Top 282 Barcelona Quotes

Legend has it that when Franco’s troops crushed Catalonia in 1939, relegating it for the next thirty-five years to abuse and neglect, one of his generals was asked what more he could possibly want now that he had Barcelona.

It’s not just about going to play football abroad: it’s a chance to live and work in a fantastic city like Barcelona.

I think Barcelona didn’t want to sell me.

Barcelona are not invincible.

It is possible to stop Messi. Teams do it when he plays for Argentina. But the Barcelona Messi is different.

Barcelona are a great club, and Brazilians have always done well there.

The group of players that you see in the Barca dressing room is unique. There are a lot of homegrown players and others who really care for Barcelona a lot as well.

My years at Barcelona are a big help. I spent four dream years there.

I know British stadiums from my time with Barcelona and Villarreal. The atmosphere is phenomenal, and my first match at Anfield will be very emotional.

I was only 15 when I left Barcelona to do my own thing. Luckily, after some years, they have signed me again.

Barcelona is one of the best teams in the world… so far, nothing has come to me, because if anything comes, it comes to my manager.

I think, for Catalonia, FC Barcelona means a lot because it is one of the top clubs in the world, and that means that it’s a way to show what Catalonia is in the world.

I wrote every day between the ages of 12 and 20 when I stopped because I went to Barcelona, where life was too exciting to write.

I am never going to be manager of Barcelona or Arsenal because I am so identified with Tottenham and Espanyol.

I played for Barcelona, for Ajax, where it’s important to develop and integrate young talent.

I love Barcelona. Barcelona is a very, very nice city.

I just saw the movie ‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona’ and fell in love with that city.

Barcelona is a fantastic football club, and I don’t think there are many players who would be able to say no to them.

Busquets has been a great player for Spain and Barcelona, don’t get me wrong. He’s a very effective player and is the first pick for every manager because he plays such a simple game. But we laud him as a genius, whereas our own we don’t, we criticise.

What Guardiola has done as coach of Barcelona is really spectacular.

There is definitely a difference when you are fighting for a title against clubs like United or Real Madrid or Barcelona. They are so used to winning, it means that you have to have a different frame of mind when you challenge them because that’s the only way to overcome them.

I admire Arsenal and the philosophy that the young players have. Liverpool, with their Spanish players, they also have an incredible squad. And Manchester United and Chelsea are teams that are very big, like Real Madrid and Barcelona, with money and incredible players.

If you look at Barcelona and the way they press high, or Bayern Munich, the way they press high… that’s what makes them the best teams, because when they lose the ball, in the first three seconds, that’s when they get the ball back, really, really high.

People might talk more about Real Madrid and Barcelona than about Atletico, but what matters to me is what happens on the pitch. We compete with them year after year. I am not interested about the club’s reputation.

My wife Steph and I sailed on Royal Princess from Barcelona to Marseille in 2017. I’m the designated family car driver and there was something quite appealing about not driving on holiday but watching the world moving outside our window.

I don’t think Madrid would be Madrid without Barcelona and vice versa.

Even the best teams have their weaknesses, and Barcelona struggle at set-pieces and counter-attacks when they lose the ball in attacking positions.

Juventus rejected an offer from Barcelona for me. It was a big offer, and that means I’m an important player for the club, and I have to thank them for that.

I respect opinions, I don’t give opinions on them. I learnt to respect them. And I also have a very clear opinion on Rivaldo. He was a great player and the image that comes to me is of him controlling the ball on the chest and scoring in Barcelona. The most beautiful thing in this world. That’s my opinion.

Barcelona or Real Madrid, I think I would say yes to playing for these teams.

At Barcelona, I was exposed to talent. You had Ronaldinho, who was a marvel to watch. Deco is skilful and talented. Then there are players like Xavi, a good and hardworking man who gave his all. Iniesta is another. Then the name of Messi will come up in that list.

Barcelona focus a lot on what Barcelona does and not on what others are going to do. It creates a different way of working. Of course we studied our opponents to see their weak points and their strong points, but 70 per cent of the time, it was about us.

While studying at Barcelona, Ignatius was in doubt whether, after completing his studies, he should enter some Religious Order, or go from place to place, according to his custom. He decided to enter upon the religious life.

When Pep was at Barcelona, I was so young, 16 or 17 years old. I went to training a lot, and Pep Guardiola told me a lot of things, but I didn’t stay in the first team. He is an amazing coach, and if he comes to the Premier League, I think he will win a lot of titles.

I think the Catalonian people really identify with Barcelona – the fans are really proud of the team and the club.

Right now I’m living my boyhood dream, which was to play for a European club. The fact that it’s a huge club like Barcelona makes it a tremendous honour. I like everything about the city: the climate, the people. It’s quite similar to Brazil, which helps a lot. There’s even a beach!

It is clear that for any player of Barcelona’s youth squad their dream is to play for the club’s first team.

Ronaldinho is very happy at Barcelona.

If you are the coach of Bayern Munich, Barcelona or Real Madrid, the chances to win something are huge. When you go to the Premier League, you have six, seven, eight teams who are fighting to win.

I write new lyrics as I’m traveling and I like to record in the place where I had the original idea. Sometimes I rerecord when I get back to Barcelona because I have more-power studio there.

When I was 17 Sevilla came for me. At 18 Valencia, at 19 Villareal before Barcelona.

I have a lot of affection for Porto but who would not want to play for Barcelona with the quality they have?

I am not saying that I am at the same level as Messi or Ronaldo. They are the best two players in the world, but I am very proud that I managed to finish above them in the goalscoring charts, especially as I was playing for Atletico Madrid, not Barcelona or Real Madrid.

I don’t want to leave Barcelona. I’m very happy here, and I want to stay on.

It’s true, when I was at Barcelona I played as a winger.

I always watch Barcelona on TV at home because I like how they play.

I’m very attached to Real, more so than Barcelona.

You want to play in the best stadiums against the best players – your Real Madrid’s and Barcelona’s – you want to play those teams.

I had a poster of Iniesta. He seemed like a different player to me: elegant, special… a genius. I watched all the Barcelona games to see how they played and the geniuses, Iniesta and Messi. After, I tried to imitate them, but it was difficult.

We want the best players to be at Barcelona.

Now it’s up to me to prove that I can play for Barcelona and help the team to stay at the top.

I am feeling very well here and want to achieve much more with BVB and win titles. I am here and nowhere else: not at Arsenal, not at Barcelona, and not on the moon.

In Barcelona, things seem so different. For example, I know that it’s traditionally the least Spanish city, but you’d never know they had a monarchy, coming here as a tourist – as opposed to the U.K., where the Queen is probably the best-known animal, vegetable and/or mineral going when it comes to overseas visitors.

I’ll never forget how frustrated I felt when I didn’t make the team for Barcelona in 1992.

At Barcelona, we didn’t do gym work until the age of 18. That was really hard.

Barcelona wanted me to play for their B team. But I wanted to stay and win the Copa Libertadores and after that I didn’t want to go down to a B team.

There is a specific mentality that is put into the young players at Barcelona, and from nine or 10 years old, you have to make good seasons because, if not, you are out.

At the beginning of every summer it is said that I’ll move to Barcelona.

There is absolutely no chance of me going back to Barcelona. They don’t want me to, and I don’t want to, either.

It’s not like I am going to Barcelona as a tourist who is there to watch Messi in action. I am not going to say that I will bench Busquets or anything! But I think I have a good chance of getting plenty of minutes.

It was a dream come true to wear the famous colours of FC Barcelona.

It motivates me, being a parakeet and living for so many years in Barcelona. Going back to the city is always something nice, and playing against Barca, too.