Top 96 Quotes & Sayings by Vincent Kompany - Page 2

Knife crime isn't an issue that's going to go away just because of repression and police action. Of course we need to support the forces, but it's linked to prevention, and prevention often comes through education.

What we experience in the Premier League is so intense.

Belgium's 1986 team is like the Christmas movie that they bring out every single year. That World Cup is something we get to see and hear about all the time. It is part of our general education in Belgium.

My motivation has always been high. I've never doubted myself.

Being a successful team is maybe not enough. It's about setting a standard, not just for ourselves but also for the youth that is coming through at Manchester City.

When you come so many times to the end of your career, you understand that you have to appreciate every moment. It's the story of life.

I don't think that people understand enough about each other's cultures any more.

Sometimes it goes your way, and sometimes it doesn't. It's part of what football is about.

Brussels is sort of a mini London in the sense that if you think about putting a football pitch in London, people laugh at you. There is just no space.

Youth is always the future of any country.

The goal, being bold about it, is to stop homelessness in Manchester. I've been in this community for 11 years now - my wife Carla is from Manchester, the kids are Mancs, born and bred - so homelessness is not an issue we can shy away from.

The main thing for me is to consider sport at an equal level as you would consider mathematics or poetry at school. It's another place where you can send your kids; they can have fun, but you can expect them to have good teachers, and you can expect them to progress.

You can't compare Barcelona and Bayern Munich to Manchester City.

I kind of almost get enjoyment out of adversity in life.

Chelsea are one of the most exciting teams in the Premier League.

Within my first year of moving abroad living on my own, my sister got ill - she got cancer - and at the same time, my mum got cancer, and she passed away. I think at that time it was a hard challenge for me to deal with it, but in a way, I have always taken strength out of anything that has come at me.

Someone might come close to dying, and they'll enjoy life much more than everyone else. I came close to the death of my sports career, and I enjoy everything coming my way.

Whichever work you do, people go through life having several priorities. I know my football is what got me here. The work I do for SOS or my charity work in general has always been a priority for me, and then my family is a priority as well, so you set yourself different things, and they just balance each other out.

I think, mainly, you always look to keep your strong points in the team.

You can't win every game playing fantasy football.

It's great to know that you can rely on anyone.

I'm not worried about getting extra game time, extra minutes, and all this kind of stuff that so many other players will worry about.

There is a lot of talent and a lot of good things happening and coming from Molenbeek, but unfortunately, it has had to deal with a very, very long time of being ignored, really, and it was very easy, even in the neighbourhood where I grew up, to just fall off the grid, and nobody would notice it.

A win is a win, whether you do it the difficult way or the easy way.

I kind of press pause when it's a derby, and the season doesn't matter to me anymore; it's all about the derby.

I just enjoy training. I enjoy being there, enjoy coming into games and training sessions where I can feel that I'm as good or better than the players I have to play against or with.

I will say it loud and clear: at Manchester City, it is all about what you choose to look at. If you look at the money spent on players, you will only ever see that side of City. If you look at the bigger plan, which is investment in the community, facilities, and youth teams, you realise there is heart and soul in this club.

There is one thing that is stronger than everything, and it is the colour of the shirt that you wear, and that is who you'll back.

When I read or study, I don't do it for the degree - if I fail, it doesn't matter, but it just takes me out of this world where you're the centre of attention all the time. You just become a normal bloke when you're setting yourself those kinds of targets.

I have dreamed of Brazil all my life. As a child, I had videos of Brazil, of their World Cup wins, of Pele, and of all the big players.

If a team prepares well, a good team becomes even better.

Over the past decade, I've been lucky to have witnessed and played a part in Manchester City's rise as a club and a brand.

Guardiola has come to City with a very unique style. And he wants to continue that philosophy. We had to work to adapt to his style.

Ultimately if you can win playing a certain way, then why not do it?

Next year we have to be even better. If we want to be a big club this has to be one of many.

Sir Alex, one of the best managers of all time. After 26 years of success in the game, we all owe him a tribute.