Top 84 Quotes & Sayings by Angel Di Maria

That desire to win is something that's drummed into you at an early age in my country. In Argentina, you grow up watching great teams and important victories.

It was always a dream and goal of mine to try out in English football.

It isn't easy to get to a final, and then winning the title is also difficult.

I love playing, helping the team, and not talking with the press.

It is difficult to adapt to Van Gaal. I had a couple of rows with him.

I don't have regrets about leaving Real Madrid.

You never know: there is a lot of movement in football. You can never predict where you're going to play.

PSG - I think they had a money problem and they couldn't buy players. This is the main reason I didn't go there.

Messi is the best in the world - there is no question about that.

Blanc called me when he was in the United States and I was still on holiday. He said he was very happy to recruit me, that he had wanted me for several seasons. Obviously, this gave me an added incentive to sign for PSG.

I honestly think I would swap all that I have won in my career to win something with the Argentine national team.

Manchester United was a sad experience. Things didn't go as I had hoped. I was disappointed, and it didn't help me to rise to the surface.

I think I won everything I wanted with Real: La Liga, the Champions League, and the Copa Del Rey.

As for anyone, it was a dream for me to come to Europe.

The problem is that when Argentina doesn't play well - and the same is true of Barcelona - the press think it is easy to blame Messi. We have seen time and time again that he wins games on his own when the team is not performing - but the media expect him to always be the hero.

The real reason you want to give everything on the field is so your own fans go away happy.

What I love the most is playing with Argentina.

I hope we can put Manchester United back where they deserve to be.

I started at Benfica: not as big but one of the biggest clubs in Portugal. I've played for Real Madrid. Then I moved to Manchester United, from a giant to another giant.

Football is a strange game.

There were a lot of clubs interested in me - a lot, really. But Manchester United appeared and didn't go away. They absolutely wanted me, and it happened.

Leaving a club like Real and coming to as big a club as Manchester United makes you grow as a player and helps you progress in your career.

It's special - when you start playing, you are aware of names like Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie; you have seen them playing and know what great players they are. So it's fantastic to have a chance to line up with them. I'm really pleased with how that understanding has started off.

In 2017, I was able to spend time with my family in Argentina, recharge my batteries, think about what had been achieved - I needed to change something to be better. I managed to score goals, make more assists: that is the important thing.

I am working hard to keep making progress, to always improve.

I think there can be nothing more special than winning something with the shirt of your national team.

I have a lot of very happy memories of the Olympic Games, and the final against Nigeria and the goal mean an awful lot to me.

I'm very pleased to play for Manchester United. I want to hep the team get into the Champions League.

The players from Real will laugh at me, but I am a fan of Central, and that is why I could never play for Newell's. So, I tell the fans of Central to keep up their hope for me - I have always wanted to retire there.

I have these amazing feelings about having moved to Man U. I'm so proud of myself, you know. It's hard to explain it and put it into words.

Thanks to God, I was able to come to PSG and be myself again.

I really wanted to play in the Premier League, which I'd been watching since I was a youngster every Saturday or Sunday before I'd go and play for Rosario Central.

To be able to earn what Cristiano earns, I would have had to have been the best player at the World Cup or won the Ballon d'Or.

I always need to clear up what I do. With everyone else, there is no problem, but with me, all hell is raised up.

I've won an Olympic title and an U-20 World Cup, but it'd be really special to round things off with a Copa title with the seniors.

I've played two World Cups. I've won the Champions League.

Life in England was a bit difficult. It is not easy for a South American. Some people get on fine, and for others, it is harder to adapt.

Winning the Champions League was the best thing that has happened to me at a club, the best thing that happened to me in my life.

Everybody had heard the rumours that Real wanted to sign James Rodriguez after the World Cup, and I knew that they were going to sell me to make room for him.

There were a lot of clubs interested in me, but United is the only club that I would have left Real Madrid for.

I wished very much for the day of my debut at Old Trafford, and I did in the best way, scoring a goal.

I truly wanted to move to United. I wanted to wear this shirt.

Cristiano Ronaldo's a special player, but Messi's from another planet.

For sure, life takes many twists and turns, and one never knows what the future might hold.

Making passes is what I prefer the most.

I did my best, but football is not like maths: often, a lot of things out of our control affect the way we feel and the way things turn out.

Maybe the press in Spain do not like me because I do not give interviews.

I never said I wanted to leave Real Madrid. I never wanted that, but you have to move when they don't want you.

Frankly, I wouldn't have a problem to play at Barca - to the contrary.

There are no words to describe Messi; he always surprises you.

The only club I couldn't play for is Newell's Old Boys because I am a fan of Rosario Central.

My relationship with Madrid is finished because my cycle there ended.

It's up to the manager where and how every player should play, but I think every player should be comfortable in that position.

I have never had problems with the fans.

I am very happy to have extended my contract with PSG.

When I am an old man, I will tell my grandchildren bedtime stories about when I won the Champions League, hopefully when I won the World Cup, but most of all, I will tell them that their grandfather used to play with Lionel Messi.

It hurts when you're always doing your best for your club, and then you hear that you might be going to Tottenham.

Along with my teammates, we have a lot more great things to achieve, and we will continue to help PSG grow as a big club internationally. The support of all those that love this club will help us go beyond our own limits and defend our colours with passion and determination.

Now, I don't sweat the small stuff, just the things that really matter.

I know that nobody will be satisfied with anything less than coming home with the World Cup.