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It is important to keep Manchester United on top of the world.
I came to Turin above all for my family, because at Manchester, they had inserted a clause in our agreement which changed the situation considerably. It really annoyed me.
I will love the Champions League for life.
I do what I have to on the pitch.
In Europe, being fast, being strong, playing only with your quality, you are going to struggle against teams that prepare.
I have never hidden my love of Paris, even though Monaco is still ‘my’ team.
It does not matter if I’m Man of the Match.
I help Alex Buttner every time I can.
I qualify myself like a bottle of wine – the more I get older, the more it tastes sweet!
Manchester United is a factory workers’ club. You have to respect that culture.
We need to be behind Man United always when they win or lose.
It’s normal to win the championship. It’s Manchester United. We don’t have the right to make mistakes.
The minute Juventus came calling, I knew it was the right choice for me. They have the same winning mentality as me.
Football is like a pyramid. It is easy to reach the top of the pyramid, but to stay there is the hardest part.
I don’t have to prepare any differently because it’s Messi, because every day in training I am up against people like Rooney, Berbatov, Ronaldo, and Tevez, so you know what to do against big players.
When you play for Manchester United, any year you don’t win the title, you feel like you haven’t done your job.
Some might say friendlies are unimportant, but we always try to win because we then maintain that positive mentality when the real competitions start.
When Manchester United play with the right spirit, nobody can beat us.
It was really difficult for me to leave Manchester United. I left for a personal choice.
I will play for my country until my legs won’t allow it or the national coach doesn’t call me.
The Australian players are getting better.
Players who play in the Premiership play everywhere – they are strong, quick, and have good technique. It is the best football.
There are some pundits with whom I will settle my differences… they want to sell a lie to the French people that Evra is disliked. But that is not the case at all.
A lot of people say I am not tall and I am small guy. But I jump very high. I surprise a lot of people when I go for the corner kicks.
Wazza, when he plays behind the striker, he is very dangerous because he has more touches of the ball, and Wazza can create the goal as well and can score.
I was twice voted best left-back in the world.
The most important thing is believing in yourself.
Messi is unbelievable, but Ronaldo does it on his own. In Madrid, he has to score the goals and create them.
If you play a bad game, you can’t say it was because you were injured.
The Champions League, for me especially, is the most beautiful competition.
Winning the Champions League is completely different to winning the Premier League.
I remember, in 2008, and we won the Champions League and the Premier League, and we were having our photos taken with the trophies, and someone said to me, ‘Patrice, you don’t look happy.’ I said, ‘It’s because we are missing the FA Cup.’
A lot of people are jealous about Man United, so they just keep criticising, even when they win.
I think the French teams sometimes doubt themselves. They play some beautiful games but, when it comes down to it, do not go through.
Sometimes you have good days. Sometimes you have bad.
For me, Arsenal is a football training centre. You watch the match, you enjoy it, but are you going to win a title afterwards? That’s what people remember.
You see on the night of a Champions League game. It is magic. It is total magic.
We want to win everything. That is the Manchester United way.
I’m a sportsman who has competition in my blood, and I am not interested in money.
If you play for Manchester United, you have to be strong.
You can be the best left back in the world, but if you play badly in the final, people will say you’re the worst.
Patrice Evra has always fought for his place.
Playing for Manchester United demands huge sacrifices. It is a club for workers, and we are there to slog our guts out. There is no bling and sequins about the place.
Allegri is an easy coach to understand, as he doesn’t like to work with stupid people.
It is not easy to be Patrice Evra.
If you love Man United, you should never criticise them. You need to support them.
When you play for Juventus, there is a lot of responsibility. You have to have personality more than just talent.
When you start to work out during your holidays, you know you’ve got the motivation. When I stop working hard during my holidays and getting excited before the beginning of the season, that’s when I’ll know it’s time to call it quits.
Everyone thinks if they have a problem, the first thing they want to do is play football and enjoy themselves.
I was only a 17-year-old lad when I played for Marsala, and while I didn’t play much at Monza, that is where I met my agents, who are like brothers to me.
In football, you can’t always succeed.
When I put on a Man United shirt, I will give everything, no matter what my future is.
Robin van Persie and Wayne Rooney are both outstanding players.
People can call me arrogant, but why should I lie? Of course I feel strong, and of course I am proud as well.
I remember, in my first interview after I arrived in Manchester, I said, ‘I didn’t come here to play in the Champions League – I have come to win it.’
I like to win; I chose Juve to win. I will do my best for the fans, the club, and my team-mates.
It doesn’t matter if you go somewhere and you’re still winning – it’s always the wrong decision to leave a club like Manchester United.
When I hear people say Patrice never had someone to fight him for his place, I think they have bad memories. They forget very quickly how I got to become Manchester United’s left-back. I fought with two great players in Gabriel Heinze and Mikael Silvestre.
You have to fear the wounded animal.
I can play against a player like Messi; I don’t fear anybody. I just play my game.
If you are ready to play, you have to give everything. No excuses.
I’ve always believed that when you play for Juve, the goal at the start of the year is to win the title and a lot of trophies.
It doesn’t matter who we play against, whether it is Barcelona or another big team: when you are Man United, you do not have an excuse. You have to win.
You have to win the title with a strong team and a strong defence, but I don’t only like to talk about the four defenders and the goalkeeper when you concede goals. It’s about the team.
I love Man United, and I will always love Man United. It is not a fake love.
The FA Cup means so much, and one day, I hope I will win it.
I live in the present because the past is regret, and the future is anxiety.
You don’t need to be criticised to play well or things like that.
I never forget my first emotions in football, in Sicily.
The feeling here at Juventus is amazing.
