Top 50 Carlos Tevez Quotes

City showed me their ambition to be one of the biggest clubs in the world, and I was happy to join.

After spending eight years in Manchester, I received a very warm welcome to Turin. The people are very easy-going, in contrast to other parts of Italy such as Rome or Naples, where passions run much higher.

To play at home, sometimes it goes against you in a Libertadores final.

The golf bag hurts my shoulder too much; I prefer to play football.

I especially enjoy fish and chips.

I want to thank Manchester United, David Gill, Alex Ferguson, and the fanbase for two years there, but this is my new life, and I am very happy to be with Manchester City.

I’m really happy to be here at Juve. It’s a really big satisfaction for me.

I don’t like making comparisons. You might say one slight thing, find yourself misinterpreted, and suddenly you’re in trouble.

Living without my children in Manchester has been incredibly challenging for me.

I won’t have plastic surgery. You either take me as I am, or you don’t.

I did not transfer from United to City for the controversy.

I don’t want to play anymore. I’m tired of football but also tired of people who work in football.

Sure, it was difficult when I first came, but I am very happy to be here, in England.

I have no problem with Sir Alex Ferguson.

If things are not going well on the field, then it’s up to me to lead by example.

I am not as dangerous as I used to be. I am not as effective in the penalty area any more. That is something I have lost and something I have to get back. I used to score better goals, great goals. But something strange has happened.

I am not preoccupied about my future.

Every single thing related to Old Trafford is amazing. When I was a little kid, I dreamed of playing in a real field, but I never imagined something as fantastic as this.

Living for football has saturated me.

Of course you can never say zero possibility or 100 per cent possibility in football, because you never know what will happen because football changes so rapidly.

I do not speak very often to the press. I just have it in my head. I do my talking out there on the field, which is the most important thing.

I am a striker, a goalscorer. That is my art.

My wish is to concentrate on playing football for Manchester City.

I train with a serious attitude, and when I am having time off, I hope to be respected as well.

Experiencing difficult things, even as a very young kid, means you grow up quickly. I think that enables everyone to choose their own path and not just accept the one others have taken before you, and I went my own way.

In Argentina, I trained in the mornings, and I played a lot of golf.

Who wouldn’t want to play for Real Madrid? Like Manchester, they are one of the best clubs in the world – and it would be a pleasure to play for them.

I wish to play again for West Ham before I finish my career.

He who doesn’t love Messi knows nothing about football or about life.

Street football is the greatest thing in the world. There is just you and your friends against the rest.

In order to make history, you have to win the World Cup. It’s not good enough just to reach a final.

I miss Boca. I miss the fans, wearing the jersey every Sunday, and stepping on to La Bombonera.

As a kid, I would never have imagined I would live in England for four years. I am very happy and contented that my daughter is growing up in a country as developed as this one.

Chinese players are not as naturally skilled like South American or European players, like players who learned football when they were kids. They’re not good.

It did surprise me to be made captain. The obvious issue is my English. It’s not that great, so communicating with players is not always easy. But I am thriving on the responsibility, both on and off the field.

It’s hard to say you’re struggling if you’re a professional footballer. Other people have far greater problems.

In every team, you have to win the respect of your team-mates, working a lot and really sweat blood.

I don’t like to get involved in conflict.

I grew up in a place where there weren’t many opportunities if you didn’t become a footballer.

We didn’t have football boots, and we used a broken tennis ball instead of a football. I didn’t use a proper ball until I was 11.

At 26 or 27, I was fatter than anyone.

Me and my family all like Shanghai, and I’m slowly getting used to the city and the atmosphere.

I do feel the obligation and desire to win the Scudetto with Juventus, and obviously everybody wants to win the Champions League.

In Manchester, there are two restaurants, and everything’s small. It rains all the time.

When you have to play football, you do it in the knowledge that there’s a lot riding on the match, be it money, your team-mates, or the feelings of the fans.

City’s boss and owner came with a very good proposal. They showed me that City has the ambition to be one of the biggest clubs in the world. This made it easy to make the move. Money was never important.

I’m absolutely aware of the great effort Juventus Football Club has made to bring me here.

I was, in my first season, second top scorer, which is something people forget.

Salary matters shouldn’t be told to everyone. It’s a matter of respect for my teammates.

What one does in one’s club is what determines whether one gets called up for the national team.