Luis Figo Quotes

• To play for Barcelona, means to have an opportunity for a brilliant career. But to reach the top of it, you have to play for Real Madrid.

  Luis Figo

  Real, Mean, Opportunity

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• The mistake is to imagine that perfection is possible when the very idea is unthinkable.

  Luis Figo

  Football, Motivational Sports, Mistake

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• As a professional football player, I have known perfectly well from the day I started playing that every day I have to fight for my place.

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  Football, Fighting, Player

  "The first galactico" by John Carlin, January 18, 2004.

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• If the most important thing for your project is to put on a circus, then you have less chance of winning things.

  Luis Figo

  Winning, Important, Circus

  "Figo slams 'galactico circus' at Real Madrid" by Sid Lowe, www.telegraph.co.uk. March 30, 2006.

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• In football, day in day out, you always have to show your worth.

  Luis Figo

  Football, Shows

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• I really did not think much about the size of the transfer fee when I left Barcelona because it was all down to market forces, not me.

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  Thinking, Barcelona, Size

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• There are some things Ronaldo can do with a football that make me touch my head and wonder how on earth he did it.

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  Football, Earth, Wonder

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• I'm star-struck when I see Paul Scholes because you never see him. On the pitch you can't catch him. Off the pitch he disappears.

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  Stars, Disappear, Paul Scholes

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• Regaining the Champions Cup is not going to be easy.

  Luis Figo

  Champion, Cups, Easy

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• When I left Barcelona, staying in Spain was an important factor in my decision to join Madrid. I did not have to change country or learn a new language, adopt a different sort of lifestyle, and so on.

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  Change, Country, Decision

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• I'm going to Inter to see if they will let me play a bit of football.

  Luis Figo

  Football, Play, Let Me

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• I think he [Raul] is the greatest player to have ever played the game. He walks on the turf and astounds. It is utterly amazing.

  Luis Figo

  Player, Thinking, Games

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• Player I would like to sign for Internazionale? It's easy, the strongest in Europe at the moment is Lionel Messi, so I would say him. Messi has amazing qualities, he is the best of all, number one. That is unquestiionable.

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  Player, Europe, Numbers

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• I care about football, so what Im seeing regarding the image of FIFA, not only now but in the past years, I dont like it.

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  Football, Past, Years

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• I have a fantastic wife, and not only in terms of external beauty. Her priority and mine is our children. That is our choice.

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  Children, Wife, Choices

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• There was interest from clubs in Italy and England, I believe. But I've never been attracted by the way they play in Italy. Staying in Spain was always my preference.

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  Stay Strong, Believe, Play

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