Top 60 Juan Mata Quotes

I don’t like to think about others losing or not performing well. No, no – I’m not that kind of person.

There’s always pressure. People’s happiness depends on you; they suffer with you. You get used to it, but you have to know how to handle it.

It will be nice to play against Australia. It’s a great country, and football is getting bigger and bigger.

If a luxury player is a player who scores and assists and has good stats, then I’m happy to be a luxury player.

We have professional football, but we also have a beautiful game which, wherever you go, can be used as a social tool for change. Football has an unmatchable power.

Like any footballer, I love to play. I love to feel important. I love to enjoy the game.

If you want to be anonymous, you can go to Soho or Camden, and it’s not a problem. There are a lot of Spanish people. If you go to Piccadilly or Oxford Circus, you hear lots of Spanish voices, but I’m not recognised much.

If I was 19, 20, 18, and I had the chance to play with first-team players of Manchester United, I will definitely try to take my chance.

You never know what can happen in football and in life.

Van Gaal is how you see him in the press conferences; he’s like that with us, too. He’s honest and straightforward. He believes in his style of training and way of preparing for games.

One of the best things if you are a football player is to see the faces of the kids, when they see you and are dreaming of being like you one day. That’s a big responsibility, to be a good image for those kids. A football player is more than just a football player.

I’m a person who doesn’t think bad about other people or feel happy when other people don’t get results.

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.

I’m the way my father taught me to be.

That’s what I work for every day: training and playing to the maximum, trying to do the best I can.

I’ve been in England for a while, but it’s true that at times you miss home, your family, your friends.

Wherever I go, I see kids playing football. Even if there is no grass and it’s just sweaters for goals, you see how people love football.

I’ll always be proud to say I played at Chelsea, at Valencia, in the youth system at Real Madrid, in the youth system at Real Oviedo, and for United.

I’ve scored as many goals for Manchester United in the Premier League as for Chelsea, but in something like 30 games less.

Every player thinks he’s Maradona when he joins a big club. That happens to all of us, but then you start to notice it in the younger players. You see kids who think they’re rock stars, wearing extravagant clothes and driving fancy cars… and sometimes you have to take them aside and have a word.

Maybe the yoga I do helps me to play as much as I do. It certainly gets you in the right frame of mind, stretches and relaxes you.

I am thrilled to be joining United. I have enjoyed some very happy years at Chelsea, but the time has come for a new challenge.

For me, it would be the perfect summer to play in the Euros and then the Olympics. My desire is to play in both.

The most important and the better feeling in football, for me, is scoring a goal.

I’m at the fantastic club that is Manchester United, one of the biggest in the world.

Confidence comes from results. If you are winning, you have that confidence; if you are losing, you don’t have it.

I have always been a very positive person and tried to bring the positives from the hardest moments.

Everything I do is about improvement.

Football sometimes has a bad reputation. Some of that is deserved… and some of it isn’t.

I think every footballer, after 20 years playing football, the first thing that comes to your mind is to relax.

I am not so old, but when I started out, we had none of this. We did not have the need to show the things we do and the good life we lead. That is dangerous. Social networks can be very positive because it’s a great vehicle to communicate, but perhaps things need to be done in a different way.

I don’t dab, bro.

I feel privileged to play for Manchester United. It is something, when I’m old, I will always be proud of.

Football is not about money but emotions.

Obviously, when I play well and win a trophy, I feel happy about myself.

London is a very big city, Manchester is calmer. I live near the training ground, so I do things around there in the countryside, but I really like Manchester’s Northern Quarter, where they have nice coffee shops and live music places.

Winning the World Cup is something that will always be inside your mind and inside your body.

I like creative players and players who do different things.

As I always say, one of the best things of football is that the game is testing you all the time.

English football is changing: the champions don’t play a ‘typical’ English style, for example. But in general, it’s quicker than in Spain: more counter-attacks, more open, more direct.

I like the Common Goal initiative, the vision of football as a tool for social change and the power football has to improve the world.

It is true that footballers are mistrustful.

When I heard of United’s interest, I thought, ‘Wow.’ This is a team that has won a lot of leagues in the history of the Premier League and English league.

Obviously, replacing Sir Alex Ferguson was never going to be easy – not for him or for anyone. Although I was with him for only a few months, I’ll always be grateful, as he played a key role in my move to United. He was the one who called me, who welcomed me, and the one who gave me the confidence to come here.

There are some examples in my career when my family was more concerned than me. So every time I win or I score, I always think about them.

It would be great to play until I’m 40 like Ryan Giggs.

In Spain, they show many Premier League games on TV, and it is an inspirational league. Maybe I would like to play in the Premier League.

A win doesn’t last too long, and it happens the same way with a defeat. You have the chance to make it up soon afterwards.

I can tell you as a Manchester United player how big this club is and how you feel the repercussions of everything you do. It happens to everyone. It happened to me when I came.

Football generates a lot of money, but there has to be a social responsibility that goes with that. It can positively affect people’s lives.

I never lose faith. I believe in myself. I know what I can do.

I think that being confident gives you more freedom. It liberates you, helps you have the courage to do things on the football pitch.

I will always be grateful to Chelsea, to the players, the directors, the owner, the fans.

A coach depends on whether I take a corner well or finish a chance in front of goal, and really, what influence does he have over this when it happens?

Who is shorter, me or David Silva? I don’t know. Probably him.

I cannot control what people think. But I can control myself and my aim, and my head is focused on trying to win trophies.

When I signed for Valencia, it wasn’t the best moment of my football career because in the beginning, I was not playing a lot. But I remained calm, and I knew that if I trained well and played as I know, I’m sure I can get a place in the first XI.

With respect to the world of football, I earn a normal wage. But compared to 99.9% of Spain and the rest of the world, I earn an obscene amount.

Football is losing its essence: people talk about celebrations instead of goals.

To be honest, I was never expecting to be in a World Cup final, a Euro final, a Champions League final, a Europa League final. I’ve done much more than I dreamt, and that’s incredible.