Arjen Robben

“Losing drives me mad. It hurts.”

“Even during a sprint, I can occasionally still accelerate. I am so fit that I can accelerate during a acceleration, like making a new start.”

“If you want to play dominant football, you need to get the ball, think fast, and play quick combinations in small spaces.”

“The football in Spain is more about skill and technique. Every team tries to play good football. The physical side, with plenty of running and hard tackling, plays more of a role in the Bundesliga.”

“We have to respect the opponents.”

“David Alaba has a very good left foot. He's scored some good goals and free kicks.”

“In my youth-team days, I was always a left-winger who would stay close to the byline and put crosses in the box, so I could never cut inside and shoot. It was only when I joined Real Madrid and started playing in a more central position, and then on the right wing, that I suddenly realised I had a really dangerous weapon.”

“Every league has its own culture, its own identity, and its own type of football. It's very physical in England, but technical skill comes to the fore in Spain, where everybody wants to play beautiful football. The standards are very high in Germany, too; the teams are physically strong, very disciplined, and very well organised.”

“The Champions League is very difficult - there are so many big teams in Europe, and one bad day, and you can be out.”

“I don't know if referees look at me differently; you'd have to ask them. I hope everybody gets treated the same, but I know that it doesn't always happen.”

“Every game is a new battle.”

“I'm not a diver. I know that.”

“Bayern Munich are a team that absolutely have to play in the Champions League.”

“The best and most important step of my career was when I moved here - and Louis van Gaal brought me from Madrid to Bayern. It was the best move of my career, and it's thanks to him.”

“I went abroad when I was 20, three years at Chelsea, a big club. Then two years at Madrid.”

“After my debut as a pro for Groningen, I was at Eindhoven for two years.”

“It is important that it - sometimes there are clashes between team-mates. We need each other to tell the truth, and this is not always a positive.”

“What I will miss the most about Guardiola? His obsession with the game and his knowledge, which makes you a better football player.”

“In a top team, you always have very big competition between players, and for me, that's not a problem at all.”

“If I ever spat at an opponent, I'd never be able to show my face to my family ever again.”