Dimitar Berbatov

I always tend to think my goals are beautiful goals. That is what I want to score; beautiful goals, and create beautiful…

— Dimitar Berbatov

Because we are a small country, unlike England, Italy, or Brazil, we don't have as many good players.

— Dimitar Berbatov

My mind was always set on joining Manchester United. How can you not go to United? I don’t play for money. I…

— Dimitar Berbatov

As soon as I score, my mother texts me, so when I go in the dressing room, her text is there waiting…

— Dimitar Berbatov

When you know how to read football, it is easier for some players.

— Dimitar Berbatov

If every player is on the left, and I am on the right, you need to trust me that I have seen…

— Dimitar Berbatov

When a club legend becomes your manager, he automatically gets the attention of the players, purely because he had been there and…

— Dimitar Berbatov

Jose Mourinho knows how to control to big players in the dressing room, to control egos. He's done it all his life…

— Dimitar Berbatov

Like Nemanja Vidic, I came from a small town in a small country in Eastern Europe, but we had reached the top.

— Dimitar Berbatov

My heart is in the Premier League. I can honestly say that when you've played there, your heart stays there even if…

— Dimitar Berbatov

Young players try and imitate the best players like Ronaldo. They try to imitate the hair, the clothes, the cars, the tricks.…

— Dimitar Berbatov

Top-level football gives you fame and money, but it takes away a lot, too.

— Dimitar Berbatov

Keep calm and pass me the ball.

— Dimitar Berbatov

Not everybody loves the way I play.

— Dimitar Berbatov

I am a striker, and people expect strikers to score goals. But I don't see myself as a striker.

— Dimitar Berbatov

I can't play for the national team if I'm not playing for my club.

— Dimitar Berbatov

You need to be a professional - how you train, how you eat, how you sleep, where you go outside of football.

— Dimitar Berbatov

I will dream about winning the Golden Ball until I stop playing.

— Dimitar Berbatov

I try to do different things, beautiful things, to play the game the way I see it, and I think I'm doing…

— Dimitar Berbatov

I don't like to show my weaknesses.

— Dimitar Berbatov

Every coach has their own philosophy for getting the best out of players, and sometimes these can seem strange to the public.

— Dimitar Berbatov

I like to play with the ball and have the freedom to move around.

— Dimitar Berbatov

When I get the ball, the players need to start running, and then I just feed them with the ball.

— Dimitar Berbatov

As a striker, people look at the goals you score. But for me, my game is more than just about goals, it…

— Dimitar Berbatov

I like Lukaku. No matter what harsh judgement he gets, he's a good player - he's powerful and quick - but he…

— Dimitar Berbatov