Quotes About Buffon

Buffon has been a star from the moment he began his senior career with Parma.

It is true I know Buffon well, but I didn't change my style of taking penalties because of that.

I am always pleased to talk about Buffon. He is an extraordinary player, a professional with values.

Buffon argued that the New World was just that: new. This adjective brought with it positive connotations of potential, excitement, energy, but it also implied lack of maturity, development, and sophistication, a view that Europeans have shared about America to this very day. Rather

Go! Go! Go! Go!' said that officer, with an expression as though he considered our Cap an individual of the animal kingdom whom neither Buffon nor any other natural philosopher had ever classified, and who, as a creature of unknown habits, might sometimes be dangerous.

If I could wish to steal anyone's attributes whose would it be? Good question. Maybe not a specific attribute, but if I could replicate the longevity of Buffon's career I'd be a happy man.

Buffon is fearless and has no obvious weaknesses. He has been outstanding for Juventus and was one of Italy's most important players at the 2006 World Cup finals in Germany, where they were victorious, but what is amazing is that he has been playing like that for years. He never seems to make a mistake.

Truly, Buffon was the father of all thought in natural history in the second half of the 18th century.

There is so much I admire about Buffon. His longevity is remarkable, his loyalty to Juventus impeccable.

For Buffon, I hear he trains less on the field, and he is more focused on keeping his muscles strong.

Buffon's observations found surprisingly eager support among other writers, especially those whose conclusions were not complicated by actual familiarity with the country.

Buffon found himself threatened with excommunication for expressing it. A practical man, he apologized at once for his thoughtless heresy, then cheerfully repeated the assertions throughout his subsequent writings.

Montesquieu had the style of a genius; Buffon, the genius of style.