Robinho Quotes

A player senses when a coach loses confidence in him. That, more than anything, can throw a player.

I don't know why Mourinho didn't trust me.

You talk all the time about being connected, being a unit, believing in each other. But if you have unnamed sources, people out there cutting you down, and then you find out it's the person calling the plays - that would be really hard to deal with, to look at him the same way.

As I said, I began losing confidence in my instincts, which is tough and very bad for an instinctive person.

As soon as you start feeling like you can't trust the person and you need to check his phone or have his Facebook password or look through his messages - as soon as that trust barrier is broken - it's hard to keep a relationship going after that.

I feel like I have reached the stage where I can no longer produce for my club, my manager, and my teammates.

A president cannot grow a long-term lack of trust in someone with whom they had full confidence the day before.

In A-ball, you're either going to move up, or you're going to get released. That kind of paranoia played a lot into the players' mentality leading up to the events of 'Eight Men Out.'

There was a period where I stopped auditioning because I was like, 'I don't have the heart.' There's just so much rejection.

Being the way I used to be didn't really fit the family profile. I was always loved but if, say, Dad had an interesting business idea I'd be the last person he'd want to share it with in case I blew the lid on it.

I always try to perform, and not because you have players on the bench or on the pitch that can play in your position.

I cannot speak for other players, but it is always good when the manager comes to ask how you're feeling and makes you feel calm before you play the game.

It's very difficult to say that a player is irreplaceable because the nature of football means that someone always steps in to take the shirt and provides different elements to your team.

If you start worrying about your shooting percentages, you start not taking the shots you know you can make. You start worry about taking shots because you don't want to mess up your percentage.

I never felt that AC Milan had full confidence in me.

I had a good time at Chelsea and was accepted in the team, so it's difficult to explain why I left. My performances were good as well, but there was a time in my second season when I felt I didn't have the manager's trust any more and I didn't play many matches from the start.

I always loved playing in front of big audiences; now I'm jittery if one person is in the room watching me.

It's hard in England. If I didn't score for three games, there was the chance someone would take my place or I would be loaned out.

Bad performances can happen and are not that serious - even with new players. You can't, say, sell him, get a new one.

Mentally, starting the game versus coming off the bench, there are different vibes.

The first time I fought Mike Chandler, I was thinking about money way too much. I was thinking about the end of my contract. My focus was way off. I didn't believe in the people that were guiding me.

So I don't see any stress from players or coaches with coaching during the matches, to be honest.

I wanted to go somewhere I could be more part of the team and where the coach really trusts me. At Schalke it wasn't really like that.

When you bring one of your top scorers, your top players off the bench, it really gives your team balance.

I do trust you, is what I want to say. But it isn't true -- I didn't trust him to love me despite the terrible things I had done. I don't trust anyone to do that, but that isn't his problem; it's mine.