Champions League Quotes

• The Champions League is the competition everyone wants to be in.

  Steven Gerrard

  Soccer, Competition, Fans

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You certainly get used to winning in general. Winning the Champions League is a very particular feeling, but it's really the journey that makes it special. Every journey that brings you toward a win is important.

  Clarence Seedorf

  Winning, Journey, Feelings

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• The high point of my career was winning the Champions League. No one will ever erase that from my memory, in the same way that no one will ever erase the fact that I did it in a Manchester United shirt.

  Cristiano Ronaldo

  Inspirational, Memories, Winning

  "In his own words: Ronaldo reveals all about Ferguson, his football dreams and his future". Interview with Bruno Prata, www.theguardian.com. August 6, 2008.

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• I've seen teams spend £150 million and get nowhere near the Champions League. It has taken Manchester City a billion to get there. There are no guarantees.

  Gordon Strachan

  Team, Taken, Cities

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• You can win the Champions League in the worst season.

  Roberto Di Matteo

  Football, Winning, Worst

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• Messi doesn't have to do it in the Premier League to prove himself. The Champions League is the ultimate club competition. If he was in the Premier League, he'd be the best player by some distance.

  Gary Lineker

  Distance, Player, Competition

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• It will be a dream come true if I can go there and lift it. 
  (on the Champions League trophy)

  Steven Gerrard

  Dream, Trophies, England

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• When we got knocked out against Porto in the Champions League, I only slept two hours that night. I was not a nice person to be with after that match. I was struggling to get the result out of my system.

  Ruud van Nistelrooy

  Nice, Struggle, Night

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• We're going to be the underdogs again in Istanbul on the 25th, but that suits us. 
  (on the Champions league Final)

  Steven Gerrard

  Istanbul, Underdog, Finals

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• But I think the Champions League Final puts a massive pressure on every player and the manager, but we're enjoying the pressure and hopefully we can go there and win it.

  Steven Gerrard

  Soccer, Player, Thinking

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Give me a great Champions League game or an exciting Premier League game ahead of an international match and I'd love that to reverse. A lot of people have lost interest in England games, it is quite hard to watch.

  Michael Owen

  Games, People, Giving

  "Michael Owen on the English team, Wayne Rooney and the goals record". Interview with Kevin Palmer, www.espn.co.uk. June 12, 2015.

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• Drawing a comparison to football, it could be said that the Spanish economy has, during this legislature, into the Champions League of the world economy, however bad that may seem to some.

  Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

  Football, Drawing, World

  Speech in the Congress of Deputies, September 11, 2007.

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• You cannot make mistakes in the Champions League.

  Claudio Ranieri

  Mistake, League, Making Mistakes

  "Chelsea are banking on Italian job". cnn.com. October 21, 2003.

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• We need to go there and make sure we bring that cup home. and if we do succeed, then we'll dedicate it to the fans that have waited so patiently since 1984. 
  (on the Champions League)

  Steven Gerrard

  Home, Fans, Needs

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• I won't lie, I want to play in the Champions League and challenge for titles.

  Pepe Reina

  Lying, Play, Challenges

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• They have a choice as a club. They don't have to sell. Maybe Southampton's objectives have changed. They were looking to be a Champions League club, I believe. They obviously wanted to change... I don't have sympathy, no.

  Brendan Rodgers

  Football, Believe, Choices

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• You know, I'd actually say Lionel Messi. He's so remarkable, watching him play he's probably still undervalued. When you're scoring five goals in one Champions League match, there's no value that's too high.

  Billy Beane

  Play, Goal, Messi

  "Billy Beane leaves Moneyball behind to refocus on statistical truths" by Simon Burnton, www.theguardian.com. March 22, 2012.

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• The Champions League is more interesting to watch than international football and the quality is superior as well.

  Michael Owen

  Football, Interesting, Quality

  "Michael Owen on the English team, Wayne Rooney and the goals record". Interview with Kevin Palmer, www.espn.co.uk. June 12, 2015.

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• The Champions League is a big ambition and all the footballers want to play in it. It is a very important competition.

  Fernando Torres

  Ambition, Play, Competition

  "Fernando Torres targets debut goal against Liverpool". www.independent.co.uk. February 1, 2011.

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• It will be the proudest moment of my life leading Liverpool out. I've dreamed of this day since I was a kid, kicking a ball against the wall in the street where I lived. What could be better than leading Liverpool out for the Champions League final? Only lifting the trophy. We need everyone, all 11 players who start and the subs, to be ready to give everything. We need that mentality, when everyone has to put everything on the line for Liverpool. That is what it will take to win. We have to make sure we don't have any regrets at the final whistle.

  Steven Gerrard

  Soccer, Wall, Regret

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• I'm ambitious, I want to play in the Champions League, and that's the aim with Tottenham - to start qualifying for the Champions League on a consistent basis.

  Gareth Bale

  Play, Ambitious, Want

  "Tottenham's future looks bright ... just give us time, says Gareth Bale" by Daniel Taylor, www.theguardian.com. September 28, 2012.

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• England really is the birthplace, the heart and soul of football. If Barcelona had Liverpool's fans, or Arsenal's, or United's, we'd have won 20 Champions Leagues, hahaha!

  Xavi

  Football, Heart, Birth Place

  "I'm a romantic, says Xavi, heartbeat of Barcelona and Spain". Interview with Sid Lowe, www.theguardian.com. February 11, 2011.

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• The truth is that I don't have a favourite goal. I remember important goals more than I do favourite goals, like goals in the Champions League where I had the opportunity to have scored in both finals I have played in. Finals in the World Cup or Copa del Rey are the ones that have stayed with me for longer or that I remember more.

  Lionel Messi

  Opportunity, Goal, Important

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• How on earth Traore gets into this team is beyond me. And he's a Champions League winner? Gimme a break.

  Johnny Giles

  Soccer, Football, Team

  "Gottle Of Geer and Cantankerous Corkman" by Barry Glendenning and Paul Doyle, www.theguardian.com. September 30, 2005.

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• I do not need to play in the Champions League to be happy

  Mats Hummels

  Play, Needs, League

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