Luis Figo Quotes

#1. 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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#2. Some of the fans here were not too sure about their club signing a player from their biggest rivals. Fortunately, we had a great season and won the League title for the first time in four years. Now, I think, everyone can say it was good business.

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#3. 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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#4. 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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#5. The mistake is to imagine that perfection is possible when the very idea is unthinkable.

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#6. 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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#7. 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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#8. 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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#9. 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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#10. 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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#11. 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.

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

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

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

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#15. Regaining the Champions Cup is not going to be easy.

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#16. 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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#17. 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.

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