Club Tradition Quotes

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.

I remember when Manchester United came into the league and I remember saying, 'Wow, this is huge. This is huge for a club like this to have a women's team.' It's so important for clubs with all this tradition, history, power, influence to have a women's team and to see the progress that they've made and what they've put into it.

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.

It was a dream come true to wear the famous colours of FC Barcelona.

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

I consider Birmingham a proper football club; the tradition and support base that fits the club.

Manchester United are not just some club. To be part of this club also means to be part of a great history.

I think Manchester United is a much bigger club than any manager in the world, and the manager who comes in should respect what Manchester United is.

This is a club with a very big history, and the fans are a big part of that. There will be pressure here, for sure, but I like pressure. I also know about the famous players who have played for Newcastle United, like Alan Shearer, who is a hero of mine.

It's really important that when you come to a club, you know the history. My dream was always Real Madrid or Barcelona, but for the fans of Tottenham, the club is the biggest in the world. So that's how I treated it.

The attacking philosophy is in the walls of Man United. That's tradition; that's history. That's how we play and want to play.

Real Madrid is bigger than egos. The club is huge and the culture of the club was so big that we were able to sign huge players. It was then up to the players to adapt to the culture and not the other way around.

Manchester United is a factory workers' club. You have to respect that culture.

I am aware of importance of the No.7 shirt. Cristiano Ronaldo had spoken to me at Real Madrid and told me how important it was.

Arsenal's past appeals to me - I like clubs with a history.

A lot of clubs have lost the perspective of what is a football club.

I play the way I do because it's the Arsenal way.

While being in the right seat at the right game might create short-term reassurance, I can't get over the idea that really what people feel is that their club is being run by a group of guys who know the history, study the heritage and view Villa as a proud Victorian club in its third century.

The motivation when you put on a United shirt is big and the obligation is always big because we represent the greatest club in England and one of biggest in the world.

Molde fits me very well; Man United fits me very well because it's in me. It's in your personality. It's ingrained in you. I understand the club.

Every United player understands what United is about. The players understand it is a privilege to play for United.