Jan Vertonghen Quotes

When other teams fear you, that's a big difference.

There are certain teams in the NFL that have a certain aura about them, and there's a certain respect level about them.

There are so many good players in the NBA, and I just want to be at the top of the talent pool. I want opposing coaches and players to fear me.

I want the Saints to be one of those teams where when other teams see us on the schedule, they know they're in for one hell of a game.

I'd have signed for Real in a heartbeat. They're a club with more glamour than Milan; more prospects, more appeal, more everything. They strike fear in their opponents, whoever they happen to be.

I won everything I could win with Bayern and individually.

I think everybody respects Real Madrid; nobody wants to play against us.

Many, many of the teams respect Chelsea. Chelsea is a big club. It doesn't matter the position of the table: the respect is always there.

If teams play Bayern, they bring another attitude to the pitch than if they play teams who are not Bayern.

Arsenal have won that advantage, nobody gave it to them. By playing fantastic football and by winning matches and by winning trophies, they won that respect that the opponent has for them.

It's easy to see why pitchers respect McGwire. If you hit behind him, they're saying that they don't respect you. You have to change their thinking.

When people know I wrote 'Thelma and Louise,' they don't want to mess with me.

When you're the best, and you know you're the best, and your contemporaries know you're the best, that's a terrific edge.

No club that wins a pennant once is an outstanding club. One which bunches two pennants is a good club. But a team which can win three in a row really achieves greatness.

It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.

Let them hate as long as they fear.

Can you be cruel and proud? For a great man among the commonalty, and in particular among such as we shall have to do with, will not be thought anything worth if he be not feared and dreaded, and at times renowned for his cruelty. It is thus that the Flemings wish to be governed; and among them men's lives should be no more valued, nor should they have more pity shown to them, than swallows or larks, which are caught in the proper season for the table.

At United, there are great traditions, which you can't buy in one or two years. They are created by victories. You need to prove again and again that you are better than the others. Manchester United have always done this, and are still doing it, so they are the best.

Reputation is the cornerstone of power. Through reputation alone you can intimidate and win; once it slips, however, you are vulnerable, and will be attacked on all sides. Make your reputation unassailable.

It was really hard for them to intimidate me. They felt I was intimidating. One of the growers had a name for me: I think it was 'dragon lady' or something like it.

There's not a single club out there that can compete with Barcelona.

Flamengo usually contact managers who have won a lot of trophies.

I liked being the monster that was bigger than everybody around me.

We're a small country, and if you look at it that way, then we're at a disadvantage, though I know that most of the players who know or have come up against Uruguayans prefer to avoid us.

Messi is the best in the world - there is no question about that.