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736 Footballer Quotes

When I retire, the only thing that concerns me is that no one can say that I was a bad team-mate or disrespectful or self-important.

When Retire Concerns Bad
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I've always been a sad person. I'm a happy person too, but it's a thing in my brain or my spirit or something, I'm just sad and really acutely aware of mortality and loss.

Sad Person Happy Too
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Football is a team sport and not an individual sport. We win as a team, and every individual is better if we are part of the team.
Football Team-sport Individual Win
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I don't know what to say about myself. I don't know myself (laughs). People say my humility but I believe we're all humble in our own way. I try to stay close to my family and friends.

Know Myself People Humility
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I know my statistics have not been the same as in other years but I'm fighting to get back to those statistics.
Statistics Years Fighting Back
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When you have a bad result, you want the next game to come as quickly as possible because a good result will make people forget about the bad result.

Bad Result Next Game
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Liverpool is a fundamental part of my life. They don't remember me that way, but time will change that. I could not have chosen a better place to go when I left Atletico.

Liverpool Fundamental Life Remember
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It's not easy to come somewhere new and have to find your place. You might feel someone doesn't like you, or you might need to find new friends. It's not easy, and I don't like this kind of thing. It's not easy, so you want to protect the players who are alone.

Easy Somewhere New Find
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I was captain in Atletico at 19, playing in the same team as Demetrio Albertini, who won three Champions Leagues, and Sergi Barjuan from Barcelona, who had won everything, and they were 32, 33. I was a kid as captain, so I wasn't the real captain, just a kid learning from them.

Captain Team Won Champions-league
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I like changing my hairstyle, much to my mother's annoyance. It depends on my state of mind.

Changing Hairstyle Annoyance Depends
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When you become an adult you just make that transition and you're right... it's fun and exciting to be an adult and exciting to have independence, but once you're out from under the cover of your family's protection and love, you sort of have to take a step back and come to terms with the fact that you won't really ever have that again in the same way. You'll never be a kid again.

Become Adult Transition Right
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When I get to connect with people, I'm not in my head anymore and I like that, that's nice.

Get Connect People Head
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Fitness is important, but the most important thing is how you adapt and the way you feel physically. To adapt to a new position. To try to change your game.

Fitness Important Adapt Way
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At Liverpool, I had almost everything but titles. I felt like a king, but the team was falling apart.
King Tittle Team Failing-apart
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The songs can be dark, but the adrenaline doesn't really change, regardless of what it is I'm singing, I still have the adrenaline, it's still a high.

Songs Dark Adrenaline Change
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You have to know what club you are playing for, or you just play for yourself. Every time I put on a Liverpool shirt, I know it is more than just a football game.

Club Playing Every time Liverpool
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The live show allows me to transcend myself, because it's not about me anymore. The writing process is very much about me but then the live show is not. They feel really different.

Show Allow Myself Writing
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I want to say thanks to the Chelsea fans because I have seen them very, very happy with me for joining Chelsea.

Thanks Chelsea Have Seen
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It is not the strong one that wins, the one that wins is strong.

Strong Wins
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There's only one possibility: win, draw or loose.

Wins Draws Possibility
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Possession means nothing when the opponent takes its chances
Possession Nothing Opponent Chances
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As someone who played a team sport, I feel a bit uncomfortable being ranked as an individual so high.

Someone Team Sport Feel
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We should not compare humans to God, but Messi is a godly player.

Compare Humans Godly Player
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Penalty shooting is always an uncertain affair because there is a lot of luck involved.

Penalty Always Uncertain Affair
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Messi is a genius. He has everything. When I watch him, I see a player who is very, very skilful, very clever and his left foot is like Diego Maradona's.

Players Everything Watch Skillful
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As a young boy in a new country, you had to make new friends, and that was really difficult.

Boy Country Difficult Friends
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Every season, I want to be the best I can to be Africa's best player. I will do the best I can.

Africa Best Every Player
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The position I am playing at right wing-back, I know I can score goals there.

Goals Know Playing Position
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He scores goals, assists, and he's got everything that you'd ask for in a striker. We, as African players, are all proud of what Didier achieved as a player. The way he holds himself is unbelievable.

Holds Proud Way Goals
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He is a legend - not just Africa and Chelsea but the whole world. Didier is a great player.

Africa Chelsea Great Whole
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I can play on the right, from the left, behind the main striker, or upfront - it depends on where the coach wants me to play.

Behind Coach Depends Left
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As long as I can help the team achieve its objective, then I am happy playing anywhere upfront.

Help Team Happy Achieve
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What I can confirm is that I will always give a 100 per cent for Nigeria like I do at my club.

Always Cent Club Confirm
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I just want to keep on working hard and helping my team-mates out.

Hard Helping Just Keep
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I have always believed in the ability that I have got.

Ability Always Believed Got
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I have always known that I've got the ability to play in a big club like Chelsea.

Ability Always Big Chelsea
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I want to play in every match, score goals when the opportunity presents itself, and help players in good positions to also score goals.

Also Every Goals Good
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My ambition is to contribute my quota to the overall success of the team.

Ambition Contribute Overall Quota
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As a footballer, if you work hard, then everything else falls into place.

Place Falls Else Work
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It is good for a manager to believe in the ability that you've got and give you the confidence to go out and enjoy your football.

Ability Believe Confidence Enjoy
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I have always believed in myself. As a footballer, it is essential to have that belief.

Always Belief Believed Essential
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Above all, I want to be happy, and at Barcelona, I'm happy.
Above Barcelona BeHappy Happy
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Every team going to Brazil 2014 will be there to win, and it's going to be a fiercely contested World Cup.

Brazil Cup Every Fiercely
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I'm a happy guy. I like to joke around. I'm irreverent. I love my family; I love my son. I was very happy with and proud of the birth of my son. I grew up a lot after he was born. I'm just an easy and happy guy.

After Around Birth Born
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I can't be compared to Pele. I need to do so much more to be compared to Pele. Pele is fantastic. And he's unique.

Compared Fantastic He More
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I've always had the greatest respect for and listened to both my father and my mother. I've always tried to follow my parents' advice because these are people who want the best for me.

Advice Always Because Best
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My father has been by my side since I was little. He takes care of things, my finances and my family.

Been Care Family Father
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I will be a World Cup winner.

Cup Will Winner World
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It was a huge thrill to win the Confederations Cup.

Cup Huge Thrill Win
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The Premier League is a championship that amazes me. I like the playing style and the teams.

Amazes Championship League Like
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