Quotes About Barcelona

Personally, I would like to face Barcelona in every game because it gives you so much motivation and you learn a lot from it. Pep Guardiola is a really important person in the history of their club. He has a winning mentality and that is fundamental.

He was always brilliant, but when Pep Guardiola started to use him as a 'false' No. 9, he got even better. It's impossible to be more of a footballer than Messi.

Playing for Pep has certainly lived up to the expectations. I knew him from the Bundesliga and saw him coaching Barcelona when everyone saw an excellent manager who is able to get players to improve. He is a great personality and a very nice guy.

When you watch Barcelona play you want to see Lionel Messi score two goals. If he hasn't after 80 minutes you can perhaps get restless.

You never know what the future has in store, but if possible I'd like to hang up my boots at Barcelona.

Some of my worst moments in football have been losing semi-finals, the Barcelona game in 2009 probably more than most. But you have to take it and bounce back.

I already watched Barcelona as a kid, and then, when I was a bit more aware of the game, you had the Guardiola era with all their successes. That turned me into an even bigger fan.

At Barcelona, I had the best players ever, and they helped me to be a successful manager.

When I was back at Barcelona, the boots I wanted to wear were Ronaldinho's. He had those Tiempos, gold and white, and I thought they would suit my style as a quicker player.

My style suits Barcelona's style of play.

Clubs like Manchester United or Barcelona have a system, and then you hire personnel who fit this system.

I've been a Gunner for life. They play similar football to Barcelona. So ball movement and player movement is important to me in basketball; I think I picked it up from watching those guys.

I always remember sitting with my son, Anthony, at Arsenal one night and watching Barcelona during the warm-up. Messi launched this ball miles into the air and then killed it dead with his foot when it came back down. Anthony and I just looked at each other. Normal human beings aren't capable of doing that.

Barcelona has always had calm coaches.

My dream when I was at Barca was to play at Camp Nou and I did - just not wearing the shirt I'd expected when I was little.

At the Barcelona youth academy, I lived right next to Camp Nou, but I spent my days watching movies.

It is very complicated to play here at Camp Nou.

It's not easy playing against Barcelona in the Champions League. They are a club with a lot of history.

Barcelona are always a candidate to win the Champions League.

I'm a professional, so any match against Barcelona in the Champions League is special to me.

It's the Champions League that really gets the Barcelona fans buzzing.

I will always be a Barcelona supporter, no matter what finally happens.

But if there was no Barcelona why would you get out of bed in the morning?

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