I would have played lots of matches as a kid where I would go home afterwards without having touched the ball. — Victor Valdes Ball Copy Share Image
Barca has given me everything and I owe them everything, but being a goalkeeper here takes it out of you. — Victor Valdes Being Copy Share Image
Mentally it can be exhausting when you are not physically involved, because you still have to stay completely focused. — Victor Valdes Because Copy Share Image
Ultimately, goalkeepers are on their own. I like the solitude. — Victor Valdes Football Copy Share Image
I want to say in a public way thank you to the U21 coach Alan Fettis. Without him I may have given… — Victor Valdes Coach Copy Share Image
I am a very difficult person to work and live with. My wife deserves the biggest of trophies. — Victor Valdes Difficult Copy Share Image
It might not look like it but I'm quite shy. I'm an introvert. That's the way I am, how I feel. — Victor Valdes Feel Copy Share Image
As a goalkeeper, you have to take risks even though at times you may make mistakes. — Victor Valdes Even Copy Share Image
Thanks to all my colleagues with whom I've had the pleasure to work with, that involves wearing the Barca crest on our… — Victor Valdes Colleagues Copy Share Image
The day when I left Barca, because of the treatment I was receiving and my character, it didn't go as I would… — Victor Valdes Character Copy Share Image
I respect the opinion of the fans, I am a professional and I have to. However, when they jeer and applaud, I… — Victor Valdes Fans Copy Share Image
I don't have any bad words for Van Gaal or Manchester United. They helped me through my injury and the manager gave… — Victor Valdes Bad Copy Share Image
That's the most challenging thing for a coach, to adapt their own pride to be able to speak to everyone with their… — Victor Valdes Adapt Copy Share Image
Always in my career, I have played to help my team-mates, to help my coach and to help everybody. I am a… — Victor Valdes Career Copy Share Image
I don't have any problem with Louis van Gaal. He discovered me when I was 20 years old. He was the only… — Victor Valdes Coach Copy Share Image
If I was born again, I wouldn't be a football goalkeeper. They convinced me I had a lot of talent but it's… — Victor Valdes Football Copy Share Image
In Barcelona some very big media outlets focused on selling the idea to people that I had done a bad thing by… — Victor Valdes Bad thing Copy Share Image
Some guys in the team have asked me whether I had English lessons before I came to Middlesbrough. I told them that… — Victor Valdes Good Copy Share Image
I have finished games where I have hardly touched the ball, yet reached the dressing room dead on my feet. You think… — Victor Valdes Being Copy Share Image
You are always waiting for your opportunity to play and train every day to show your performance to the manager. — Victor Valdes Every day Copy Share Image
Sometimes at United I thought 'I don't need this,' but I am a fighter and a professional. — Victor Valdes Fighter Copy Share Image
I'm lucky to have two colleagues like Casillas and Reina to work with and to help me improve. — Victor Valdes Colleagues Copy Share Image
I recriminate myself when I keep myself in the margins and let people down, especially those who expect better from me. — Victor Valdes Better Copy Share Image
Every player has qualities to offer to the group as a whole. — Victor Valdes Football Copy Share Image
Madrid, Barcelona, Man United are three of the biggest clubs in the world. Everyone in the world wants to play for these… — Victor Valdes Barcelona Copy Share Image
I worked with Louis van Gaal during my time at Barcelona and to have the opportunity to work with him here at… — Victor Valdes Barcelona Copy Share Image
You need to be brave and confident when you play at the Bernabeu. We have learned how that is the best approach… — Victor Valdes Best Copy Share Image
I was very lucky to have so many seasons with Pep Guardiola. In addition to being a teacher to many of us,… — Victor Valdes Adapt Copy Share Image
I have been through very hard moments at Barca, was whistled a lot in 2006, and this was a moment when you… — Victor Valdes Happen Copy Share Image
If I play a game, I am always thinking about playing well and to help the other teammates, to help them to… — Victor Valdes Football Copy Share Image
You have to give orders on the pitch, so if you don't understand the system, what kind of orders are you going… — Victor Valdes Give Copy Share Image
Thank you Frank Rijkaard, for giving me the confidence necessary, and allowing me to achieve glory, getting my hands on the European… — Victor Valdes Confidence Copy Share Image
I don't believe referees give or take way anything from you. They are humans and can make mistakes. — Victor Valdes Anything Copy Share Image
It's a big blow for any player to be sent off in a Champions League final and especially early on. — Victor Valdes Big Copy Share Image
