Top 55 Edin Dzeko Quotes

Hopefully I’ll have a lot of success.

I think the No. 9 will always be in football. You need the proper No. 9s in football; that’s my opinion.

For every striker, it’s important to have some crosses. Sometimes they come, sometimes not.

Since I left, I follow every City game in every competition, and it’s just natural for me because I feel it is still my club, even if I’m not there anymore.

I am not a player who stays on the edge of the box and waits for a chance.

My motto has always been, ‘Never give up.’

I’m really happy here at City. It’s a second home to me, so it was an easy decision to stay for the long term. I knew from the beginning when I started here that I wanted to stay for a long time – I can’t see any place better than here.

I have spent some of the best moments of my career at Manchester City, moments that I will never forget.

United always had that flag which counted the years City were without a title, making fun of our fans. After the 6-1, they were quiet!

I try to do my best in every game to help the team.

I started to play football when I was about 10; my father brought me to one school because there were more pitches where we could play.

I’m happy I’ve stayed because Rome has become my home and an indelible part of my life, in an almost unreal way.

I played my first derby, I won, and I scored. As good as it gets!

For every player, it is important to be fit and have a good pre-season behind him.

I never played any games like this in Germany, not when you have to fight for 90 minutes. But if I want to be successful in England, I have to get used to it.

I was never a super sub before I came to City. I used to play always from the beginning, and I scored a lot of goals not as a sub.

For every striker, it’s important to have the confidence of the coach.

Every time I see a paper, for what seems like a year or more, there is a story saying that I am leaving City or that I want to go. But I’ve never said that, so the stories don’t come from me. I’ve always wanted to stay at City and fight for my place.

Every striker is stronger when we play with wingers.

Nothing compares to Rome. Nothing. People there are crazy about football – in a positive way.

I was always attracted most to joining City, and I am pleased to be at such a good club with such a big ambition as Manchester City.

Every player has his goals.

I’m just a regular guy. I have a lot of friends and love to spend my time with them.

David Silva is a great player, and also, off the pitch, he’s a great lad.

For the two and a half years in Italy, I can be happy with what I did.

I really don’t need luxury.

I will never be a super sub. I want to play.

Goals don’t bother me, even though it is my job. I am as happy when team-mates scores as I am when I score. Winning is what matters.

I’ve followed Roma because my friend Miralem Pjanic is here. It’s a great club. I have a good relationship with Miralem.

I never want to stop, and I want to try to be even better.

I was six when the war started. It was terrible. My house was destroyed, so we went to live with my grandparents. The whole family was there, maybe 15 people all staying in an apartment about 35m square. It was very hard.

I am happy that United seems to be one of those against whom I score a lot!

Strikers are expected to score, and I have two goals in eight games.

That was always special, playing Manchester United. I loved the feeling of the derby, that pressure, the atmosphere around it. And I did have some good matches there, didn’t I?

The first goal is always very important.

Nobody is happy when they’re not playing.

I still have a home in Sarajevo, and there is a room where the walls are covered with football jerseys. One is a Milan shirt with Shevchenko’s name and number on the back. It is an original from one of his Serie A appearances, and he has autographed it. It has pride of place. It really is my prized possession.

Saying goodbye to close ones is always the hardest.

I’m not interested in money.

Everyone expects goals, and I want to score them, but most of all, I want to contribute to a successful team.

Communication is important, and when you have an understanding with someone on the pitch, it is the most important thing.

I am genuinely flattered by Chelsea’s interest. It’s a club I really respect, and hold in great esteem.

Never have I doubted myself, because I know what I am capable of.

English Premier League is much harder and quicker, and also, the referees are totally different because in England, they don’t whistle after every small contact like in Germany.

I’m fine at Wolfsburg, and I’m happy to be able to play in the Champions League.

Having been raised during the war, I know very well how childhood hampered by displacement, poverty, violence, and fear looks like.

I came here to win titles with Roma. I can only promise one thing, and that is that I will give my best for this club in every game.

Working hard, I hope to achieve the things I did in Manchester with Roma.

I cannot hide being sorry for failing to move to Juventus.

I think, for every player, it is important he knows the manager believes in him, and it is important he has the confidence of the manager. That helps you to find the best form.

I love Manchester. I really do. It’s a lovely city, lovely people, and I really enjoyed it there.

Shevchenko was always the favourite player for me. He was my idol. When we met, we exchanged shirts and talked for a while. It was great.

When the opportunity came, it was a fantastic thing for myself and my family to do, I couldn’t wait to put on a Bosnia shirt, and I haven’t really looked back since.

I’m happy to be with Roma, and I think the club should be, too.

If you win, you must be a good team.