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“When you get a bit older, you gain more experience, and you try to put it to good use, to help yourself in different ways and also the young players.”
“I want to teach the young people the way I see football. The way I eat, the way I am in training.”
“For me, if the ball's in the net, it doesn't matter if it's an overhead kick or just a tap-in.”
“I credit my success to my mother. Her prayers and support are everything to me. I know all she does for me, and I know nothing I do can ever pay back the amount of support she has given me.”
“Not everybody loves the way I play.”
“When I play all the time, I play with a smile on my face, and then I can help my team with my goals and my game and the way I can play football.”
“I like to play with the ball and have the freedom to move around.”
“I am the happiest guy around; trust me.”
“Sometimes self-esteem affects you on and off the pitch. Until you face your next game and you miss an easy chance, for example, then you feel not as great.”
“For me, it was the right decision to go to United, because going to the top of the mountain was my dream, especially when you come from Eastern Europe, from a small town, and no one's done it before you.”
“Dreams do come true sometimes.”
“Top-level football gives you fame and money, but it takes away a lot, too.”
“I don't smile all the time, but I smile inside.”
“I have handled pressure and expectation all through my life. I am not scared of it.”
“I don't play for the money.”
“I always tend to think my goals are beautiful goals. That is what I want to score - beautiful goals - and create beautiful chances.”
“Nobody wants to play bad football in a game; everybody wants to win, and every player wants to show how good he is. But, you know, sometimes you simply have a game where nothing is happening.”
“Young players try and imitate the best players like Ronaldo. They try to imitate the hair, the clothes, the cars, the tricks. I try to tell them how hard Cristiano Ronaldo trained in training and after training. He only wanted to be the best. Everything else came after.”
“You want to feel special as a striker; you want to be the main guy, and you know, if the coach wants you, he's going to be good for you.”
“I am a relaxed guy. I play that way, and I can't change my style. I watch games and see guys who panic on the ball - they look so nervous. I can be calm, because I sometimes know what I want to do before the ball comes to me.”