Top 40 Zlatan Ibrahimovic Quotes

I’m used to having a camera in my face but not a camera following me.

Never judge a person if you don’t know him.

Anything that happens in your life was meant to happen. It is your destiny. I was destined to have the life I have now, and I can’t have any regrets.

I do not need a trophy to tell myself that I am the best.

Who is most deserving of all of the money that I, Zlatan, am paid? The answer is Zlatan.

When I went to Juventus, I was young, but in training, I had legends like Fabio Cannavaro and Lilian Thuram marking me. I had to work hard to get my respect.

I had time with my mother, but I really lived with my father. One time he gave all his salary so I could travel to a training camp. He couldn’t pay the rent, but he did that.

If you are different, or you have minimum possibilities, you can still succeed. I am living proof of that.

Some things is made by destiny, yes, other things by hard work, but quality you don’t learn. Quality you are born with.

I think I am difficult to satisfy, because when I win something, I’m already thinking about the next step, and that is maybe a problem for me. I’m not enjoying the moment. I’m already on the mission to win the next trophy.

I’m like the wine. The older I get, the better I get.

If I’d gone into taekwondo, I’d probably have won several Olympic medals.

My father is from Bosnia, and my mother is from Croatia, but I was born in Sweden.

I’m not difficult to work with, trust me.

When I started to play football, when I was around 15, 16, I remember the players that played on the national team and noticed that it was only typically Swedish guys.

Lionel Messi is awesome.

When you are the invisible man to the head coach, the only option is to head for the exit.

I am happy in Paris.

People trash talk me.

I think I’m like wine. The older I get, the better I get.

My confidence can come back very quickly.

I read all the time that people think I’m arrogant. They say I am cocky, a bad character. I had that from a young age. But when they meet me, they say, ‘That image doesn’t fit you.’

You never forget where you come from.

I will not look back and say, ‘I should have played in England.’

An injured Zlatan is a pretty serious thing for any team.

Best player I ever played against? I mean, I played against many, many good players, so I don’t know who to keep. I would say Ronaldo the Fenomeno.

The day I leave Paris is the day I go down a level or quit football.

I always put myself second – I like to make others happy.

I’m a guy of 92kg. I haven’t got the physique of someone who can work back and then sprint up front again throughout a match!

When I arrived at Barcelona, I was following a dream, but I now realize sometimes it’s better to be content with what you have rather than follow a dream which nearly kills you.

I’m not someone who feels settled.

If I had an ego as big as the Eiffel Tower, would I have won this many collective trophies? I know people like to talk about it. And O.K., I am not going to answer every story. But maybe I will let my collective trophies speak for themselves. I don’t know many other footballers who have won as much. Do you?

One thing is for sure: a World Cup without me is nothing to watch.

When I took my shirt off against Caen, everybody asked what these new tattoos were. I had 15 removable tattoos on my body; they are the names of real people who are suffering from hunger in the world.

I have a big heart.

At Barca, players were banned from driving their sports cars to training.

If anything, the children of Paris should be giving me even more money for having the privilege of being in the same city as my incredible quality. And so should David Beckham. Call it a Zlaritable donation.

You were born as the one you are.

That’s my hunger. If I start to relax, and I lose that, then I had better stop my football. I need that hunger. I still feel I need to do things 10 times better than other players. Just to be accepted and to improve myself.

One time I got dressed in all black, Rambo-style, and took a massive pair of bolt-cutters and nicked a military bike.