Quotes About Football

In college, I was making a lot of presnap reads. It was much easier.

Getting through the reads in an efficient manner. I don't want to stay on receivers too long to where a bad decision is made.

It's not about tippy-tappy, namby-pamby football. It's a battle, and we have to be ready for it.

Money plays an important role in football, but it is not the dominating factor. When Chelsea play a Carling Cup game in a small city, and it could result in a draw - the excitement, the spirit, the atmosphere - that's the real beauty of football in England.

I was playing college football, and I hurt my knee very badly my senior year, and I didn't want to get a real job.

The rivalry between Real Madrid and Barcelona is very big.

Obviously, there are many clubs that make me dream, like Real Madrid or Barcelona.

Juventus will never be like Real Madrid or Barcelona because its history and playing style speak for itself.

Where do you go from Real Madrid that's better? There's one or two clubs up there but none better.

Real Madrid are the biggest club in the world. They are a cut above Bayern.

Real Madrid? I don't have any nostalgia or bitterness.

It's normal that there's pressure at Real Madrid.

At Real Madrid there is always pressure to win.

For a player it's an amazing experience to be at Real Madrid. I matured a lot there, principally as a person.

I want to go to a club like Real Madrid, Barcelona, Chelsea, Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain, or Bayern Munich.

I am much more grateful and linked to Real Madrid than to Barcelona.

I never said I wanted to move to Real Madrid. If I did, I would have said so publicly.

When I left Porto, I knew that I wanted to return to Real Madrid and play.

It's not easy to beat Real Madrid convincingly at home.

At the derbies between Real Madrid and Barcelona there is a great atmosphere.

For me, Real Madrid are just like any other club, like Barcelona, Milan, Bayern Munich, or Inter. Just another big club.

I had the good luck to have the experience of training with fantastic football players like Cristiano Ronaldo, Ozil, Modric, and I also played for Real Madrid B. That was a fantastic experience because it was my first international experience as a football player and taught me a lot as a football player.

My childhood dream? To play at Real Madrid. In 2014, before he died, I promised my grandfather who was from Avila, 110 kilometers from Madrid, that I would play there. It will be complicated, but it sits in a corner of my head.

Pepe has had an impeccable career at Real Madrid and in football and whatever he does will be looked on well by us.