do that, and I was very happy. It was a moment of pride.

I think to reach a Champions League final isn't easy, whether it's in Europe or Asia.

When you have the chance to play a Champions League final, you have to win it.

I don't think a lot of players reach a Champions League final. If you look at how many goalkeepers in the league reach a Champions League final, I don't know.

I remember my first Champions League final in 1996: Juventus-Ajax. That's the clearest memory from my childhood.

It seems to be a big thing to people that a Scottish player is going to play in the Champions League final, but hopefully that will become a more regular thing.

My worst moment in football was losing that Champions League final to Barca in Rome.

In a Champions League final you have to do your basics well but also be able to go above and beyond.

You wanted me to do what? That I say no a second time to Barcelona? It was impossible for me. I'm in a crazy club there, next to the best. Every year, the club is semi-finalist or finalist of the Champions League!

You want to play in finals, and they don't come much bigger than the Champions League final.

To win the Champions League for a second time or even to have been in three finals and won two of them is a bit special.

There were other propositions, even better financially, but I chose Olympiakos because of the Champions League.

I'm fine at Wolfsburg, and I'm happy to be able to play in the Champions League.

I believe the Champions League has all that magic because it gathers all the best European teams, and that gives you the feeling of trying to be the best. That's why the Champions League has this special kind of emotion.

I hope Dortmund can reach the final of the Champions League again... why not?

The Champions League must not be an objective but instead a dream for us to pursue.

But I think the Champions League Final puts a massive pressure on every player and the manager, but we're enjoying the pressure and hopefully we can go there and win it.

You have to focus more in Serie A, because in the Champions League, focusing happens automatically, as there are not as many matches, and they are all tough.

The Champions League is massive for a football player. There is nothing above it when you're playing for a club.