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> [My game is not to have one great action. My game is to be consistent throughout: to bring the ball in the best and quickest possible way for the best players to make the last action.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xabi-alonso/my-game-is-not-to-have-one-great-action-my-game-is-to-be-consistent/)

[Xabi Alonso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xabi-alonso/)

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## More by Xabi Alonso

> [Cristiano's numbers are amazing, indisputable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xabi-alonso/cristiano-s-numbers-are-amazing-indisputable/)

[Xabi Alonso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xabi-alonso/)

> [I have learned from all of my coaches, and I am sure I will learn a lot with Guardiola.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xabi-alonso/i-have-learned-from-all-of-my-coaches-and-i-am-sure-i-will-learn-a/)

[Xabi Alonso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xabi-alonso/)

> [To be fighting at European level, you need players who know how to play in the big games.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xabi-alonso/to-be-fighting-at-european-level-you-need-players-who-know-how-to/)

[Xabi Alonso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xabi-alonso/)

> [I want to win the Champions League with Bayern.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xabi-alonso/i-want-to-win-the-champions-league-with-bayern/)

[Xabi Alonso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xabi-alonso/)

> [How many times have you seen me run into the box with the ball, dribbling past players? It's uncommon because it's not my game;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xabi-alonso/how-many-times-have-you-seen-me-run-into-the-box-with-the-ball/)

[Xabi Alonso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xabi-alonso/)

> [If I decide somewhere along the way to take my chances as a manager, my link, my commitment, my passion with Liverpool is there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xabi-alonso/if-i-decide-somewhere-along-the-way-to-take-my-chances-as-a-manager/)

[Xabi Alonso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xabi-alonso/)

> [I prefer not to compare teams because it's not fair at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xabi-alonso/i-prefer-not-to-compare-teams-because-it-s-not-fair-at-all/)

[Xabi Alonso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xabi-alonso/)

> [I've been lucky, but I have earned that luck.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xabi-alonso/i-ve-been-lucky-but-i-have-earned-that-luck/)

[Xabi Alonso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xabi-alonso/)

> [With Senna, I am not incompatible; I am not incompatible with anyone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xabi-alonso/with-senna-i-am-not-incompatible-i-am-not-incompatible-with-anyone/)

[Xabi Alonso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xabi-alonso/)

> [At the end, when you play, you want to win.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xabi-alonso/at-the-end-when-you-play-you-want-to-win/)

[Xabi Alonso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xabi-alonso/)

> [That is probably the biggest issue about the English game. You need to be a great player and great at striking the ball, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xabi-alonso/that-is-probably-the-biggest-issue-about-the-english-game-you-need-to/)

[Xabi Alonso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xabi-alonso/)

> [Madrid is a big city. It's very dynamic and cosmopolitan.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xabi-alonso/madrid-is-a-big-city-it-s-very-dynamic-and-cosmopolitan/)

[Xabi Alonso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xabi-alonso/)

> [Growing doesn't mean renouncing your history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xabi-alonso/growing-doesn-t-mean-renouncing-your-history/)

[Xabi Alonso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xabi-alonso/)

> [I have played at Liverpool, a special club, grown as a player and won titles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xabi-alonso/i-have-played-at-liverpool-a-special-club-grown-as-a-player-and-won/)

[Xabi Alonso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xabi-alonso/)

> [Leaving Liverpool was the toughest decision I had to make in football because I was in an exemplary club, a proper football club, with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xabi-alonso/leaving-liverpool-was-the-toughest-decision-i-had-to-make-in-football/)

[Xabi Alonso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xabi-alonso/)

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