Quotes About Football

Anything from 1-0 to 2-0 would be a nice result.

I hope I can retire at Atletico Madrid.

The players from Real will laugh at me, but I am a fan of Central, and that is why I could never play for Newell's. So, I tell the fans of Central to keep up their hope for me - I have always wanted to retire there.

I was just too young to retire as a 52-year-old. I didn't want to be going out of football after loving it so much.

I'm going to retire as an Eagle.

I'm going to return to Barca.

It's clear that I will not be returning to Barca.

We almost need a revolution in the culture of our thinking about football.

When I heard Klopp wanted me, I was really excited because it felt like a huge reward after everything I'd been through, and also because I know how hard the manager works for success.

No other industry appears to reward failure more than football's managerial merry-go-round.

Everybody wants to play in Europe, and if you're in the rhythm of playing a game every three or four days, sometimes you can play better, even though it's harder at the end of the season.

Coming out of high school, Ricky Town was the dude. He was going to SC; I was going to UCLA. He was No. 1 in the country; I was No. 2.

I was content playing Arena football. If a better opportunity hadn't come along, they would've had to throw me out of the league to get rid of me.

Football can do nothing about getting rid of racism. Society can.

The truth is that those at the top of British football do not care about getting rid of racism, they just don't want to hear it or see it.

Get rid of the Continental Cup. Get rid of it, make more league fixtures.

There are challenges in front of you that you face all the time in football. You ride through and come out the other end.

For me, good football is not about how many skills you show or how many players you beat. It's about making the right decision every time you have the ball.

Obviously you have to trust the VAR to make the right decision.

I'm happy being at City. I wanted to go to Porto before but my father said that coming here we would have a great future. It was the right decision.

As soon as Jose Mourinho was given the job, I knew that he was the right man for Manchester United.

It's difficult to get success in football - you have to be in the right team at the right moment.

Football is just like life. You have to manage adversity all the time. You have to do the right things and be ready for the moment.

When I was playing football, I was offered little parts in movies, but I always said 'No, thanks.' It didn't seem to be the right time.