Quotes About Soccer

I love Forlan. He runs a lot, shoots with both feet, puts pressure on and he is intelligent and fast.

I'm not going to score if I'm out near the corner flag.

The scoreline is a bit flattering really.

It's flattering to be linked to Barcelona: it means you're playing well.

I remember for my Champions League debut against Anderlecht, my dad flew 27 hours to reach that game and he was crying all 95 minutes!

I have always followed Scottish football quite closely.

I never had any doubts. I wanted MLS. I'd followed it on TV, and I liked it. And being able to play in New York did the rest. I don't know if I would have accepted an offer from any other city.

I have been a Barca fan since I was a child and followed them since they had Romario, Rivaldo and Ronaldo.

I was following Marseille and looking up to my compatriot playing there, Didier Drogba, and my team was Marseille.

I saw that Cristiano Ronaldo has scored more than 360 goals because he has a great right foot, but a left foot just as powerful.

There are few players who play on their natural foot as a winger.

Maradona, if the ball came from his right, he would turn and would use his left foot, because he did not use his right. But he did use his right hand.

I've always wanted to be a top footballer since I was young.

I want to win the Champions League, which is a dream for all footballers, for a second time.

For Birmingham, I scored four on my debut. It's not bad. First one was a tap-in; it set me up nice for the day, and I think I got a hat-trick in 13 minutes. So obviously I was cruising, then got one in the second half and came off!

I do not forecast playing until 38 or 39.

I want to defend well first and foremost but I like to get forward and want to help there too.

I'm a defender first and foremost, and if I'm playing right centre-half, I am even more of a defender than the wing-backs.

I was a fan of Henk Groot, former striker of Ajax, who scored many goals with his head. I thought, 'I can do that also,' but I couldn't.

You put a lot of pressure on your defenders to be able to hold the fort when you go forward.

I have always thought if there is a game, and there have been a lot of fouls on me, then I have been playing well for the team, so that means we're having a good match. You can win a free-kick when there's a foul, and that's a chance to score a goal.

If someone makes contact with you, it is a foul, and you are going to go down.

In all my time in England, I have never come up against a fragile Man United team.

The level here in England is much higher than in France.