Quotes About Football

The history of Juventus have always been a bit like this: they do well in Serie A and struggle in Europe.

My dad is a fan of football, too, and did a good job of making me understand the history of football.

I played with great teammates like Ronaldinho and Messi. I think they are two of the greatest players in the history of football.

Xavi is one of the best players in the history of football.

Of course Cristiano - what he has done over the last 15 years in football - is probably one of the best players ever in the history of football, so no comparison to him.

Dominating the midfield is the most important thing in modern football. To succeed, you have to be good at everything.

Real Madrid is the most important thing that happened to me, both as a footballer and as a person.

It makes me very happy when I create goals or score goals myself, but the most important thing is that the team reaches its goal and plays positive football.

The most important thing for me is that I get regular first team action.

The most important and the better feeling in football, for me, is scoring a goal.

The most important thing is to be a midfielder first, not scoring goals. You have to make the game, make an assist for the team, and if you can score, it's a plus for the team.

The most important thing for me was talking to players like Xavi, Andres Iniesta and Javier Mascherano - they would tell me about the life away from football. All I wanted to do was play football but they explained how important everything is away, how you prepare and live your life.

With the club now in administration and concern about where the money for land sale has gone, I know there are huge commercial difficulties to be resolved, but I hope that football will once again become the most important issue.

The one thing I learnt going to Italy was there's no real change in how the game should be played, but how players look after themselves.

I'm a very private person, and you have a lot of people looking into your personal life, away from football. That's the one thing that I don't like, but I always remember how lucky we are that we're playing football.

The one thing disappointing I had coming out of college was not playing in the Rose Bowl.

The one thing I learned early on as a football player is people have their opinions, and I can't change them. But I can show them what they're missing.

I've played football my entire life, all over the world, and the one thing I've learned is that the important thing is to enjoy your work.

The one thing you have an advantage of as an offensive player is the snap count.

The one thing I'll never do is I'll never jeopardize my preparation. I'll never jeopardize any time or energy or efforts that need to be put into my preparation to play football.

I just think to be a manager you've got to live and breathe and have this incredible enthusiasm for football, the whole thing. And while I love the game, and it's been a large part of my life, it's not the only thing in my life.

People think racist abuse stops on the football pitch, but that's just the beginning. When you go home, you are still confronted with it. Football is just a magnifying glass of the real world.

Before, I would spend all my hours at training, come home, sleep, eat, watch football, sleep, and go back to training the next day. Now I do the school run, train, pick up my daughter. I am living in the real world. I am a father now. That has given me more satisfaction than football.

I mean, let's be honest: the right thing was for me to come be a Baltimore Raven. That was the best thing that could happen to me for my professional career.