Club Legacy Quotes

Bayern are a club where success is demanded, and second place isn't particularly appreciated. We have a history and culture to respect.

If you look at the history of Manchester United, they are always a big side, so there is no time of underestimating them.

I had an opportunity to play for Paris St-Germain when I was younger and it's important for me to represent a club with that amount of history because of the type of footballer I am.

It's a special club. It's got history. When I slip on the Manchester United shirt, it's like I'm wearing its past. So you have to sacrifice yourself for this club.

People talk about the history of Manchester United or Liverpool, but look what Arsenal achieved with the team of Thierry Henry and Patrick Vieira.

My love for Arsenal dates back to when I went to watch them play with the then-largest shareholder David Dein. I developed a likeness for the team, and I have been a supporter of the team since then.

We're Real Madrid - and being successful is part of our DNA.

This club is steeped in history and I feel privileged to have become a part of that ... An immense thank you to Sir Alex Ferguson for making it all possible, for giving me the privilege to be a captain, to be inspired by the legend of Manchester United and to understand that nobody is bigger than the club.

Trying to take the credit for Jamie Carragher and Steven Gerrard, who had been at the club since they were eight. Can you believe it? I can't.

I have been received more warmly by Everton than I have by Liverpool. It is scandalous that I should have to write these things about the club that I helped build into what it is today.

We don't look at records, but if we can make history in this club, we will. It's not only about Chelsea, this league.

Arsenal have class. I remember when I was at Spurs, the Arsenal players would arrive for matches in their navy blazers with the gold gun emblem sewn into their pockets and grey slacks. We couldn’t match their ground with that beautiful main entrance, marble halls and spiral staircase. Even in 1961 when we won the Double, we were never as big a club as Arsenal.

I want to be clear: I do not view myself so much as the owner of Fulham but a custodian of the club on behalf of its fans.

It is obviously wonderful to be linked with a club with the history of Liverpool.

Juventus is an historic club that only fights to win.

Everyone hears stories about what it means to be a Liverpool player, but, until you live it personally, you cannot really understand it.

It'd be best if Cristiano Ronaldo retired at Real Madrid and then worked at the club.

Juventus will never be like Real Madrid or Barcelona because its history and playing style speak for itself.

Looking back at my matches since 2002, there is one main criterion for me which marks a club which is successful in the long-term: big players, who have grown with their clubs, whose names are tied to the success and who have a 100 per cent identification with the team, the club and its history.

It has been an honour to defend the colours of a historic club like Deportivo.

Personally, I would like to face Barcelona in every game because it gives you so much motivation and you learn a lot from it. Pep Guardiola is a really important person in the history of their club. He has a winning mentality and that is fundamental.

It's always good when you see your name with legends of a club like Liverpool. It's a different feeling, and I'm very happy about that.

When coaches arrive at a club, we need to understand its history. If we don't understand it, then we are destined to have a bad time.

With a club like Manchester United that have history and traditions, I think the manager at the club should respect that.

You have to put all the criticism of this club down to jealousy. United have produced more players who have played for their country, more world-class players and more players who have won European Footballer of the Year than any other team in this country, so we must be doing something right.