Luis Figo Quotes (24 Quotes)


    He has a heart as big as his country, ... Nuno Gomes is like that, he can be having a bad patch for his club, but when it comes to defending the Portuguese colors he's explosive.

    We're now more aggressive. We're a team which wants the ball constantly and when we have it, we head quickly for the penalty area,

    For what we played over the 90 minutes we didn't deserve this result. Greece was driving two times our goal and scored two goals ... football is like that. Who makes less mistakes can win the game.

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

    What is happening here is shameful, it's better if we all go home or go on holiday.


    It's difficult to explain in one word the emotion I feel right now,

    If we win trophies then I suppose we draw more fans and the club is more successful commercially. But it's not up to me to do the sums.

    The Portuguese are fighting for their lives. I expect them to put us under a lot of pressure and throw everything into attack,

    Our president has always said it was his intention to sign the world's best players - and he believes it makes good business sense.

    Regaining the Champions Cup is not going to be easy.

    He did everything he could and did it with the utmost professionalism and commitment.

    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.

    The pressure was really high, ... It showed we can work for better things in the future. We are improving as time passes. The first game was not easy for us. It was a great disappointment. Now we are improving and let's see what we can do in the quarterfi

    If what's most important about your project is to make a circus, you have much less chance of sporting success.

    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.

    In top flight competition, the team that makes the fewest mistakes wins, ... We made two and conceded two goals. The result isn't a fair reflection of how we played.

    Everything started to go wrong at Real after those first three years when commercial decisions took precedence over sporting ones. They started signing players for the sake of signing them. When things are like that sooner or later you pay for it.

    I chose this club because it has the same desire to win that I have, ... I can't wait to start this new adventure. The only thing I'm sorry about is that there were too many intermediaries involved in these negotiations. It only required two days, yet it's gone on for two months.

    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.

    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.

    We'll give them the respect we give all our adversaries, but we are also sure of our own capabilities.

    I'll have time to say goodbye to the fans because they deserve it more than anyone, ... On Saturday, I'll give a press conference to say goodbye to them because I won't be able to say goodbye in a match.

    We've come here to win and get one step away from the World Cup.

    They've been together for some years, they know each other well, and they have a coach who works very well. They've proved they're a good team by doing so well over recent years.


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