Quotes About Football

At Napoli, the greatest player of all time played here - Diego Armando Maradona. The fans expect the best, and quality players.

Diego Costa is Diego Costa. He scores goals. He is an animated character and he is a big personality.

It's always a battle to play against Diego Costa.

Personally, I always think that players like Diego Forlan are fantastic.

Diego Simeone, the coach from Atletico Madrid, was a very strong player as a midfielder.

Maradona, yes! Diego was very fast, with good skills and brilliant dribbling. Many players are fast but cannot control the ball, but he was amazing.

Diego Simeone is a great manager.

The Chargers are a huge San Diego asset.

What differences were there between Maradona and Platini?

I'm trying to know every part of London, to improve my English and enjoy the football. On my days off, I go to different parts of the city.

There were guys from different parts of the country, and absolutely I heard, 'Why are you playing football?' You just didn't see a Gonzalez out there or any kind of Latin name.

I break down the tape like I'm a quality-control coach, just like I was with the Packers in 1992. I break it down by hand, every play.

My earliest memories of football were watching and being taught about the legends. Hearing about the likes of Diego Maradona and Pele and watching them on VHS tapes.

When, as a player, you have dreamed of playing at the highest level, it's normal that it gets your attention to be linked as a target as a possible addition to important clubs in the world.

I used to show my emotions too much. I had to get rid of that because the opposition would notice and start to target me. If I did something wrong, I would take it out on myself, but it is important in football to concentrate for 90 minutes.

If I'm going to work in Holland I would like to have more of a chance to do something in the league, because a Europa League place might be slightly easier to target than in England.

We are Bayern. We have the highest standards, and always want to win everything, so the Champions League is a very big target.

I know my game is about trying to get past players and I know that if a bad tackle is coming my way, I have to jump or push my body out in front, but this is football. If they try to foul and target me, then I'm doing something good.

When I signed for Tottenham, my target was to get 10 starts.

I think there was a time where the target man went out of fashion and it was all about the small and quick striker.

The Champions League has always been a target of mine. I do want to play at the top.

The Premier League is my main target.

If you play for Liverpool, for such a big club, it is always the target: it has to be always to win silverware.

The target is to be competitive, enjoy our football, make a great team performance, and to show the face of Tottenham.