quotes by Professional Footballer Quotes

“Do you think I would enter into a contract with that mob? Absolutely no chance. I would not sell them a virus. That is a 'No' by the way. There is no agreement whatsoever between the clubs.”

“I know If I score we're going to win the match.”

“It obviously bothers people when Real Madrid win. It makes them jealous. There isn't a level playing field.”

“I don't like being alone.”

“Anyone who scores a goal will get confidence from it, particularly if you are a striker because you live for goals and assists.”

“The one thing that I really dislike, is being alone.”

“It's very important for me to be distinguished in my own home.”

“The high point of my career was winning the Champions League. No one will ever erase that from my memory, in the same way that no one will ever erase the fact that I did it in a Manchester United shirt.”

“I enjoy been on holidays because you can do whatever you want and people can't say anything to you.”

“Football has always been my passion.”

“When you lose a person you love so much, surviving the loss is difficult.”

“I miss Manchester, especially the apple crumble and custard they served at Carrington after training.”

“Friendship cant end just because you change your life.”

“Today there are opportunities that no one knows if they will come round again in the future.”

“He is as tough as anything. You can crack him once, but he won't let it bother him. He's back on his feet in no time and getting on with it. He is a strong character and a great sight when he's heading for goal.”

“Dreams are not what you see in your sleep, dreams are things which do not let you sleep.”

“We are professionals and, if the boss chooses eleven players to enter the field, these are the ones who have to work.”

“When you are nominated for the best player in Europe, the Ballon d'Or, playing in the Champions League, there is so much pressure. You don't know what will happen. This pressure is inside you - you always have it.”

“When I first signed at Anfield, I was asked what my feeling was and I said, for it to be perfect, I had to play in a full stadium to have that even more special feeling.”

“I was always very small, especially at the beginning when I between 10 and 14.”

“It's special to have the Kop sing my name.”

“To be honest, there are no problems between me and Messi. People have their own opinions about who they think is the better player. It is what it is, but there is no rivalry beyond games and what happens on the pitch.”

“Everyone likes winners and when the younger fans look at other countries, they like to see a team that is winning like Man City and Liverpool.”

“I think football is unpredictable, and these are the things we like in this football game. Things can change very quick.”

“In Portugal they used to say the hardest thing is not to arrive but to stay there. So that of course is my target. Now that I have achieved a move to Liverpool I want to be a big influence in this club and that's what I try to do every day.”

“Tuesday will be a tough night for me. It's like to return to the family who have not seen you for a long time. I spent a wonderful time there.”

“I remember when I was maybe around six years old, my dad signed me up for swimming. I'd ask him, crying, whether I could switch to play football instead because it was on at the same time.”

“If we can't help our family, who are we going to help?”

“When Ronaldo gave that little wink everyone interpreted it that he had got his team-mate sent off. You felt then that he would become a much criticised figure. But that's not really what happened. So for him to overcome all of that and emerge as one of the players of the season is quite a remarkable achievement. He is a phenomenal talent. He has tremendous pace, he goes past players and he has added the ability to shoot. He can also pick out team-mates. There is not a lot he cannot do now. I believe his game has improved immeasurably over the past couple of seasons.”

“I still learn, but I think it's the best thing in life to have a kid.”

“We don't want to tell our dreams. We want to show them”

“I've always dreamed to win the Champions League with Real Madrid and we are only one step away to win it”

“I think for all the teams it is important to get the first goal in the game.”

“I want to be remembered as part of the group of the greatest players ever.”

“But I hope to maintain my credibility after I stop playing. Because, yes of course, now I play and I score goals and children all over are mad about me. Not just poor children - all children. We can make them really happy by the way we play, though I have to say that it's the poor ones that I think of most, the ones who can't come and watch the games at the stadium. We mean so much to them. That's why I'm so committed to this work. Later, after you've stopped playing, it's harder to have the same impact. But I will give it a go. I want to continue doing this kind of work for ever.”

“I was always the smallest guy on the pitch, that's never affected me, I'm used to it.”

“Football is always a challenge between us to play in the games, to face different challenges as well.”

“I'm happy of being in Real Madrid ... I've fulfilled my dream.”

“We cannot speak in football in the long-term because everything can happen and a lot of players have gotten in trouble because they speak too early and I don't want to make that mistake.”

“I do not exchange my shirt with ASSASSINS”

“I never promise anything. I don't promise anything to my mum. I don't promise anything to the supporters.”

“Many people look at me and think they know me but they don't at all. This is the real me. I am a humble person, a feeling person. A person who cares about others, who wants to help others.”

“In football, I don't have a lot of friends. The people who I really trust, there are not many... Most of the time, I'm alone.”

“When I was young I was playing in midfield on the left for Gondomar in a 4-3-3. I was always the number eight playing to the left. So I always used my left foot because it was required. I don't know, I just feel that I do certain things better with the left foot.”

“I think sometimes the best training is to rest.”

“Playing a Europa League game behind closed doors was very strange.”

“I'm always trying to be the best, on and off the pitch, is also very important. I've always taken things very seriously, since I was very young, and that's reflected in my career. Always being nominated, winning trophies for the club or individual awards, that's the culmination of many years of dedication, hard work and professionalism and that makes me very happy.”

“Time-wasting is one of the worst things we have in Portugal.”

“No one did what I did last season and for this, I deserve the Golden Boot and why not the best World Player award?”

“Why lie? I'm not going to be a hypocrite and say the opposite of what I think, like some others do.”