Top 9 Quotes & Sayings by Hristo Stoichkov

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Bulgarian soccer player Hristo Stoichkov.

Last updated on September 19, 2024.

Hristo Stoichkov Stoichkov is a Bulgarian former professional footballer who is a football commentator for TUDN. A prolific forward, he is regarded as one of the best players of his generation and is often regarded as the greatest Bulgarian footballer of all time. He was runner-up for the FIFA World Player of the Year award in 1992 and 1994, and received the Ballon d'Or in 1994. In 2004, Stoichkov was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players.

Bulgarian - Soccer player | Born: February 8, 1966

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Once they said they can only stop me with a pistol but today you need a machine gun to stop Messi.

Hristo Stoichkov

If you understand football you make substitutions during the game, if you don't you make comments after it.

Hristo Stoichkov

Put in the superlatives yourselves, I'm running out. Money doesn't thrill me or make me play better because there are benefits to being wealthy.

Hristo Stoichkov

I owe a lot to this club and the supporters who were always there for me. They supported me even when I was suspended. (on his former club CSKA Sofia)

Hristo Stoichkov

I know him. He's a hot chilli pepper, just like me! (on Valeri Bojinov)

Hristo Stoichkov

...the last player I truly idolize... No other footballer is more worthy of the number 10 shirt than him. (on Maradona)

Hristo Stoichkov

Lubo Penev is a fighter, he never gives up and remains cool during tough moments. I remember when he was sick with cancer, but fought and returned to football. Most people would have given up and prayed to God for mercy. (on former teammate Luboslav Penev)

Hristo Stoichkov

Soccer is simple... you just need to have the right mentality, fighting in every game, in every practice and for every ball.

Hristo Stoichkov

Some write that I'm a genius, others say that I'm disrespectful towards their country... If you remember in 1993 I squatted to tie my shoe during the French national anthem.

Hristo Stoichkov

Top 9 Quotes & Sayings by Hristo Stoichkov

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