Fernandinho Quotes

I played at the highest level for 17 years and won so many titles.

I was so used to going out and winning state championships and playing in the postseason.

In terms of evolution, I think that for me, it's all about titles. That's what you become world-renowned for, what you've won, and not just the growth you've had on the pitch.

Sure, Messi and Ronaldo have scored more goals than me. But I won the treble!

During the off-season when you see other people playing in the Super Bowl, you wonder, and you say to yourself, 'Are you ever gonna get there and see what it feels like?' And it pushes you a little bit harder during that off-season to work to try to get there the following year.

All I wanted to be was a player.

I would say Hope Solo is competitive.

We're in a leadership position in sports. People look up to the National Football League.

In sports, people reach their peak very early. You have to move on. I don't know if I will ever surpass what I did at the Olympics, but I'm still doing the work I always wanted to do.

The thing is, once you're in the Super Bowl, you want to win. As time goes on, you want to win more and more.

It's a very competitive thing, pro sports. The hardest thing in pro sports is staying up there.

It doesn't matter the level whether it is League Two or anywhere, you want to win games.

The competition that is the Premier League is the biggest challenge in itself. It's my job to get the players to believe that they can go in to every match and win.

My dad wanted me to play football so bad, he took me to Washington High School on the west side of Atlanta because they were number one. They never lost.

Everyone has a different view on football, but I didn't have a fear that I wouldn't be good enough in England.

Bayern are so dominant that other teams aim for us.

Any player would want to be involved in games against Argentina.

In football, it is not important how you win, it is important that you win.

So many kids want to be football players, and to still feel like I'm living the dream at 37 is amazing.

We are football players and we like to win games.

Looking at everything I've done in my career as a footballer, at all the titles, I believe that what's hugely important is motivation.

Do I want to be the best defender in Europe? Of course. Any defender will tell you that - who wouldn't want to be the best?

I've always won. I've won the state championship, national championship, all that stuff.

You can't sign up for this kind of wrestling in school, so I went the football route first and I was successful at it.

I wanted to go somewhere and make a name for myself. I wanted to go somewhere and establish a winning culture because everybody knows about the football team. So I wanted to change the culture and make it both basketball as well as football and just give the fans what they want in Tuscaloosa.