Quotes About Football

I am never going to be manager of Barcelona or Arsenal because I am so identified with Tottenham and Espanyol.

You love football because of the game, not because of some idiot who is going to shout at your from across the street.

There are a lot of players that I wanted to play with, but I always wanted to play with Ronaldinho. He's been always my idol, I am a fan of his.

Ronaldinho is the biggest idol in football for me. I like him a lot.

My idol has always been Thierry Henry.

George Best was my idol. I got a chance to meet him once.

It's true that when I started out, I was more a fan of attacking players and one in particular: the Brazilian Ronaldo, Ronaldo Luis Nazario de Lima. Another of my idols was Claudio Caniggia, an Argentinian forward with long hair, who I liked a lot. It's because of him that I started to grow my hair long!

Ronaldinho - he was one of my idols.

If I could choose anywhere in Brazil, the club I'd play for is Palmeiras.

I always wanted to play abroad, but Ill admit I didnt think it would be Australia.

At the start it felt strange to wear the Chelsea shirt, because I had never imagined I would leave Barca.

I want to go somewhere where I can be completely immersed in football, and it's not too much about anything but winning - I want to be a part of winning culture, where you feel that all the time. That's all I want.

I think at some point during the course of the game, I will have an impact - whether it's blocking or whether it's catching the football.

I think people in China like to see R&F and how we play. I think it's a very important part of football that the fans enjoy coming to the game.

The memories obviously of playing with Maradona are fantastic memories, he's probably the most important part of my career.

I have played with important people, important players like Ibrahimovic.

I adapt my idea of football to my players, not adapt my players in my idea of football. It's important because there are others players that must play. The players are the most important things in football. I adapt my idea within my players.

For me, family and football are the most important things. They are in the same level.

I want to improve as a football player, but even more importantly, I really want to improve as a person.

For me dialogue is as essential in football as in life. I like to talk to my players and I never impose anything, I always give them the chance to make their own choices.

I want to impose myself at Bayern. I want become an important player for the club and for the team. I want to be a regular member of the side.

Not so many Armenian players are given the chance to play in the Champions League, and this is really important for me, because I want to do everything to impress the children who are watching me playing.

David Beckham has never impressed me.

Each of my clubs made an impression on me, but Arsenal was special.