Top 40 Quotes & Sayings by Dries Mertens

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Belgian athlete Dries Mertens.

Last updated on September 18, 2024.

Dries Mertens, nicknamed "Ciro", is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a striker or winger for the Belgium national team.

Belgian - Athlete | Born: May 6, 1987

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It's not easy to be on a diet when you play for Napoli - the food is really good.

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I think this is something special about Italy; waking up, taking the coffee in the morning and talking only about football.

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I am happy at Napoli.

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I'm not going to lay about after my career. My wife will work, too.

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Football in Italy is crazy and the people are very crazy, too, so I think we are used to it.

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I don't see myself as a world-class player.

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There is no such thing as friends on the field.

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We like to score a lot of goals.

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I chose Napoli with my heart.

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I'm a player who can score and assist, even if I know I'll have to help out defensively too.

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As it is I'm very pleased at PSV.

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I was still on the bench at the beginning in Naples, then I started to play and I wanted to enjoy my moments. I worked so hard to get into the team and I didn't want to leave - that would have been too easy.

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You know a dog loves you for who you are; they don't know if you're a soccer player or not. Sometimes people treat you good because you're a footballer or because you're famous, but a dog doesn't know it.

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I was ready to leave Holland and Serie A is a big step for me.

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People who aren't in love with Napoli have simply never seen it as I have. And the people who are in love know this love is eternal.

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In the first season with Sarri I only played six games as a starter.

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I really like Italy. I am good there and they treat me good.

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I received an offer from China: I would've earned an incredible sum. But Napoli didn't want me to go, and I wanted to stay. So nothing came of it.

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I like to live like a local. When you are somewhere, you have to try to take the culture of that place and try to adapt.

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My father drove a bus in Anderlecht and he took me to training every day in Brussels from when I was 11 to 18.

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When I lived in Holland, it was a lot of television, watching Netflix all the time. You eat at 6 o'clock, 7 o'clock, you are finished at 8, and then you go lay down. You rest. That's what I did in Holland.

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Football in Italy is like a wonderful sickness, because people are infected with this love for the sport from childhood to old age.

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I like it when you're in good form, you keep going and everything works out well.

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The people at Utrecht know that I'm always looking to improve myself and that I want to get the maximum out of my career.

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Me, all-time topscorer - who would have thought that when I signed for Napoli?

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My dad reads everything about me.

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Juventus can afford to spend a great deal of money for new players. But Napoli can always respond by playing magnificently.

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Sarri taught me football. He is a coach I really like, well-prepared and even scientific in the way he analyses games.

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I am not Lionel Messi, I'm not Maradona, I'm just Dries and I'm happy with that.

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My initials are D.M., just like Diego Maradona. And just like him, I want to be remembered by the people of Naples.

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I know I'm not a Lionel Messi or a Cristiano Ronaldo.

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I have had so many fine moments in Naples, but the first that comes to mind is when I signed the contract. I immediately loved this city and these wonderful people.

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I have already told Vermaelen to come to Napoli 10 times. The city is magnificent and even Benitez asked me to convince Vermaelen to come here.

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Neapolitan people are always outside. They are not in front of the television.

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I love playing for this team, the fans want me to play for Napoli.

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It's simply amazing to have the chance to play for PSV.

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I have so much respect for when my parents did. They did not raise me talking about money and I would have disappointed them if I went to China.

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I have become a bargain - where do you find a player who scores 28 goals in Serie A and costs €28m? Nowhere, right?