Top 98 Quotes & Sayings by Marco Verratti

I want to play differently because I think I have got something, something different, and if one day I let a goal happen that should not have happened then, well, I will take the responsibility for that but I will also continue to play that way.

No, I don't play for a side who have transitional seasons.

I think Mancini did a huge job. He did very well wherever he coached. He has been criticised, sure, but again, that's part of the picture.

In football and even outside football, every time I've listened to Zlatan, I've made a good decision.

Each manager has a different way of doing things with his players, of making them understand things.

In Italy there is less faith in youth but I believe that if a player is good enough then he should play regardless.

Neymar could have earned just as much from Manchester City or Chelsea.

I think Italy-England is always a huge match.

You can focus on one single match and celebrate, but you must not exaggerate, because there is another one.

That's the thing about football, it all happens quickly.

I'd rather not play football at all than have to change my style.

The Premier League is really strong but I'm not a player who likes new challenges just for the sake of it.

We have to avoid putting too much pressure on ourselves.

My dream five-a-side team will be: me, Messi, Ibrahimovic, Maxwell and Thiago Motta.

All lessons are useful.

Whatever happens, I will always remain grateful to PSG.

The Champions League is made up of cycles and experience to be acquired.

My debut was against England back in 2012.

Pirlo has had a great career, I would be happy to win half of what he has won.

Results are paramount, and when you don't win, it's easier to criticise the manager than the whole team.

I never came to PSG and told them 'I want to leave.'

Clearly I am pleased to be of interest to a club like Juve, but I repeat I am very happy in Paris.

I had the pleasure of getting to know David Beckham, an icon of football and beyond that. He's a great person, but I had no idea he was such a shy guy. Sometimes when you speak to him he blushes. It's very strange, he's famous around the world but in private he is very shy.

It is quite difficult at PSG because when you lose a game there is a lot of pessimism.

I prefer entertaining football but having a personality like Costa in your team is always good. He uses warfare to win the games but I know him, he's a good guy who transforms when he comes on the pitch.

Some of the yellow cards I get are for tactical fouls, which is fair enough, but I don't like the others - the ones for protesting.

Coaches have tried to change me but it's my personality, my character and how I play.

I know Ibra very well.

If I was to leave Paris one day, I would have no problem going to Serie A.

I prefer to play with pressure rather than being relaxed.

Sometimes with Emery, things were quite difficult.

We have lofty goals, and we thrive on that.

Our supreme goal is to win the Champions League, that's what we're here for.

We're going to have difficult moments.

Anyone who comes to Paris Saint-Germain knows there will be a lot of pressure, and that comes with having big targets.

I made the best choice coming to PSG, and after almost two years I have no doubts about it. I've been very well received, I'm playing and wearing the jersey of a side that can win it all.

A lot of the time I am told to clear the ball, kick it out, 'degager le ballon' they shout, but I can't do that and if I have to do that then it feels like a defeat for me. I don't know how to do it. I never get rid of the ball that way and when I am watching TV and I see players who do get rid of the ball then I don't accept it.

It is a pleasure to be compared to a player like Xavi.

There's a lot of noise if we don't win everything, which also means that we're looked at as great players. We're under a lot of pressure.

That a team like Barcelona thinks of you is a source of pride and forces you to work harder.

It's nice when big teams are interested in you but my priority was always to stay at PSG.

Every year rumours seem to emerge that I am going to Juventus, so this story has been going for a long time.

I've never played with someone so strong and I probably never will again in my career. Zlatan is one of the best three in the world, it's an honour to have him at PSG.

Some say we play at PSG for the money but it's not the case. If a player plays for money, he'll go to China.

When a player chooses to play for PSG he is also choosing a project that may one day win the Champions League. In this town, that will mean five times more than winning it at another club.

PSG have become one of the seven or eight best teams in the world. That is why there are so many players, some of which I don't know, who want to play for PSG.

We have to find the strength to pick ourselves up. We have to be men.

Giorgio and Leonardo are two players who really help us out a lot. They have great experience, they get stronger with age and we are very lucky to have them on our side.

On the outside, maybe trophies are minimised, but, for us, these are true goals.

Serie A is a great league, just like in Spain or England, so if one day if I were to leave Paris, I would evaluate and see what to do.

We try to win everything at the start of the season.

Everyone has their own way of preparing.

People think I only play at PSG for the money, but I could get paid well elsewhere too.

Training under Conte is strange - there's a lot of tactical work. In that respect, though, he is one of the best coaches I have ever had.

Being compared to such a player like Pirlo, a guy who has won everything in his career, that's very important for me. I'm very happy to be compared to Andrea.

If you take the pleasure of risk away from me, I'd be better off going home.

If you don't win, you will end up getting criticised, it goes for everyone, it is absolutely normal in football.

I'm very happy and proud to represent PSG because we're a great team.

I think it's normal for all the big players to come to the PSG because here there's a big project like few in Europe and a really competitive team, and then the city is incredible.

I'm fine in Paris. I am well set and I intend to stay there as long as possible.