Xabi Alonso Quotes

Anoeta is always a tough place to go: people get right behind their side.
Anything can happen in football.
At Liverpool, I used to read the match day programme, and you'd read an interview with a lad from the youth team. They'd ask age, heroes, strong points, etc. He'd reply, 'Shooting and tackling.' I can't get into my head that football development would educate tackling as a quality, something to learn, to teach, a characteristic of your play.
At the end, when you play, you want to win.
Bayern is a big club and a big brand, but on a daily basis, it's a family club. You get to know the physios, the kit man, the chefs. It's also a club that's very close to the supporters. That proximity to the fans makes it special. That was surprising. In Liverpool and Madrid, there's more distance.
Being a manager is so different to being a footballer. It's a very difficult job, but, of course, it's very exciting as well.
Cristiano has unique qualities, brings danger in one-on-one situations, and has the ability to score and find something different.
Cristiano's numbers are amazing, indisputable.
Each time I watch a Liverpool game, I feel something special, especially whenever it's at Anfield, because it brings back great memories.
Everyone should know my quality and what I bring to the team.
Everything can change in the Champions League.
Football is a lot to do with mental state.
Growing doesn't mean renouncing your history.
Guardiola has a lot of knowledge about the game and understands the psychology of the players. You can see all the things he is doing well.
How many times have you seen me run into the box with the ball, dribbling past players? It's uncommon because it's not my game; it's not my thing.
I accept I am going to miss playing because it's such an important part in my life. It's going to be difficult to fill that gap. Life goes on.
I am still as slow as I was when I was 20.
I came from my hometown team, Real Sociedad, to the best team in England, to the best team in Spain, to the best team in Germany.
I don't think I will stop learning about football. There are certain parts we will never understand, like what happens in the brain of a player or makes a team fear.
I don't think tackling is a quality. It is a recurso, something you have to resort to, not a characteristic of your game.
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Xabi Alonso
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