Champions League Quotes - Page 2

I've always dreamed to win the Champions League with Real Madrid and we are only one step away to win it

Cristiano Ronaldo

Real, Winning, Madrid

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I was a Liverpool fan simply because my dad followed them. Unfortunately I wasn't born when the team had their golden era, but I enjoyed watching the likes of Michael Owen, Robbie Fowler and Steve McManaman when I was growing up. When Liverpool won the Champions League last year, I went mad. I was shouting so loud I think I woke up the entire village where I live!

Theo Walcott

Dad, Growing Up, Team

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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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It is always a danger when you have a big game ahead, but there is only one way to prepare well for our Champions League game - and that is to do well tomorrow. Therefore, I feel there is a lot at stake for us tomorrow. It is a massive game for us.

Arsene Wenger

Games, Way, Tomorrow

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I watched Arsenal in the Champions League the other week playing some of the best football I've ever seen and yet they couldn't have scored in a brothel with two grand in their pockets!

Ian Holloway

Football, Two, Pockets

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I came to AS Roma to play in the Champions League

Ashley Cole

Play, League, Champion

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I just wanted to jump into the stands and start celebrating with those wonderful fans.
(on reaching the Champions League final)

Steven Gerrard

Fans, Finals, England

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Earlier on in the season I'd have been very surprised to think we could win this competition because there were some fantastic teams in it.
(on the Champions League)

Steven Gerrard

Team, Winning, Thinking

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Cristiano Ronaldo has done massive things in both the Premier League and in the Champions League, but Messi is the best though and I am convinced that next year he will win the Ballon d'Or.

Yaya Toure

Winning, Cristiano Ronaldo, Years

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When I think of Arsenal, my favourite personal memory that I recall is scoring my first goal for the Club - away to Lazio in the Champions League. It was important because when you join a new club, you really want to score your first goal. It's where everything started for me at this club

Robert Pires

Memories, Thinking, Goal

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I was captain in Atletico at 19, playing in the same team as Demetrio Albertini, who won three Champions Leagues, and Sergi Barjuan from Barcelona, who had won everything, and they were 32, 33. I was a kid as captain, so I wasn't the real captain, just a kid learning from them.

Fernando Torres

Real, Team, Kids

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

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I don't have to be jealous of Barcelona because they have 100 years of history and have won the European Cup once. I have only been managing for five years and I have the same amount of Champions League trophies to my name.

Jose Mourinho

Soccer, Football, Jealous

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Manchester United have risen to the pinnacle of the English game at a time when the rewards are so high - thanks to the ticket to the Champions League - that they have resources that only a handful of other sides, through merit or the exploitation of the people of Russia, can approach.

Phil Cornwell

Soccer, Football, Russia

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Instead of speaking about Real Madrid, Mr Wenger should speak about Arsenal and explain how he lost 2-0 against a team in the Champions League for the first time [Braga]. The history about the young kids is getting old now. Sagna, Clichy, Walcott, Fabregas, Song, Nasri, Van Persie, Arshavin are not kids. They are all top players.

Jose Mourinho

Song, Real, Team

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When I then went to Welling I had to think about the possibility of getting another job outside of football. If that hadn't worked out then I would probably have joined the family building firm, working as a ‘brickie’ or something like that. It is a big leap to be playing in the Champions League final - the biggest game of my career - but after what I've been through to get here, it holds no fears for me.

Steve Finnan

Football, Jobs, Thinking

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When we played at Celtic Park for Bayern in the Champions League it was unbelievable and I think all our players said the same thing afterwards. The atmosphere was just totally unique. I’ve played in lots of big games and stadiums but I’ve never witnessed fans making that much noise in 90 minutes.

Owen Hargreaves

Unique, Player, Thinking

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I'm no longer thinking of Madrid. That dream is dead. The only thing I dream about now is Manchester United and winning the Champions League again in Rome.

Cristiano Ronaldo

Dream, Winning, Thinking

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As club captain all I want to do is help us get back up the table and into the Champions League.

Steven Gerrard

Clubs, Tables, Want

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They're crying. It was Drogba, it was the angels, it was the heavens, it was the stars, it was the gods, it was everything for Chelsea. This is not anything to do with football. This is more than football, this is spirit. Never giving in, fighting to the end, that English spirit running right the way through this Champions League for Chelsea.

Gary Neville

Running, Football, Stars

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Sometimes you feel the emotion. You think this might be my last pre-season or my last Champions League match. But, overall, those thoughts aren't important right now. But the time will soon come

Dennis Bergkamp

Sports, Thinking, Important

"Dennis Bergkamp" by Donald McRae, www.theguardian.com. April 18, 2004.

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We were almost getting used to playing without fans in the Champions League. Jokes aside though, I think help from our fans will be indispensable for such a big match.

Roberto Mancini

Thinking, Fans, Helping

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When the Champions League is at stake, ... you do everything you can, whether it's called gamesmanship or cheating, to put the opposition off.

Jamie Carragher

Cheating, Stakes, Opposition

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As a player I won things, had a special 10 years under Martin O'Neill [at Leicester and Celtic] and played in some great teams, beating Manchester United and getting to the last 16 of the Champions League. As a manager, I don't know if I will top this; I hope I do, because I am still young and am still learning. But this is up there with anything I have achieved, not just in my football career but in my life.

Neil Lennon

Football, Team, Player

"Celtic's Neil Lennon: I haven't bettered this Barcelona win in my life" by Ewan Murray, www.theguardian.com. November 7, 2012.

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I'm looking forward to meeting my new team-mates and to be playing for Arsenal in the Premier League and Champions League. I will give my best to Arsenal and want to make all the supporters happy.

Alexis Sanchez

Team, Giving, Want

"Arsenal confirm the signing of Alexis Sánchez from Barcelona" by Ed Aarons, www.theguardian.com. July 10, 2014.

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All of us at Juventus agreed Manchester United were the best side we met in the Champions League. They have so many talented young players and can only get better and better. Giggs is truly world class

Zinedine Zidane

Player, Class, Get Better

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