A biography for Vincent Kompanyhasn’t been written yet.
“What we experience in the Premier League is so intense.”
“It's great to know that you can rely on anyone.”
“I just enjoy training. I enjoy being there, enjoy coming into games and training sessions where I can feel that I'm as good or better than the players I have to play against or with.”
“A win is a win, whether you do it the difficult way or the easy way.”
“Pep's tactical and technical assessments are like nothing I've ever seen before, and I think that's why people enjoy to see him fail.”
“I'm someone who takes on information quite well, so there's maybe a path into management. But I see what successful managers have to go through to get to that level - it's a completely different ball game - so I think I'll cross that bridge when I get there.”
“Funnily enough, I think Gary Neville is very interesting... and talks a lot of sense.”
“If you talk to a top accountant about his field of expertise, it's mind-boggling.”
“You can't win every game playing fantasy football.”
“I was desperate to leave Hamburg. The club was awesome, don't get me wrong, but I had a personal issue with one of the board members. He was desperate to get me out. The first club came calling, and it was Man City.”
“I've been living in England for a while, and I am still trying to figure out why we have Great Britain playing the Olympics together and England in football.”
“One thing I am sure about Manchester is that people are proud of their history. They are proud of their football, music, the industrial revolution, and all the amazing things that were invented here.”
“I've received much from Manchester - a great career at the highest level, unconditional support from the fans through thick and thin, a lovely family, and so much more to be grateful for.”
“Football is so intense you don't have time to sit back and look at what you have achieved.”
“I find football much more powerful than what grown-ups want it to be. It's a community to me; it's something very meaningful in the life of many, many people and especially the youth. And, therefore, I think it can bring social cohesion.”
“Being a successful team is maybe not enough. It's about setting a standard, not just for ourselves but also for the youth that is coming through at Manchester City.”
“Once you achieve a goal and you are on that high, you have to consciously pull yourself in to say, 'I need to have the same hunger and desire as when I had nothing.' That's the hardest thing to do in life. That is getting challenged every single day once you win titles.”
“Everybody is different. Some players need a lot of rest and just be at home.”
“As long as I feel that inner strength, I'll be all right.”
“Racism is felt the most definitely in grassroots football.”