Top 89 Quotes & Sayings by Ander Herrera

I think the best thing a team can have is different leaders.

I don't like to talk about what other players think because, as we say in Spanish, every person is a world, their own world.

I was happy to play for Athletic Bilbao, another club that is dear to me, and for Manchester United, the biggest club in the United Kingdom, where I felt loved.

I would never have left Athletic if it hadn't been for a club like United. I left a different, unique club, with a special philosophy and incredible people.

If I am on the pitch I'm very calm because I know I've done everything to be there. That's the way to be and the way I'll feel until the last day of my career.

Every game gives you a new challenge, and new problems to solve.

I don't know if my perspective is different because my dad played but I've always admired footballers: second division players, second division B players.

I have always given everything to the clubs I have represented and I represent. But I cannot lie to you: the club of my heart is still Real Zaragoza, who I have supported as a child and where I started my career.

It's very important that Manchester United have four or five young players every year from the youth system.

I have taken a leap forward at United which has allowed me to get into the national side.

I think the best way to defend a result is to keep attacking.

The way that PSG approached me was impeccable. I felt wanted.

Everybody is always looking at the best in the world with a magnifying glass and they are criticised more than others.

Van Gaal is an honest guy and has always put Manchester United above all else.

I have had the same shinpads since I was eight or nine years old. Everyone laughs in the dressing room because of them but I am superstitious with that.

If I deserve a new contract, the contract will come. I'm not a selfish guy, I want the team to keep winning games, I don't go crazy about my contract.

Naturally this is football, and in big teams it is not easy to play every game.

I think I have that ability to win the ball back quickly when we lose it.

When I was playing for Real Zaragoza, I had the responsibility that I was playing for the club that I support and that I love. When I was playing for Athletic Bilbao, I was feeling the responsibility to play for the most special philosophy in the world, which is only playing Basque people.

Of course, the Premier League is the main objective for everyone.

I love football. I love my profession. What I don't like is cases where owners prioritise their interests over the club's. Football can't be solely about profit. Look, no one's stupid: no one wants to lose money but nor should it be about people getting rich off people's dreams.

In football, what today is black, tomorrow is white.

When you have played for Manchester United, it is difficult to go elsewhere.

Paris Saint-Germain is the biggest club in France, which continues to progress, and who plays to win all possible titles.

I have never had and will never have anything to do with manipulating match results.

The most difficult quality is to make the right decision. Because you can be quick, you can be strong, you can jump incredibly, you can have the best shots and you can be able to score goals from 50 yards, but if you don't know when to shoot, when to run or when to jump, you're lost.

I'm delighted to play with Neymar.

When you have 16 or 17 attempts, when you have so many opportunities to score in the first 60 or 70 minutes and you don't do it, the opponent can score. The opponent can hurt you.

I think football is a team sport.

When one day I leave Manchester United I don't want to think, 'I should have analysed the opponent more, I should have worked harder.'

If any player in the world tells you he doesn't care about what the opponents do, he is lying.

It is very important as a midfielder to score.

I respect all the keepers like Manuel Neuer, Gianluigi Buffon and Marc-Andre ter Stegen.

I am at Manchester United. I feel really lucky to be here.

Normally the biggest stars, as Wayne Rooney is, are selfish but he is not.

I used to play as a No. 10, in Bilbao, in most of the games, but when I came to United, when you come to one of the biggest clubs in the world, you realise that if you want to be a No. 10, you have to score 10, 12 goals per season.

I only have words of thanks to Mourinho, he has made me better. I played a lot under him and I was named player of the season with him in the dugout.

Why PSG? Because to leave United, the biggest team in England, you need something like PSG, which is the biggest in France. I could not play in another English club.

Everybody wants to help the team to score. I try.

When you are one of the best coaches in the world, it is normal to attract bad reviews if you lose a couple of games.

I don't want to compare but when you're a Manchester United player, you're a Manchester United player for life.

If I play well I'm not very, very happy and if I play badly I'm not very, very sad. I just try to keep my balance.

When you're a manager, we sometimes speak too much about tactics, but the most difficult thing for a manager is to get the best from his best players.

I am always open to learning. I am always open to adapting myself to a new role and a new position.

To be honest, when a manger is sacked, for me it's also the responsibility of the players. We have to take responsibility for it - it's not only the manager and the staff.

I love football and I believe in fair play, both on and off the pitch.

I feel really good at United and I hope to stay here for a long time.

If a coach is not straight, players soon find him out. Mourinho is very straight. He says what he thinks and he says it to your face.

Sometimes you hit the ball on target and sometimes you don't.

But it's really nice to win a trophy and I think Manchester United always fight for titles and for trophies.

I like to know about football and everything about a club when I play there, so I talk to people when they come up to me in the street.

Mourinho is a winner and will remain a winner.

In Spain, players have an official price tag, just like shirts hanging in a shop do.

I am a team player, I want to give everything for the manager and I don't look back. I just look forward.

I like to read and understand.

I'm not perfect but I always try to give of my best.

Everyone wants to beat Manchester United, but that's something that we are used to coping with.

Pogba is a midfielder who has all the qualities. When you are a midfielder you normally have some special qualities but he has everything.

I don't go crazy when I don't have my best game and say: 'Oof, I've lost my chance, I'm not going to play again.'

In football I think if you don't have the intention to touch the ball and you have your arms in a natural position it is not handball.