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Quotes About Barcelona

In Europe, I always say that Barcelona and Real Madrid are the ones to look out for.
~ Samuel Eto'o
I never hid my move to Real Madrid was almost done... my fate changed, and I arrived at Barcelona instead.
~ Dani Alves
England is the biggest league in the world. Of course, you have Barcelona and Real Madrid but, as a league, England is in my opinion the best in the world.
~ Ryan Babel
As a player, you'd rather be up against Barcelona, Real Madrid, or Bayern. Big clubs. Great atmosphere. Real excitement.
~ Lothar Matthaus
Al Ain are among the absolute best in Asia. When explaining their place in football in this part of the world, they are compared with Barcelona or Real Madrid.
~ Marcus Berg
As a Cule, I always want Real Madrid to lose.
~ Jordi Alba
I was in Barcelona working with Shakira, and it was an amazing experience. She's a great artist, and I learned a lot while working with her.
~ Maluma
Playing for Barcelona's academy was a very important time for me and my career, as I learned a great deal here.
~ Mauro Icardi
Coutinho is a great player, he will help Barcelona to reach their goals.
~ Paulinho
In England there's a lot of money to create a great team like Barcelona.
~ Marco van Basten
I have always kept in mind the advice of Ronaldinho, and he spoke wonders of Barcelona and the city, which he told me is marvellous.
~ Neymar
To me, doing the Olympics in 1992 in Barcelona for NBC, just seeing the Dream Team take the floor, was a thrill for me. I don't think there was another team in any sport with that high level of athletes playing together.
~ Marv Albert
What does he do for a living? Is he retired?" "He took early retirement as a professor at the University of Barcelona after his wife died. He's writing some kind of history book." "Okaay. And is this the real deal, long term,
~ Sandra Hill
If I lived across the street from this place, I'd quit my job and just hang out here all day, until all the money was gone. Quimet & Quimet is a four-generations-old tapas bar in the El Poble-Sec neighborhood of Barcelona, which relies heavily on that Catalonian tapas bar staple of canned food.
~ Anthony Bourdain
You feel like half of your life is a vacation when you go to these Barcelona music festivals and have all day to sound check or go to the pool.
~ Hamilton Leithauser
England really is the birthplace, the heart and soul of football. If Barcelona had Liverpool's fans, or Arsenal's, or United's, we'd have won 20 Champions Leagues, hahaha!
~ Xavi
On a ruinous wall I came upon a poster dating from the previous year and announcing that 'six handsome bulls' would be killed in the arena on such and such a date. How forlorn its faded colours looked. Where were the handsome bulls and the handsome bull-fighters now? It appeared that even in Barcelona there were hardly any bullfights nowadays - for some reason all the best matadors were Fascists.
~ George Orwell
It appeared that even in Barcelona there were hardly any bullfights nowadays; for some reason all the best matadors were Fascists.
~ George Orwell
Frederica tells the park-keepers that Lufra is a purebred Barcelona collie. Alverstoke catches on and says No, Frederica! I TOLD you--it is a HOUND, from Baluchistan! She: Oh, you might have mentioned it was from ASIA! Very remote; the dog had to be smuggled out because the natives were hostile.
~ Georgette Heyer
Barcelona is the best education possible. Training with Messi is something I will never forget - he was always the last off the pitch and working incredibly hard in the gym. If he is the best player in the world and works so hard, who are we? You can have all the crazy talent but you need to work.
~ Adama Traore
Since I've lived in Barcelona, I've played a bit of padel, so maybe I'll become World Champion at that - joking, of course!
~ Toni Duggan
For me, Barca was where I grew up since I was tiny, from eight years old.
~ Hector Bellerin
I still have to work on my cardio because I get tired very quickly. At Barcelona, I have a better lifestyle. At Dortmund, I didn't have a great lifestyle, and I didn't get injured, so it's not that.
~ Ousmane Dembele
I've been lucky enough to play for the Spanish national team and Barcelona, two sides who've shown that you can play good, attractive possession football and win major titles.
~ Carles Puyol