Henrikh Mkhitaryan Quotes

It wasn't until late high school and early college that I gained enough size and skill to make me welcome on intramural basketball teams.

When I decide to score, I score. I know I am strong, but I believe it is not enough yet. I can kick fine, dribble very well, but I still have to improve.

When I was younger, I did not have the strength to jump well enough, but over the years I have gained that, worked on it. But the sensibility you simply have to have.

Going to another country you're not in your house, you're with people you've never met before, and I think it's definitely a good growing experience.

I have MMA strengths, but I need to build on my weaknesses.

I still have a lot of room for improvement. For example, I want to shoot equally well with both feet.

I wanted to know what it would be like to get on a horse and ride all the way west to Europe and take a look back at my own culture through the eyes of a nomad.

Scoring is probably something I need to work on.

It's like a muscle - if you stop going to the gym or stop running, you get weak. The military teaches you these great values, but we don't keep up the discipline on our own, and we lose it. So wherever you go, keep that discipline up.

Each game helps me to continue improving, which is what I want. I want to improve in defense, on the ball, score more goals. I never want to get tired of improving.

I love learning things, whether it's a language or Philippine knife-fighting or the Viennese waltz.

I got some skills I can build on; I can be an all-around player.

One day, I would like to go over to Spain to play just to see what it's like and to experience that.

There's definitely going to be things that I'm not very good at, things I can improve.

If one day I start thinking about playing abroad, money won't be the reason.

In Paris, I will be able to learn and improve while winning.

My life changed forever the first time I went to the southern hemisphere.

I've definitely gotten better, to where everyone can see that I'm not a defensive liability.

I will always find something to challenge myself. I will go up to heavyweight or down to middleweight.

I've always been fast, it's God-given talent. I just try and use that to my advantage, but I'm learning more and more positionally so I don't have to rely on my pace so much.

I began searching for my confidence on the pitch as a young boy.

I have the tools and the size to be a good defender. I've just got to be able to put it all together.

I've worked on my game, and I don't think it has any holes, no weaknesses. I say that with humility because you can always work to get better. But I run inside, I run outside, and I'm just not a guy you have to take off the field for certain packages.

I would have no problem with living in China. I like discovering new places and cultures, and I would not go alone - my family would go with me.

I just turned 34 and feel like the best striker I've ever been.