Arjen Robben

“I've been playing football for a while, but Guardiola really made me a better player. I was 29 when I started working with him, so I wasn't very young, but if you see the steps I made thanks to him, it shows you what he is capable of doing. Guardiola didn't just put me on the flanks but in other positions as well.”

“I had injuries, but I didn't get them on purpose.”

“I'm always a realist, and I know the world of football is fast-moving.”

“I guess my earliest football memories are of playing in the street and also the little pitches at school. I joined the local football team in my village when I was small, but we would play only once or twice a week. I honed my skills just by playing for fun with friends after school.”

“I just know that I love football,and when I'm on the pitch, I want to win.”

“If Mourinho loses 4-1, he doesn't sleep well.”

“I am not a daydreamer.”

“Football is my life, but my family's health is the most important thing in the world.”

“Every new coach is interesting.”

“As a team, you always need to show something extra in the Champions League.”

“I've achieved everything in my career that I set out to - with the Champions League as the crowning glory.”

“I'm a very explosive player and need everything to be right. I started working with an osteopath the last year I was in Madrid and have stayed with him.”

“Van Gaal is the kind of guy who can really make individual players better.”

“Always, if you win prizes and are successful, of course expectations are higher, at Bayern especially.”

“I think I had a positive development at Chelsea. I was very young when I arrived, only 20, and the problem I had was injuries.”

“Playing United is the sort of thing that really gets the best out of me.”

“I enjoy working with the younger players and helping them to develop.”

“It's really amazing what Pep Guardiola has done at Man City.”

“Football players have a great life, but we're only human.”

“A break in the middle of the season is good for everybody.”