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“Goals always come from situations that are not so effective.”
“I was a goalkeeper, but through my career, I spent almost as much time sitting on the bench as I did playing.”
“The goals are the moments of beauty that the fans come for.”
“I would say, 24/7, I am thinking about football.”
“When you have someone that manages, coaches you, and you follow, and you believe, and you do everything that you can because you believe in that idea in your leader, that stays forever. That is the impact Jose Mourinho had on me.”
“What we are here for is to improve, to work as a team, stay humble and work hard, trying to achieve the best performance that we can in every game.”
“It is what we are here for - to give the fans magic moments.”
“Of course you learn a lot as a player when you pay attention to managers when they speak to you.”
“Sometimes a polemic tweeter is more important than a normal view.”
“I want to thank everybody for every day that I have spent at Valencia CF. It has been an honour and a source of pride for me.”
“If somebody asks for a photo, with a smile, it is nothing.”
“I love everything about football.”
“When you have a small, balanced squad, you can work better. First of all everyone is involved in every squad list, a meeting can be a good training session.”
“It is tough: sometimes the pain that you feel makes you grow.”
“Golf is a good time, valued time.”
“I know that if I have come to Britain, I must adapt, and I will try to.”
“Football is an emotional game, and that is why we love it, but part of the work I have to do is to control that emotion both for me and my players.”
“As a kid, Liverpool was big for us.”
“I try to distract with other things, but in my mind, it is always the game, especially the team, the shape, my players, what can I do, what is tomorrow, what can I give to them to improve them.”
“I learned a lot from the coaches I played for.”