David Villa Quotes

I think if you play for Chelsea you have to deal with the pressure, everybody knows the expectations.

I've played for Real Madrid, where the pressure is so huge because you have to go and really win absolutely every game.

When things are going well, everyone's coming into training, having a lot of banter and joking about and enjoying things, and when you are not, it's not that feeling, because the expectation level is to win.

When you play for Barcelona, there is always pressure to win - you play for something special. It's the same when you player for Tottenham; the names are not important.

When you train a massive club or little third division outfit, when you go out to play football in any situation, it is always about winning.

Any game is important to me. At Boston College, when I went out for the spring games, I wanted to win. Maybe it is more important than other preseason games. It's just that everyone is expecting a lot from me in my first week of professional football. I want to confirm my expectations.

Every time a young player comes in, he is excited and wants to prove himself, but also in football, the other players want to prove themselves to any new player that comes in, so that competition is the only way to stimulate performance.

When you play with a big club, you need to get results every single day, even more when a homegrown player goes into the first team. It's not easy.

I think at a club like Liverpool you always feel a bit of pressure. You should. But it doesn't bother me.

At all big clubs, there is pressure. They all want to win and expect to win.

There is a lot of motivation for me at Napoli, we want to prove we're at the top level and I want to keep improving here.

If you don't have competition in a squad, you can have complacency - and, if you have complacency, you won't win.

Everyone in the Premier League feels pressure to get results. It is part of being a footballer.

At Inter, I was the best-paid player in the world. But it's not a question of money, because when I go out onto the pitch, I only have one thing in mind - winning.

Playing so many important games in a prestigious competition like the Champions League, I have experience to call upon, and I'm thankful for that. I hope the other players can feel more confident because of that.

It's normal that there's pressure at Real Madrid.

I had no direct experience of a relegation scrap, but with Wales, I never had the luxury of being allowed to lose games. I was under pressure to win even the friendlies.

Playing for a Champions League place is not enough. It is not my target, but it is a target we have to take.

If you are considered as favourites, you have stand up and deliver. You can't make too many mistakes. You have to be the best.

Being at United, you always get quite disappointed if you don't get all three points, as you believe you can go into every single game and win it.

At Real Madrid there is always pressure to win.

The Premier League is different to other leagues where I have played, and everybody knows it is very tough, but I will do my best to beat my own personal records - I'm very motivated.

When I played for Arsenal, like once per month, you always had this feeling you had to perform.

Sometimes I miss coaching, but often things are not how they appear in football.

Winning a Grand Slam changes everything. There is so much off-court stuff to deal with. And there are expectations of keeping it going that make it tough.