Football Quotes by Rodri

I idolised Zinedine Zidane.

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Always when you have a big defeat you learn.

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If you keep winning, you are a good coach.

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I always try to learn from Busquets.

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I think to win you have to have lost before.

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I had a Zidane shirt when I was a kid.

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It's not enough to play good, you need to punish.

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Simeone and Guardiola are two opposites.

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There are some people who are just born with this passion for football, and that was me.

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Sometimes it's better for footballers to be occupied by something else.

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No, no, football doesn't understand about 'deserving' something. You have to grab it.

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Since I was so little with my brother and my parents, football was my life - and it hasn't changed.

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It's not only about playing well, it is about being part of a winning team.

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You never know if it's good or bad but having a mix of players is always good.

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Playing in the Premier League is incredible and even more so playing for Manchester City.

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I was at Villarreal for two years in the first team, then for a short time at Atletico.

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The bad moments are the most important ones, when you support each other. That's when you realise the spirit you have in…

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From a defensive point of view, I prefer to play with a double-pivot because you have more defensive support, you cover less…

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Forwards get the spotlight, which is understandable because the hardest thing is scoring goals, but there's work behind that which has to…

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Football is a sport but it's also a show and to take care of the sport and the show you have to…

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I was 19 when I played my first La Liga game and I was in university and people were like, 'Is this…

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When I was a kid, I was more interested in understanding football than enjoying it. I was interested in how it worked.

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I remember a time when 80%, 90% of the national team were Madrid or Barcelona players and everyone was happy.

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Pep and Luis Enrique propose the same thing: they have a very, very similar style with personality, wanting to take the initiative,…

— Rodri

In 2008 I was watching Marcos Senna and Xavi Hernandez, Andres Iniesta and Santi Cazorla: they were the ones that imposed that…

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It's one of the best things I have is the way I understand football and when I watch a game, I don't…

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Gavi is someone who is loved greatly, he has a very strong personality. Sometimes he gets criticised for it, but personally I…

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It helps me the most in the fact that I'm not focused in my head on football alone. I have more things…

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I'm not used to tackles. I don't know, it's on your own the way you learn. I steal the ball in another…

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I'm a player who tries to understand football.

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You can choose between doing what's best for the team or what showcases what you can do.

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There have been midfielders before who were also Spanish who did not get what they deserved.

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In midfield, you are everywhere, you are part of everything.

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What ultimately matters to me in football Is what I achieved collectively.

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When I left Atletico I had not grown as much as some of my team-mates. I shot up a bit later.

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The better prepared you are the better you are going to compete.

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Football is getting more equal, you have to run a lot in my position. I waste all my energy in matches.

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The Premier League level is so high that as soon as you slow down, you lose points.

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When I finish my career as a player I'd like to stay in contact with the sports world.

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What we have to put on the pitch is the effort, running. Then the football comes along.

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