Top 77 Quotes & Sayings by David Silva
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Spanish athlete David Silva.
Last updated on September 18, 2024.
Everyone has an image of a premature child, but until you live it and experience it, you just don't know how bad it is.
Pep Guardiola sees things before they happen, and that's an advantage - a massive plus.
Why did I leave Valencia? Because the club needed me to. I was happy there and wouldn't have left, but the situation the club was in demanded it.
I like to play in the middle, even though I can play on both wings.
Football is what we like and enjoy most.
City came in strongly for me, put their cards on the table, and what I have found out since is that every game in England is a privilege - the atmosphere, the fans, the interest that surrounds it. Every time I go out on the pitch, I know I've made the right decision.
I love to play in the middle to be in contact with the ball all the time. I'm very happy to play in that position.
One of the things I did well as a young kid was to link well with the rest of the team, so I reckon it's something which is natural for me.
The way Guardiola plays suits me. It enables me to get into space in attacking positions.
Guardiola has helped me so when I receive the ball, I have space.
It goes without saying that the first few months after my son was born were the toughest of my life.
Spain is such a competitive league, and for the players to give up La Liga, it's such a tough decision.
It's very difficult in England because the season is very long and hard compared to other places. There's not a lot of recovery time at all, not even a break at Christmas. You just have to do your best and get on with it.
I try to enjoy playing football and do my best for the team.
I enjoy creating goals more than scoring them.
I'm confident I can be a success in English football.
You always feel more attracted to people who play the way you play.
I'm very happy to be at City, and I would like to continue there for as long as possible. It obviously depends on my health, my quality on the pitch, and if the club want me to stay. I would like to be there until the end, but the Premier League is such a hard league to play in. It is much more physical than somewhere like La Liga, so it depends.
There is definitely a difference when you are fighting for a title against clubs like United or Real Madrid or Barcelona. They are so used to winning, it means that you have to have a different frame of mind when you challenge them because that's the only way to overcome them.
It's an honour for any player that a club of the prestige of Manchester United should follow them, and that, in itself, is enormous praise.
I think you learn to value the important things in life.
When you see Pep on TV or read his words in the newspaper, it is the portrait of a man who is the ultimate professional. But when you work with him, you don't just come to see him as a coach. You learn about his qualities as a man. It is that side of Pep Guardiola that the people on the outside don't get to see.
I've always said I'm very happy at City.
The aim for the future is always to win titles, become champions of the Premier League, and more.
With football, you can never predict what's going to happen.
Every derby match is different, just like every season is different.
I don't waste my time doing my head in about stupid things that don't really matter and don't waste time worrying over nothing.
I know people say you have to be big and strong to play in the Premier League, but you cannot just judge a player by their size. You have to look at their other qualities, too.
Football in England is much more direct that in Spain - not just in terms of tactics or style but in the overall approach.
Football is a changeable game. From one day to another, everything could change.
Even when you think you can't learn much more about the game, you can and do, in fact, learn more by looking at things in a different light.
At the end of the day, we're playing a sport.
I don't know what happens with other players or what is in their heads, but for me - just win.
If I had to return to Valencia, I would not rule that out.
The press often ask me about Messi and Ronaldo and who is the best, but one thing for me is very clear. For me, the No. 1 is Andres Iniesta, because he is my team-mate for Spain, and I can see that he is able to do even more difficult things on the pitch.
I love compliments; of course I do. Everybody wants to receive compliments. But the team is the important thing, and I'd rather win things as a team than finish up with individual honours.
You just don't expect to see your baby fighting for his life. Looking back, you wonder how you coped.
I have my life on the field, but when I finish that, I want a quiet life with my family.
I'm always proud to wear the colours of Spain.
I don't want anyone to know my business, and that's the way I like it.
I've been lucky: I've won a lot of medals, but I'd still like to win more.
At City, we don't just have successful people: we have great human beings who know that family is paramount.
All I want to do is win the Premier League and Europa League - I don't stop to think about being named as the Player of the Year. It's not something that interests me.
Winners don't believe in fate like others do. They simply cannot accept defeat.
I think that by playing centre midfield in the middle of the park, I'm doing something which comes naturally to me.
I've always said that I'd like to play for Las Palmas - my local team.
On the pitch, I have always had that responsibility to lead the team. But, of course, when you are captain, players, especially the young ones, they look at you more for the things you do on and off the pitch. But I have always been a very calm person.
I do not look at the end of my career with any fear.
It's always an honour to help the Anfi Group - a hotel timeshare company where my mother worked for many years and which I will always support.
When you experience playing in two different leagues, you learn to adapt; you pick up elements from the best virtues of each culture.
Football is very simple for me.
Someone from the family is always with me in England, and for me, that's the perfect life.
I pray every night to win the Champions League with City.
Stuff happens in football. Sometimes it goes in your favour, sometimes it doesn't.
I'm a very quiet person, and I always try to take the pressure off myself before games.
You gain know-how from playing matches because every moment of a football match has its own rhythm.
My life has always gone step by step.
Thanks to the football, every time I go out and play, it releases the tension, and you forget about the problems.
Once you win, you get used to winning, and that's not a bad thing.
I ask myself in every game to be the one to take responsibility.
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