Top 75 Dimitar Berbatov Quotes

I don’t play for the money.

Sometimes the things I do look effortless, but it’s not like that. It’s very difficult, but because of my style, I make it look easy.

The small details are important if you want to be a good player.

I think every person is different in coping with pressure; every person thinks differently. For me, sometimes it is difficult because people expect so much of me.

I don’t like to show my weaknesses.

For me, it was the right decision to go to United, because going to the top of the mountain was my dream, especially when you come from Eastern Europe, from a small town, and no one’s done it before you.

As soon as I score, my mother texts me, so when I go in the dressing room, her text is there waiting for me to read!

When you get a bit older, you gain more experience, and you try to put it to good use, to help yourself in different ways and also the young players.

If we win 1-0, I don’t care if the goalkeeper scores.

Every human being is different.

I never considered myself to be a star – only a forward working for the team.

I hope when I finish with football, I’ll be happy with what I’ve achieved.

Sport is healthy, but it can be the opposite of that at the top level. You have so many injuries; you put your body through so much. You wake up at 2 in the morning, and you cannot move.

Every team is going to lose; every team is going to win.

I want to teach the young people the way I see football. The way I eat, the way I am in training.

I cannot speak for other players, but it is always good when the manager comes to ask how you’re feeling and makes you feel calm before you play the game.

I just want to entertain and make people enjoy the game and smile.

If every player is on the left, and I am on the right, you need to trust me that I have seen something the other players have not seen.

I credit my success to my mother. Her prayers and support are everything to me. I know all she does for me, and I know nothing I do can ever pay back the amount of support she has given me.

I am a striker, and people expect strikers to score goals. But I don’t see myself as a striker.

I will dream about winning the Golden Ball until I stop playing.

When you train with good players or watch matches on TV, you want to do what they do.

I left Manchester United with my head held very high. I gave 100 per cent, and no one could doubt my performances, especially when you compare how many minutes I actually played.

Obviously, I like to play a lot with the ball.

I was the Premier League’s top goal scorer in 2010-11 and never wanted to be on the bench.

I am a perfectionist, and I set high standards.

Every player has their doubts in their self, but they need support.

When a club legend becomes your manager, he automatically gets the attention of the players, purely because he had been there and done that.

I wanted to win trophies and play for the biggest club, and the biggest club in England is Manchester United.

When I set myself a target, I aim to reach it.

Jose Mourinho knows how to control to big players in the dressing room, to control egos. He’s done it all his life and knows how to work it into the team.

I always tend to think my goals are beautiful goals. That is what I want to score – beautiful goals – and create beautiful chances.

It doesn’t matter how many goals you score; one goal is enough if you don’t let one in your net.

I’d like to start my managerial career in England.

If Lukaku is not as good as others with his first touch, then give him a ball that he can handle.

I don’t play for money. I play for glory and winning championships.

When United wanted me, I was like a horse with blinkers on. I was not interested in anyone else. City offered more money, but the team was weaker, and their history couldn’t compete with United.

You can find yourself doubting yourself. But that’s when you need to keep faith and realise everything is going to be okay. You work hard in training and keep doing the things you’re good at.

Everything I do, I want it to be perfect. I know it can’t be like that every time – but that is my aim.

Football is a simple game.

When I signed for United, I felt like it was a reward for everything that I’d been through in my life.

The Premier League is in my heart.

I don’t want to show my emotions in public.

I have handled pressure and expectation all through my life. I am not scared of it.

My heart is in the Premier League. I can honestly say that when you’ve played there, your heart stays there even if you are physically elsewhere.

There are small things that every coach brings when they go to a new team. Like, you need to press this way or the other way.

When you come to a new club, the first two or three days are always a bit hectic.

As long as I feel good, I’ll have the desire to play.

I am a very proud person.

You always want to run before you can walk.

Young players try and imitate the best players like Ronaldo. They try to imitate the hair, the clothes, the cars, the tricks. I try to tell them how hard Cristiano Ronaldo trained in training and after training. He only wanted to be the best. Everything else came after.

I like to play with the ball and have the freedom to move around.

It’s always good to beat a top team like Chelsea.

All the players are human beings and need more support to bring their confidence up.

I just want to play every game, and when I do this, and I’m healthy with no injuries, then the fans can see the way I play.

Those who know me, my really close friends, know that I play for enjoyment and to entertain the fans.

I am the happiest guy around; trust me.

My mind was always set on joining Manchester United. How can you not go to United?

For me, if the ball’s in the net, it doesn’t matter if it’s an overhead kick or just a tap-in.

When you’re young, you’re cocky.

Sometimes you need a special player to do something out of the ordinary.

To win the league, you don’t just need great players, but you need players who have the mentality of title winners.

When I play all the time, I play with a smile on my face, and then I can help my team with my goals and my game and the way I can play football.

A player may have a future only if he respects the players who taught and advised him.

Sometimes self-esteem affects you on and off the pitch. Until you face your next game and you miss an easy chance, for example, then you feel not as great.

I wouldn’t say I have felt troubled here at United. I am not troubled. I am lucky. I have loved my time here.

You want to feel special as a striker; you want to be the main guy, and you know, if the coach wants you, he’s going to be good for you.

I don’t smile all the time, but I smile inside.

Half the people might like me – the other half might not. But throughout my life, I have had high expectations for myself – so I just try to make the non-believers into believers.

When someone has great qualities, sometimes they don’t have to put much effort into things.

A player becomes great only when he realises he has great team-mates.

Top-level football gives you fame and money, but it takes away a lot, too.

I came from a background where we didn’t have bread. I know what it’s like to live with money and no money.

I can’t play for the national team if I’m not playing for my club.

I am not an icon.