Quotes About Football

Ronaldinho is the best. I just like the joy and the love he has when he plays, it just shines for everyone else to see. He always does something nobody expects him to do. I think that's really cool, that creativity you don't find anywhere else.

I would say Neymar is my favourite young player. I love the way that he plays.

A club that plays in the Champions League is the goal, but I don't have a particular one in mind.

I'm just going to go play football - fly around and make some plays. That's all that matters.

Cristiano Ronaldo is a player who often plays on the left side and moves between the lines.

By the time I was 10 years old, my entire life was football. Training, reading, watching, even playing football on PlayStation. I was totally focused on it. I especially loved the creative players - the maestros.

You do not always have to play in the Camp Nous and the Old Traffords and with pleasant climates. It's different experiences that you take in... that's also a part of football.

I'm very pleased to play for Manchester United. I want to hep the team get into the Champions League.

English clubs should not be pleased to go to places like Barcelona and get away without a thrashing. They should be able to compete. They have the resources.

It's quite difficult to explain, but I really enjoyed playing against Arsenal, and I'm really pleased that we had great results against them during my career.

When Cristiano burst on to the scene here in Manchester, he spent a good chunk of his early career here and enjoyed so much success. That's why it was a dream of mine to play for Manchester United and I'm very pleased to be here because it's a childhood dream come true.

I've come to Milan because I think I can play; otherwise, I wouldn't have come here. I'm pleased they were interested in me.

I've been satisfied with everything since I arrived at Barca, and I'm pleased with the players' attitude.

The French league is clearly developing. It is really pleasing to see. Paris, for me, is above everyone else in France. When they come for you, it is always attractive.

It is a pleasure when I get to captain PSG.

I've learnt and I just want to be respected for what I've achieved on the pitch. I know I haven't achieved much off it but I do know I've given pleasure to people watching me play football over the years.

With goal-line technology, there are plenty of results that could be changed.

I've been in football a long time now and I've seen plenty of managers and players come and go. It is part and parcel of the game.

When I played for Barcelona, I knew that some home games were going to be easier than some others, as the team had plenty of confidence. That confident mentality helped Barcelona players win games.

I can see that the UAE is growing a lot as a football country, and there is plenty of opportunity to keep going and improve.

You set out to be a footballer, when you're young, and you think I'd love to do that. There's plenty of things along the way that could change that, and it's the same thing now with being a manager, it's time will tell how it goes.

My head coach in Minnesota, Dennis Green, loved wideouts with plenty of size.

When I do pack it in, there's plenty for me to do down in Cornwall. There are some decent local teams, like Bodmin, that I'd like to go and watch.

Maradona? You couldn't match him, but you could learn a lot from him. I did not play much, but I did learn plenty from him at Napoli. He was the best striker in the world and I was so lucky to have played with him. Some of the things he used to do you couldn't even dream about. It was absurd.