Top 104 Quotes & Sayings by Gerard Pique

Arbeloa said he was my friend, but I don't consider him my friend - maybe someone I know, but not my friend.

In the Franco era, we couldn't defend our ideas.

Sometimes you're more involved in controversy, and at other times, you're disconnected.

I am and feel Catalan.

As a teammate, Cristiano Ronaldo is a perfect '10.' I admire him professionally because he sets an example to follow both as a player and as a person.

When one is young, one can become distracted and overconfident.

For me, coming to the national team is like coming home.

You have to live your life day by day, enjoy what you're doing right now.

I think when people say Madrid are playing well and Barca are not and vice-versa, or when one wins the Champions League, it's better than the other, I don't think that makes sense. Everyone takes their own path.

I arrived when I was a kid; I was just 17. I would have liked to have played more, but I learned a lot in Manchester.

Anything can happen in the Clasico.

It's essential to have equilibrium in your life.

I've been playing very well for a number of years.

At Barcelona, we didn't do gym work until the age of 18. That was really hard.

I can't stand comparisons to the past. It doesn't matter what we did in previous seasons.

The rivalry between Real Madrid and Barcelona is very big.

With VAR, the refereeing errors will be reduced, and therefore, we'll all be on equal terms. It will take a lot of the responsibility from the referees on vital decisions, like penalties and goals, and they will make far fewer mistakes.

Negredo is an exceptional player.

Experience says it's not easy to find a center back for Barca.

I moved to Manchester United when I was a 17-year-old kid. Nemanja Vidic was five years older than me and Rio Ferdinand nearly nine years, and at the time, they were the best central defenders in the world. They never had a bad game.

I've never seen a Barca without control of the game. I've never seen a Barca that doesn't have the ball and lets the opposition attack all the time.

Barcelona is my life, and I do not plan to leave.

We try to study our rivals so we know where to improve.

I hope to keep being competitive until I retire, and I hope that's here. It's Barca or nothing.

I don't associate this sport with anything except Barcelona.

We have to enjoy ourselves and go for every trophy we can.

Luis Enrique has a clear idea, and the team has understood it perfectly. He asks us to press high up the pitch, to counter quickly when the opposition attacks and try to maximise the space between the lines with the speed we have.

Real Madrid are such an immense team - a big, big club.

Completely, in the end, being at a club like FC Barcelona who must win titles, you have to stay motivated, and often times, using your head is more important than using your body.

Every year, Messi seems to reach his limit, but he always ends up exceeding that. He is the best.

I have not betrayed Barca, and I'm surprised anyone would doubt my commitment to Barcelona, because I've been a fan since birth.

I know that there are many people who are hoping that things don't go well for me.

To have the chance to win the treble is very good and rare.

Being called up to the national team isn't a competition of who's more patriotic.

My relationship with Ramos started off somewhat 'cold.'

There won't be more Messis, and we don't expect there to be more, as there won't be another generation in La Masia like the one with Xavi, Busi, Puyol, Iniesta and me.

I always said that Messi has some talent that no one has. I mean, he has the ball and his speed controlling the ball. The ball doesn't go two metres far from his foot; it's always there. It's impossible to catch him. This talent I didn't see from anyone.

I think Jurgen Klopp is doing a great job at Liveprool. The style of play is the opposite of Guardiola.

I want to be president of Barcelona - that's my dream.

We want the best players to be at Barcelona.

Everybody knows that footballers have text groups on WhatsApp. I have one just for my friends from home, and I have another just for my Barca team-mates.

In a match between Barca and Madrid, there are no favourites. It does not matter how they have been faring.

You're not always at your best.

I'll retire at Barca. I don't know when - the older I am, the better. I'm sure about that; I can't see myself wearing any other shirt.

I am privileged and very happy to be a professional sportsperson, but should that make people so angry?

It seems like when I don't talk so much, people praise my performances more.

Being called up to the national team is about going with them, playing the best you possibly can, and trying to win. That's how I understand it.

There comes a point when you realise that you're storming forward, that you can beat anyone, and this is what has ended up winning us the league and putting us in two finals.

Messi often has a crowd of opponents around him, but with Neymar on the pitch, too, at least two of those opposition players will have to be aware of him.

When I can talk about my teammates who help make me a better player, or even the coach who gave me the self-confidence to continue being who I am, these are fundamental people who have had an influence throughout my life and my professional career, and I'm very thankful to them, and they know it.

I have to devote my time and thoughts to training and playing.

When you're in the semi-finals of the Champions League, you need to be really good and need a little bit of luck.

I think that every day, more and more people are conscious of what Barca is, that Barca is a global brand, and you can go anywhere in the world and see a child wearing a Barca shirt, and that means a lot: not just that people like Barca but that they also like the colours and even buy the shirt.

I was 17 years old and missed many things about Barcelona, particularly the food. Fortunately, Sir Alex Ferguson realised my situation and helped me to grow. For me, the gaffer was like a second father.

Players like Neymar are great for football.

Evolution is all about looking forward.

Business is another kind of world that I don't think is as passionate. It is not the pressure to perform as you have in football. It is more about strategy, skill, about how you deal with all the information you have. Some of the things from football I can bring to business, and some things from business I can bring to football.

There are stages in life in which you have to bring things to a close because of motivation.

I always try to say what I'm thinking, what I'm feeling, and without fear of what others will say or think, and that's how I've always lived. Sometimes, this has ended up hurting me, and other times, it has helped me, but I think you can never forget who you are, and I've always been myself, and that one of the things I'm most proud of.

I'm not cut out to be a coach.