Top 66 Villa Quotes

Do I like most footballers? Not really. Joe Hart, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Joleon Lescott, Gabby Agbonlahor and a group of the guys at Villa – good people.

With the advent of Twitter and Facebook and other social networking sites, genuine privacy can only be found by renting a private villa for a holiday. Hotels are now out of the question for my wife and I.

I love this little family-owned Italian spot called Tep’s Villa Roma. It has good home-style food made with love and intention.

I knew my knee was getting worse at Villa. The first season was dreadful and we went down. But speak to the Villa fans – take away the last three years – they were saying at the start that I should be playing for England.

They wanted to play me central midfield when I was at Aston Villa, so that’s why we left. Things were going good at Coventry, but then scouts from Manchester United and different clubs around England were watching me, and I don’t think Coventry liked that.

It’s such a crazy league, the Championship. People used to say that to me, and when you are in the Premier League, you don’t really take notice. It’s a good league; it’s tough, and I like it. But the Premier League is where I want to be, with Villa.

I played in an FA Cup final for Aston Villa and the manager went negative, sitting everyone behind the ball against Chelsea.

I know myself that when there is a manager who knows how to get the best out of you then it’s different – and that’s why I chose Villa. I wanted to work with Steve Bruce again.

It was Martin O’Neill who said, ‘You’re a central midfielder.’ He put faith into players. He was very clever at getting into players’ heads, leaving little remarks to make me believe more. The players at Villa all moved up another level under him.

The ‘Love Island’ villa in South Africa is one of the most incredible things I’ve ever seen.

Im from the East Midlands, and when I was playing youth team football, it was in the U18 Midlands league and Villa were the biggest team.

It’s very exciting, everyone wants to see Aston Villa back in the Premier League and kicking on from there. It’s great to see this club with such a rich history of being in the top flight, it’s an exciting prospect.

At school, I was always a central midfielder from a young age. Then, when I joined Villa at 16, the pre-season didn’t go too well, so they looked at me as a centre-half.

I was watching ‘Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood’, ‘Sesame Street’, ‘Electric Company’, ‘Romper Room’, and ‘Villa Alegre!’ when I said to my self, ‘Hey, self! Wouldn’t it be fun to be one of those kids on the TV?’ My mom thought it was a pretty good idea, too… and she instantly moved us from the Bay Area to Malibu… nice.

It’s an amazing feeling playing at a packed-out Villa Park.

I prefer advanced midfield, like a No. 10, but you know me: I’ll play anywhere for Villa.

I said no to Aston Villa because I was not ready. I said yes to Cardiff because I felt ready. But I was not.

Even when I went to Aston Villa, it was very important that I was not in competition with Manchester United.

The ‘Love Island’ villa smells. That’s the one thing the audience at home never see.

I think the first time I finished a season with the same manager who started it was Martin O’Neill at Villa, probably five seasons into my career.

I had my first trial at Villa at five.

Newcastle was tough – the manager who’d signed me, Bobby Robson, got sacked three games into the season, so a new manager arrived, and I ended up going on loan again, to Aston Villa.

I’m desperate to play Champions League football, and that’s why I have to leave Villa.

One of the things I’d bring to Villa if I was in charge is the idea that winning is important in football, but winning while playing offensive football is the best of all.

I can never shut the door on Aston Villa but I think it’s blatantly obvious for everyone looking at it that it’s done.

Few people will say maybe I had a tough time with different teams like Aston Villa and Middlesbrough but in each situation, I tried to take the good things.

I played at Aston Villa for four years and most of the time I loved it there, but typically it took me a while to settle in.

I gambled when I left QPR to go to Aston Villa half-way through the season when we were winning every Championship game, and that paid off. You just get a sense inside you, and you have to go.

I never thought I’d be in a position like I was at Aston Villa where people weren’t going to get paid on a Friday. That’s how bad it was. It looks great from the outside but we had huge financial problems for months.

I actually stormed out of the villa and said, I want to go home, I can’t do it any more, I can’t find a man.’ I’m so proud that I got the strength to stay and carry on.

I have always wanted to play for Aston Villa, so I am not going to sit there and think, ‘I could have been there,’ or whatever. The grass isn’t always greener.

Sunderland, West Ham and Orlando City wanted me but Villa wouldn’t sell me, saying I was too vital in the dressing room.

The most frustrating thing at Villa was the perceived view fans had of me, that certain people at the club painted. That of a mercenary who was happy sitting on the sidelines taking his wages.

Until I went to Aston Villa I was scoring ‘X’ amount. It just did not happen there. That is it. I have seen it happen with loads of players.

When my father was arrested, we didn’t know where they had him. My mother found him at the house of torture. It was called Villa Triste.

I’m ambitious, which is why I chose Villa.

I think the time I spent at Aston Villa was difficult. It was a difficult time and a difficult moment for the team.

With the advent of Twitter and Facebook and other social networking sites, genuine privacy can only be found by renting a private villa for a holiday.

Arcadia’ was started and finished at the Medici villa in Rome.

My experience at Villa has been a failure.

I’ve said it for a long time that Aston Villa is a special club.

It can be United or Aston Villa or Chelsea or whoever. I just want to win, and if I can score a goal against them, I’ll be buzzing.

I started doing well at Villa when I was six or seven.

When I first showed up at Villa I thought we had a weird old dressing room.

It’s always strange going back to Villa Park for me.

I was offered a free villa in Hollywood, but I said no thank you, I prefer to live in Italy.

I wish one time in my life I could do what other writers do… get me a villa in Spain and go there to write a book.

When I came to Aston Villa, they had struggled for two years before then.

I came close to joining Villa early on in my career but nothing happened. I met with them and also with people from Birmingham but nothing materialised.

Aston Villa had been in touch and they’d gone into the Premier League so I knew I could play in the Premier League just like that.

The Frankfurt Museum of Decorative Arts is a handsome building, which takes its cues from the riverside Biedermeier villa next to it, and it is well-integrated into an overall scheme for a group of small museums.

I don’t want a grand villa in a rich suburb alongside white people where many of my former comrades choose to live. I would never betray my roots in that way.

I’d love to rent a private villa in a resort complex with a kids’ club.

When I was young I used to watch the Premier League and of course I knew of Tottenham because of Ossie Ardiles and Ricky Villa. I speak more with Ossie because I see him more at the training ground than Ricky.

It is a lifelong dream to even play for Villa, but to get to a European final tops it all off.

Villa Grande has in many ways symbolized an important, but less than pleasant, part of our history.

The weirdest place I ever actually woke up in was a villa on the beach in Mexico. It was burning hot, and there were all these crabs walking around me. But I was feeling good, so I went with the vibe.

I played a lot of games for Villa, and one of my regrets is not winning a trophy there – that still hurts, and that’s why the big games are important.

Aston Villa and Middlesbrough, they showed me what is English football. It’s tough, it’s difficult and they showed me how life is like in professional football.

There’s not one person at any club I’ve been at who would turn around and say I’m a bad egg, it’s only been at Aston Villa. That speaks volumes.

Hopefully I can challenge myself and establish myself as a Premier League player for Aston Villa.

When I was 15, Aston Villa offered me a trial for four days. In those days, I was more interested in making mischief and I didn’t even turn up until the fourth day and then they sent me packing because they said I wasn’t dedicated enough.

I was very into football in my early teens and spent six months with Aston Villa, but I never really got further than having trials. I’m also into ice hockey.

I treat the young boys as I wanted to be treated when I came through at Aston Villa.