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736 Footballer Quotes

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!

Arsenal Barcelona Birthplace Champions
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In England, footballers are respected more, the game is more noble, there's less cheating. Every Spaniard who goes loves it - and comes back a better player. If I had ever left, it would have been to England.

Back Been Better Better Player
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I'd love to play at Wembley. It's special for Barca - and for everyone in football.

Everyone Football Love Play
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I spend the entire 90 minutes looking for space on the pitch. I'm always between the opposition's two holding midfielders and thinking, 'The defence is here, so I get the ball and I go there to where the space is.

Always Ball Between Defence
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In football, the result is an impostor. You can do things really, really well but not win. There's something greater than the result, more lasting - a legacy.

Football Greater Lasting Legacy
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There are two types of football - there's physical football and football talent.

Football Physical Talent Two
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There are a lot of teams that don't want to play, that only want to defend against Barcelona, and that makes it difficult. We're always looking for the open space. A lot of times we'll face six defenders and four midfielders.

Against Always Barcelona Defend
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I think Barcelona and the Spanish national team have been good for soccer because there are a lot of teams that come up playing from the back: with the goalie, the defense, moving up a defender to midfield, playing attacking soccer. I think fans want to see that. They want to see beautiful soccer, a spectacle, and Barcelona does that.

Attacking Back Barcelona Beautiful
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I like to read the papers. I make my living from football, and I like to know what's going on.

Football Going Know Like
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It will be difficult to finish my career here. I don't know if I am going to end it at Barcelona, although I would like to. I don't know what is going to happen.

Although Am Barcelona Career
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Like so many of the players, I started at La Masia at the age of 11. I can't ever imagine not playing for Barcelona, let alone not playing soccer for a career. I don't ever want to play anywhere else.

Age Alone Anywhere Anywhere Else
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I don't actually watch many shows. I will either watch movies or football. I enjoy to watch games in the Premier League and will also watch movies a lot as well. That is how I relax.

Actually Also Either Enjoy
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Ibiza is a popular vacation place for a lot of the players in Spain. If you go in the summer, there are some of the world's most famous movie and music stars, so nobody cares about soccer players.

About Cares Famous Go
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I've no regrets at all, but I still think at times that I would have loved to play in England. You live football over there; it's a great culture. People respect you more; it's more difficult to find respect in Spain. There is more criticism here.

Criticism Culture Difficult England
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Talent without working hard is nothing.
Talent Working Hard Nothing
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I seem to be like a hero to people, it's crazy.

Hero People Crazy Like
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Trophies are good, but saving somebody who could die, giving them hope of a life, that means a lot to me.

Trophies Good Hope Life
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I know words sometimes have consequences, but I try to choose the correct words every time.

Know Time Consequences Correct
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Every situation has changed me as a person.
Changed Every Me Person
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I'm a very stubborn person. I think it has helped me over my career. I'm sure it has hindered me at times as well, but not too many times. I know that if I set my mind to do something, even if people are saying I can't do it, I will achieve it.

Achieve Career Even Helped
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Always have something to look forward to.

Always Forward Look Something
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People look at my tattoos, and the majority of them are religious images, so people think, 'Oh, he must be very religious'. I respect all religions, but I'm not a deeply religious person. But I try and live life in the right way, respecting other people.

Deeply He Images Life
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My parents have been there for me, ever since I was about 7.

About Been Ever Me
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Alex Ferguson is the best manager I've ever had at this level. Well, he's the only manager I've actually had at this level. But he's the best manager I've ever had.

Actually Alex Best Ever
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Tom Cruise, he's a lot more famous than me.

Cruise Famous He Lot
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The buzz is still with me. I get goose bumps.

Bumps Buzz Get Goose
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Being at a club that supported me meant a lot.

Being Club Lot Me
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Nothing amazes me anymore.
Amazes Anymore Me Nothing
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I am happier now than I have ever been.

Am Been Ever Happier
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I like nice clothes, whether they're dodgy or not.

Clothes Like Nice Whether
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I love little kids looking up to me, young players looking up to me, respecting me.

I Love Kids Little Little Kids
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We stay as a team. I might be England captain, but that doesn't mean I get treated differently.

Captain Differently England Get
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There's room for boys' and girls' football in the world-that's what I believe.

Believe Boy Football Girl
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When you have kids you do grow up. I have just started realising it now-it changes the world, having children.

Changes Children Grow Grow Up
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I've felt a little tired, but I'm only 24. I love playing football. That's my job and that's what I love doing.

Doing Felt Football I Love
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My private life is perfect. If your private life and your life outside football is good, then it is good on the field for you.

Field Football Good Life
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Everyone's been so quick to say that I'm really thick or I haven't got a brain. People will think whatever they want to think.

Been Brain Everyone Got
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We've been asked to do 'Playboy' together, me and Victoria, as a pair. I don't think I'll ever go naked, but I'll never say never.

Asked Been Ever Go
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I have got this obsessive compulsive disorder where I have to have everything in a straight line, or everything has to be in pairs.

Compulsive Disorder Everything Got
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With United, we'd all grown up together, we all wanted to win the biggest trophy in football. We did it togther.

Biggest Did Football Grown
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I love scoring goals for England and playing for England. That's one of the reasons I didn't retire - I love playing for my country.

Country England Goals Love Playing
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I wasn't as fit as I would of liked to have been, going to the World Cup, but I'm not sure what difference that made.

Been Cup Difference Fit
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Kids can have great passion and great ability but if you have the facilities for your particular sport that can give you the inspiration to become a sportsman.

Ability BecomGive Great Inspiration
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Throughout my career I have been pretty successful, I've played for some pretty big teams, represented my country quite a few times, and played for managers without sentiment.

Been Big Career Country
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I have always found it an honor that people have wanted to buy my shirt and an honor that fans turn up to watch the team I am playing in. I have always found that a huge honor.

Always Am Buy Fans
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Life is difficult in Africa, even getting three square meals.

Africa Difficult Even Getting
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You have good footballers coming out of Africa, West Africa, but they are not on the level that Eto'o played.

Africa Coming Footballers Good
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We have partnered with hospitals. We do check-ups. We talk to the parents - we educate them - and at the same time, we take the kids to other countries for operations. The goal of the foundation is to build our own cardiac hospitals in Africa, starting in Nigeria.

Africa Build Countries Educate
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I am called a legend, and people see me as one, but because of that, I don't think I should have to hide at home and only go on holidays, drink champagne, and watch TV. I am somebody that wants to impact onto people's lives.

Because Champagne Drink Hide
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Our dream is to build a hospital in Nigeria and four other countries in Africa.
Africa Build Countries Dream
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