Dennis Bergkamp is, in my eyes, still ‘The Master’. The fact that he never won the Champions League, the European Championship, or the World Cup does not take anything away from his greatness as a player.
I’ve had the four best seasons of my career at Leicester and have loved every moment. I feel immense pride to have been a part of what we have achieved during my time at the club, culminating in becoming Premier League champions.
It’s wonderful for me to see what ‘We Will Rock You’ has done. ‘We Will Rock You’ and ‘We Are the Champions’ have kind of transcended the normal framework of where music is listened to and appreciated – they’ve become part of public life, which I feel wonderful about.
I would love to win the Champions League.
Champions all get kicked when they’re down.
The Champions League is the most important, but I love the Liga and the Copa.
Looking from the outside at English football, at Spanish football, it’s more interesting, and they have the champions and the celebrities that they want to see. But with the passion that Italians have for football, the pride that they have, I don’t think the game will stay that way.
I know I’m the least technical guy in the sport. Most of the champions or guys at the top are real martial artists.
Nobody likes to lose a Champions League semi-final.
The Libertadores is sensational, but the Champions League… The first time I heard the anthem was a really special feeling. It’s like being in a video game; it’s living the dream of every child.
Everything can change in the Champions League.
The integral part of being a star is having the will to win. All the champions have it.
A club like Liverpool has to be involved in Europe, whether it is the Europa League or Champions League.
It’s why you become a footballer, so you can play against the best in the Champions League.
We have to win if we want to be champions.
Twitch is where I built my Champions Club empire and will continue to entertain the millions of fans looking for me to dominate the competition.
The first time I carried drinks was during the 2004 Champions Trophy. It was a wet outfield and I was running with the drinks and I couldn’t stop myself and just went sliding into Sourav Ganguly, who was giving a team chat in the huddle.
It is truly an amazing feeling to play in the final of the Champions League with the BVB at Wembley. Ahead of my transfer to Dortmund, I definitely hadn’t thought about this being a possible scenario.
Where I am from, being able to play in the Champions League is an achievement in itself.
For me, it is very, very important because I’ve always dreamed of playing in the Champions League but I have only made the Europa League until now.
When you play in the Champions League, you are switched on – very, very smart and focused on every situation.
Champions League is a very tough competition.
In England you probably have too many cups with the Champions League as it is now. You have the FA Cup and another cup; what’s the point in that? Probably one cup should be more than enough.
I knew that was going to be the last chance to play in the Champions League final – I was desperate to win, I put a lot of pressure on myself. Finally I got hold of that cup – it was the defining moment of my career. I got really emotional and nearly fainted on the pitch.
There were other propositions, even better financially, but I chose Olympiakos because of the Champions League.
For a big club, you can accept that the team does not win the league because it is in transition, but you cannot afford to slip out of the Champions League spot.
When you’re in the semi-finals of the Champions League, you need to be really good and need a little bit of luck.
I may not be fighting the most popular guys like Canelo or GGG. But I am fighting real fighters, tough guys who want to prove that they belong and be world champions.
When I was playing for Real Madrid, we competed in the UEFA Champions League most of the time and won it three times. When we didn’t win we always ended up in the later rounds.
I am very proud that Accenture is among corporate champions to be honored by the Women’s Forum of New York for our mutual commitment to making a difference.
I really want to lift the Champions League trophy one day.
I have won the Champions League, won the FIFA Club World Cup, the FA Cup, the Italian Super Cup, the Spanish league twice, nine trophies, all the trophies you can win at club level.
I know a lot of Cup Series champions, and they each have a very different personality. They all go about handling adversity, their challenges, and even confrontation a little differently.
I have looked at videos of many great champions like Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson, and Joe Frazier, who each had special qualities. I never say one particular fighter is the best ever because each has a special unique style of fighting.
I’m desperate to play Champions League football, and that’s why I have to leave Villa.
Every player who plays at Bayern Munich knows that Bayern Munich is a particularly special club. Whenever we lose, then it is lashed onto almost immediately by the media, regardless whether it is a friendly or losing the away game in a Champions League tie 1-0.
The Champions League is on another level. The games feel different.
Not many people become manager of Manchester United. Sir Alex had it for a long, long time, then a few have come along since to try to emulate him and make them the champions again.
I have great memories of playing in the Champions League at Celtic Park. That was something I will never forget, and of course we won a championship and that’s something no-one can take away from me.
Every team dreams of playing the Champions League final – Porto just as much as Real Madrid.
What I loved the most about the Champions League was the games at home.
The Olympic Games showed us that with self-discipline and dedication we can be champions.
In the Champions League you need a certain level of perseverance, strength, dedication to scoring over 90 minutes.
I hope Dortmund can reach the final of the Champions League again… why not?
Not so many Armenian players are given the chance to play in the Champions League, and this is really important for me, because I want to do everything to impress the children who are watching me playing.
I want to be one of the longest reigning champions, and for our women as a whole, even if I’m not in the match, I want us to have a Main Event at WrestleMania.
It is totally different to play in the Premier League to the Champions League.
We were the best team in the world: European champions in 1984, we qualified without a hitch and 86 was to be the swan song for a very experienced side.
I feel like if they added a few weight classes it wouldn’t change up the dynamics of the sport. You can still have champions and it wouldn’t be like boxing. Boxing got messed up, because they’ve got so many belts, so many unifications. It’s crazy.
With Wolves we are fighting for the Champions League, I am happy. and I am an important player for the fans and for the team.
I want to win the Champions League, and I don’t care about personal success.
Of course, becoming champions is something we all want, but I think that the best ‘championship’ for a manager is to see players like Koke, Lucas Hernandez, Angel Correa – lads who have come up from all the way down in the lower divisions – become professionals of a high standard.
I want to win the Champions League first. If I can win the Ballon d’Or, okay, but my objective is to win the Champions League first.
I’ve achieved everything in my career that I set out to – with the Champions League as the crowning glory.
In difficult moments, champions come through, and not by listening to what is being said.
Any strengthening of the squad, in a League and Champions League which demands so much, is a good thing because you need many top quality players.
My favourite thing, what I want of course, is to play in the Champions League with Tottenham.
I had a lot of emotional days at Chelsea, some that did not really end well, especially in the Champions League.
Football is definitely present in the tennis world. Given the mix of nationalities that exists in the changing rooms, there’s inevitably a bit of a rivalry between the players, especially in terms of the UEFA Champions League or competitions in which national teams compete.
There are always games where you play for important things, but the semifinal of the Champions League is a responsibility.
Honestly, I didn’t expect my call-up. I was just playing my game and will continue giving my best. Rest will be taken care by selectors. If they think I am good enough, they will take me in. Champions Trophy is a very big stage and there will be lot more opportunities for me in the coming future.
I grew up with champions around me, so I knew what it was like to be ambitious and to work very hard.
In Spain, I’d taken Villarreal to league runners-up and the quarter-final and then semi-final of the Champions League.
Of course I have ambition to become World Champions with Oranje.
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