Top 71 Quotes & Sayings by Gabriel Batistuta
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Argentinian athlete Gabriel Batistuta.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
I can see that the UAE is growing a lot as a football country, and there is plenty of opportunity to keep going and improve.
I do not like football. It is just my profession.
I lived and breathed football. Now I have difficulty walking because of that: because I gave much more than I actually had to give.
My thoughts on Balotelli? He's the kind of player who infuriates me. I was not born a footballer like him. I achieved what I did because of all the hard work I put in. I had to make sacrifices.
I know perfectly well that in football, you have good times, and you have bad times.
It goes without saying that I love the game, the tactics, the training, and everything that happens on the pitch.
I've made a lot of sacrifices to play for Roma and Argentina, but I don't seem to get thanked for it.
Sometimes the logic of football has no value at all.
It's fun to have wingers that cross the ball for you, but when two intelligent No. 9s play together, they understand each other better than with the wingers.
Argentina have always had the best strikers in the world.
I'm playing for the team. If I've got four goals, it's because the team are playing well.
For me, practice and discipline are the magic words to become big in any sport, especially soccer.
From my playing experience in Qatar, I know that it is a country and a region which will host a spectacular and passionate World Cup in 2022.
I know where I come from and what my roots are.
A season with Fiorentina in Serie A? I could certainly try again.
Messi is a player who can play in any team.
You have to win before anything else.
Messi is a winner.
I will end my career with Roma.
Looking from the outside at English football, at Spanish football, it's more interesting, and they have the champions and the celebrities that they want to see. But with the passion that Italians have for football, the pride that they have, I don't think the game will stay that way.
You don't celebrate a goal differently just because it's scored against one team or the other.
I came to Roma because the president here and the coach have a great will to win, and that's what I have, too.
I am fascinated by English football.
I want to win the Italian league. That's why I said no to Manchester United.
In my heart, it is possible that I would like to have an experience in England. I will wait for the right moment. I would like to give my utmost for the Florentines and then leave.
My relationship with the national squad is a separate thing; I've always been lucky in that, for Argentina, I've always performed well, independently of what's been going on at any club.
To be in the national team is wonderful in it's own right. For me, playing against Brazil or Venezuela is the same.
I love the game and everything that goes with actually playing. What I don't like so much are the interviews, the controversy, and all the external stuff.
I wasn't that excited about football when I was young, but it did become my passion.
I am preparing myself to leave football. I have always thought that once you get past 30, it is time to reflect on when you should go, and that is what I have done.
England's is a very solid squad, but I can't name a particular player; a team is all the players, and they're good.
I've always considered Florence as my girlfriend. I don't have to explain my love for this city.
It would be spectacular if I could be the top scorer and win the World Cup with Argentina.
English football is different: always on the attack. Although one thing is clear. The best football is the Italian.
I felt terrible when I went to Roma because I hadn't fulfilled the expectations of the Florentines.
If I ever leave Fiorentina, I would very much like to go to Manchester United because out of the three best teams in Europe - United, Lazio, and Barcelona - Manchester, in my opinion, is the best.
I go out to score goals, but I don't go out thinking about records.
I want to broaden my horizons, speak a new language, meet new people, and experience a different culture.
I would like to give my best and score as many goals as possible.
It is a great pleasure for me to take on this important role as bid ambassador for the Qatar 2022 Bid, which I believe represents an essential expansion of the FIFA ideals to a new part of the world.
Bielsa knows everything about everything.
Scoring a goal is just the best feeling for a striker.
I will certainly continue in football in a different role. I will continue with my contractual, publicity and managerial commitments and finish my studies for coaching.
My problem is that I have no cartilage or tendons. My 86 kilos are supported by bones alone. That's what generated the pain.
Personally, I can't take the blame for what politicians did in 1982. I can't take on some kind of revenge or change history. I want to beat England because I want to win every game I play, but not because we went to war in 1982 or because we played against each other in 1998.
You go around the world, and you say, 'I'm the top scorer for the Argentina national team.' I liked that.
I never said I was going to play for Boca but rather that, if I went back to Argentina to play, I would do so for only one team, and that's Boca.
When Leo takes the record from me, it will hurt a little. But it's not just anyone taking it away. It's not a normal person. A Martian is taking it from me. That makes me feel a little better.
It's difficult to find gaps with 20 players in 20 metres.
My family grew up in Florence. There I became what I am now, and those are things that cannot be forgotten.
I'm content with what I have done in my career.
Having played in U.S.A. in 1994, in France in 1998, as well as the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan - the first on the Asian continent - I have witnessed the excitement and passion unleashed in those different parts of the world.
Balotelli, and a few others, have everything that I would have liked to have. It angers me that he does not use his talent to his full advantage.
I've always liked England.
I want to expand my horizons and mix with different people.
I have had a positive experience in Qatar. It has not been too challenging, and it has given my ankles a rest!
All the best players wanted to come to Italy.
I could have become an E.U. player if I'd wanted to, but I am, and prefer to remain, Argentine.
The Islamic culture is a question mark for many people across the world, but Qatar opens its doors to supporters all over the world so they can learn from this old culture.
This is the World Cup, and you need all the elements in place: a good coach, luck, and a cohesive team unit are fundamental requirements.
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