A biography for Javier Mascheranohasn’t been written yet.
“One day I won't play for Barcelona. I'll go and play somewhere else, and I'm sure I'll do so as a central midfielder. That's what I'll try to do because it's the position I like.”
“I've always been a very passionate football supporter, and I used to watch the Champions League.”
“I have had so many team-mates who have been technically better than me.”
“Liverpool is a club where you need to be there to enjoy it. It's not worth owning Liverpool if you are going to always be 20,000 miles away.”
“In football, 80% of the game is played in your head; the other 20% is physical and tactical.”
“Playing in England was a fantastic experience. In Liverpool, I felt at home and really, thoroughly enjoyed it.”
“I've always believed that training with great players makes you a better player.”
“The Champions League was something very distant for us. I grew up in a very small town with 50,000 inhabitants, and it was a way of being able to watch my idols or people I admired play football on television.”
“Honestly, after five, six months, I thought it was unlikely I'd be here long: my characteristics seemed to go against everything Barcelona stood for.”
“Playing at coach is very easy; actually doing it is another thing. Put yourself in the coach's position, and you'll see how complex everything is.”
“One lives every World Cup differently, mostly because one's age changes.”
“Throughout all my career, I have been an honest person, responsible, and respectful of my team-mates and the clubs that I have played for and the countries I have lived in.”
“Being the Barca coach is different to being the coach at another club because you have to adapt to the philosophy of the club. At other clubs, maybe you have the freedom to adapt the team to your way of thinking. Here, that's not the case.”
“I remember my first Champions League final in 1996: Juventus-Ajax. That's the clearest memory from my childhood.”
“The kudos and hierarchy of playing in the Premier League for a footballer is huge.”
“For Argentina I'm a central midfielder. Always have been and always will be.”
“This is football: one day you win, one day you lose, and there's a very fine line between them.”
“Before I came to Barcelona, I only thought about one facet of the game: destroying. My qualities were completely defensive, and I wouldn't take responsibility for organising my team's game, our attacks.”
“I like talking about football.”
“I'm not a player that gets angry, especially not with coaches.”