Top 105 Quotes & Sayings by Zlatan Ibrahimovic - Page 2

You were born as the one you are.

I will not look back and say, 'I should have played in England.'

Wherever I go, people recognize me, call my name, cheer me.

The way that I opened the door for the young people that come from where I come from and that have a different background, that is what I want to be remembered for.

I'm used to having a camera in my face but not a camera following me.

Best player I ever played against? I mean, I played against many, many good players, so I don't know who to keep. I would say Ronaldo the Fenomeno.

My confidence can come back very quickly.

One time I got dressed in all black, Rambo-style, and took a massive pair of bolt-cutters and nicked a military bike.

I do love cars.

I am happy in Paris.

You don't need a team leader, you need quality.

Zlatan doesn’t do auditions.

Messi does not need his right foot, though. He only uses the left and he's still the best in the world! Imagine if he also used his right foot... Then we would have serious problems!

I like fireworks too, but I set them off in gardens or kebab stands. I never set fire to my own house.

You can take a kid out of Rosengård, but you can never take Rosengård out of that kid

Wherever I go people recognize me, call my name, cheer for me. But there are names no one cares to remember, that no one cheers for: the 805 million people suffering from hunger in the world today.

I am very proud. It is always fun to win such a prize, to be chosen as Swedens best player a certain year.

He's a lucky guy Cristiano, he always gets first row tickets to see Messi win his awards.

I like being the one who makes a difference. On the pitch, I always try to create a special situation.

A World Cup without Zlatan is not worth watching.

One thing is for sure, a World Cup without me is nothing to watch so it is not worthwhile to wait for the World Cup.

It's true I don't know that much about Ligue 1, but Ligue 1 knows who I am.

I can play in the 11 positions because a good player can play anywhere on the pitch.

Only God knows You’re talking to him now.

I'm like Muhammed Ali. When he said he would knock someone out in the fourth round, he did it.

José Mourinho is a big star. He's nice. The first time he met Helena [Ibrahimovic's partner] he whispered to her: 'Helena, you have only one mission - feed Zlatan, let him sleep, keep him happy.' That guy says whatever he wants. I like him.

You always need something to complain about. And if you can't come up with anything better, you come along with team leaders. I don't believe in this chitchat.

When I got the red card all the Chelsea players come around. It felt like I had a lot of babies around me.

It is nice when people recognize me and approach me in the street. Anyone who says they don't like that is lying.

I like Balotelli: he's even crazier than me. He can score a winner, then set fire to the hotel.

Kosovo is Serbian, only if my mother is a Virgin

Come over to my house with your sister, baby, and I'll show you who's gay!

Arsenal could have happened, as everybody knows, but I would not do a trial. Who do you think regrets that more - Arsene Wenger or Zlatan?

At Barca, players were banned from driving their sports cars to training. I thought this was ridiculous - it was no one's business what car I drive - so in April, before a match with Almeria, I drove my Ferrari Enzo to work. It caused a scene.

First I went left, he did too. Then I went right, and he did too. Then I went left again, and he went to buy a hot dog.

That's how it is with the English: if you score against them you're a good player; if you don't, you're not.

PSG's project is to dream bigger, but if you buy Messi, you don't dream bigger - you are bigger!

Everyone is equal - a strange Swedish mentality.

It was the fault of David Trezeguet, who made me do one drink of vodka after another. I slept in the bathtub. Now I hold my vodka much better.

We usually say that you cannot become a legend before death. But I am a living legend

When you buy me, you are buying a Ferrari. If you drive a Ferrari you put premium fuel in the tank, you drive onto the motorway and you floor the accelerator. Guardiola filled up with diesel and went for a spin in the countryside. If that’s what he wanted, he should have bought himself a Fiat from the start.

Arsene Wenger asked me to have a trial with Arsenal when I was 17. I turned it down. Zlatan doesn't do auditions

Come to my house and you'll see if I'm gay. And bring your sister.

I don't need the Ballon d'Or to know I'm the best. It matters more to some players

England is a very strong league, with three or four of the best teams in Europe, but, if I had played there, I would have destroyed it, like I have everywhere else.