Alone Quote by Marco van Basten

This is football, you always have to compete to be able to play. When you're at a big club, it's like that.

— Nicolas Anelka

I play football in training all the time with my male friends, who are also professionals. But playing together in competition? I just don't…

— Marta

Having competition is the sign of a great club and it will help the team.

— Blaise Matuidi

You have competition all over the world, not only in football, in normal life, too. Everyone fights for his place, but in the end,…

— Xherdan Shaqiri

Every time a young player comes in, he is excited and wants to prove himself, but also in football, the other players want to…

— Gareth Southgate

You cannot win a game of football on your own; it's about the entire squad working together to achieve something. That's how football works:…

— Lucy Bronze

I always say that I need competition, and I need competition every week, and in Spain, I was at an amazing club, but I…

— Jose Mourinho

Competition in football means someone will improve.

— Rafael Benitez

My players have to be competitors before footballers. They don't pull out of tackles in training. It's full-tilt and if we pick up injuries,…

— Chris Wilder

Football isn't won by one person but by collective competence. It is the quality of the players and the structure of the club.

— Andre Villas-Boas

When you train a massive club or little third division outfit, when you go out to play football in any situation, it is always…

— Pep Guardiola

I think, in football, you need to be competitive. You need quality. You need to be organised and to push.

— Unai Emery