Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Hector Bellerin

Arsenal is a club that likes to bring through young players, that's something that always gets the fans excited, to see someone from home come and play for the first-team. I think that's something that every team should do. The fact that Arsenal does it a lot and that I'm one of them, I'm really proud.

If a coach comes to me and says you've done something bad I'm going to take that advice.

Football has always been my number one thing, but I have other things in my life, like fashion, which is something that has always been in my family.

It's true, when I was at Barcelona I played as a winger.

I've always had little problems in my ankles when I played very hard games, they'd get very inflamed and stiff.

It's nice there are a lot of big clubs that are interested in me, but if one of those is Barcelona, that's special.

Mesut is someone who gets a lot of criticism, but the players who are around him are very happy to have him and play with him. He makes things very easy for us.

People have different passions, people have hobbies, people have lives outside their job, and nowadays it seems like the only thing we are allowed to do is train and play football.

For me, Barca was where I grew up since I was tiny, from eight years old.

I say every year that England is my home now.

You have to play your 'A' game in every single match and that's a good thing.

I don't believe that there's a footballer out there that only thinks about football.

I've always been pretty quick for my whole career.

Everyone's got their opinion and sometimes it's going to hurt.

You make mistakes in a game, but if you come away with a win, that's all gone.

When I was back at Barcelona, the boots I wanted to wear were Ronaldinho's. He had those Tiempos, gold and white, and I thought they would suit my style as a quicker player.

Everything you do off the pitch always shows so you have to work on yourself physically as well, it's not just working on your touch.

My job is to focus on the pitch, what happens off it is something for my agent.

Sometimes taking it slowly, taking a player through the paces is the best way to keep him wanting more.

People should be able to express themselves without feeling threatened. That is true in football, but also in life.

I am very happy in London.

I realised as I was getting older, I was eating healthier and healthier, and I realised I didn't really need to eat meat.

As players, we only get opportunities when players get injured and you never want to see anyone get injured.

My dream when I was at Barca was to play at Camp Nou and I did - just not wearing the shirt I'd expected when I was little.

As a professional athlete you have to be technical with what you eat. You have to make sure your intakes are on point every day.

In life, you should be allowed to express yourself. People are happier like this.

It's definitely been a hard journey, one with lots of ups and downs.

Getting rid of all the food I was eating and going to this plant based diet it did take those few days to actually feel better, but when it got to the beginning of the third week I felt so good.

The problem is that people have an idea of what a footballer should look like, how they should behave, what they should talk about. If you act a little differently you become a target. There is pressure to conform. This is very dangerous.

It's not about age. If Marcus Rashford is ready for England then he should play.

I started as a winger and played there for about six years but when I came to Arsenal they told me 'now you have to play me at the back' and everything just changed.

I don't think there's players who go on the Internet to watch 'Arsenal Fan TV.'

I doubt I'm the fastest player in the world!

As a team, the most important thing is results.

Obviously, I grew up in Barcelona, and when I watch them play I want them to win. The team are always going to be in my heart.

For us, it's always important to improve and keep things realistic.

It doesn't matter about the other team, when we have the ball and push hard, we can score goals. It is up to us to start the games with that desire, that motivation, and then we can get good results.

At the beginning of the first season, you don't have that pressure to perform at 100 per cent, because it's always hard when you first start. But now, in the second season, people are expecting big things from you, so you can't really disappoint them.

Football is a game of speed and drama.

When you are asked to play for Arsenal, and for the first-team at that, it is very hard to say no.

Mesut is a player that always keeps giving his best and is always surprising everyone and he's a player that we're very grateful and very lucky to have.

If you want to be in the first team you have to show how much you're worth at U21 level.

Mesut is a player that has been through a lot in his career through loads of ups and downs, but most of all he's a born champion and he's a player who has so many records in the world of football, so he's a player that is an example for everyone.

My mom and grandma have made clothes their whole life. My grandma had her own factory.

When I used to go to school, the teachers used to say to my mum, 'Hector looks like he's going to a restaurant.' I was just that kid, I wanted to look good.

I was lucky enough to take a chance on Arsenal.

When you get to 16 at Barcelona, it's the age that you sign your main contract. I was about to sign that, but we knew there were a lot of other options because you always get them from other teams at that time. I didn't have the option to come to Arsenal until I was right about to sign with Barcelona.

Representing Spain is very important.

VAR can remove injustices, but decisions need to be taken faster.

People have called me 'lesbian' for growing my hair.

When you win you're going to get fans chanting your name and when you don't do great they're going to give you stick.

Some people are born fast.

In the beginning, learning a new position is not easy.

As a team, if you don't have the best season, it doesn't help.

I am a football fan, I've watched football my whole life. When my favourite team didn't do well I'd get angry.

It is just the start of your professional career and you have to handle it properly and realise that it is not always like that. There will be ups and downs. It is important that you keep humble, keep working hard and see it as the first step on a long journey.

Fashion is something that brought me closer to my family as I grew up. It's something that was deep inside me, in my roots, and I started taking more interest as I grew older because it reminded me of my mother and my grandmother. It's not something I take lightly, and I'm going to be open about it.

When you're angry you can say something you don't mean.

If someone from 'Arsenal Fan TV' says this guy needs to do this or that I'm not going to listen to him. They're entitled to their opinion and the way they want to do it. If people find it funny, then go watch it.

With Arsene, he wanted us to play in the same way regardless of the opponents. The idea was that we could play in our way and beat anyone.