For me, football is what I love to do most. It is also the thing I'm better doing than anything else. — Juan Mata Copy Share Image
It will be nice to play against Australia. It's a great country, and football is getting bigger and bigger. — Juan Mata Australia Copy Share Image
I've scored as many goals for Manchester United in the Premier League as for Chelsea, but in something like 30 games less. — Juan Mata Football Copy Share Image
I can tell you as a Manchester United player how big this club is and how you feel the repercussions of everything… — Juan Mata Copy Share Image
When I heard of United's interest, I thought, 'Wow.' This is a team that has won a lot of leagues in the… — Juan Mata Football Copy Share Image
My duty, what I have to do, is try my best in every training session, leave everything of me on the pitch.… — Juan Mata Copy Share Image
You can stick with one manager and have no wins, no trophies, or you can have so many different managers and win… — Juan Mata Copy Share Image
Football generates a lot of money, but there has to be a social responsibility that goes with that. It can positively affect… — Juan Mata Football Copy Share Image
I had the luck of being in Madrid. They sign some of the best players in the world, and that really leaves… — Juan Mata Copy Share Image
If you face the goalkeeper, you have to wait for him to go and then put the ball in the other side.… — Juan Mata Copy Share Image
You have to feel free enough to do what your body is telling you to do. Sometimes, though, the pressure of winning… — Juan Mata Body Copy Share Image
I see children now, and many things surprise me: they ask me about my boots and why I don't dye my hair.… — Juan Mata Body Copy Share Image
London is a very big city, Manchester is calmer. I live near the training ground, so I do things around there in… — Juan Mata Big city Copy Share Image
If you want to be anonymous, you can go to Soho or Camden, and it's not a problem. There are a lot… — Juan Mata Anonymous Copy Share Image
One of the best things if you are a football player is to see the faces of the kids, when they see… — Juan Mata Copy Share Image
For me, good football is not about how many skills you show or how many players you beat. It's about making the… — Juan Mata Decision Copy Share Image
I consider myself as this kind of attacking midfielder, trying to find the gaps between the opposition midfielders and defenders and produce… — Juan Mata Copy Share Image
To be honest, I was never expecting to be in a World Cup final, a Euro final, a Champions League final, a… — Juan Mata Copy Share Image
Obviously, Spain is my home, and I have everything here - family, friends - but I'm very happy in England, with the… — Juan Mata England Copy Share Image
There are some examples in my career when my family was more concerned than me. So every time I win or I… — Juan Mata Career Copy Share Image
When I signed for Valencia, it wasn't the best moment of my football career because in the beginning, I was not playing… — Juan Mata Beginning Copy Share Image
I'll always be proud to say I played at Chelsea, at Valencia, in the youth system at Real Madrid, in the youth… — Juan Mata Football Copy Share Image
Wherever I go, I see kids playing football. Even if there is no grass and it's just sweaters for goals, you see… — Juan Mata Football Copy Share Image
I've tried to improve - defending, attacking, pressing, trying to think before a game, to be more clever, do something before the… — Juan Mata Copy Share Image
I admire Arsenal and the philosophy that the young players have. Liverpool, with their Spanish players, they also have an incredible squad.… — Juan Mata Copy Share Image
