Gerard Pique Quotes

I think, for Catalonia, FC Barcelona means a lot because it is one of the top clubs in the world, and that means that it's a way to show what Catalonia is in the world.

If you ask me what am I, I might say 'I am a Californian,' and if George Bush were here, he would say 'I am a Texan.'

I'm Colombian and nothing will change that.

It seems to me psychologically I'm a Canadian.

I do consider myself as being French, I suppose.

I wouldn't have been able to move to L.A. if I felt I was going to lose my identity as a New Jerseyian. My accent has gotten thicker since I've lived here.

I think the Catalonian people really identify with Barcelona - the fans are really proud of the team and the club.

Legend has it that when Franco's troops crushed Catalonia in 1939, relegating it for the next thirty-five years to abuse and neglect, one of his generals was asked what more he could possibly want now that he had Barcelona.

I have always thought of myself as being Northern Irish because that's what I am.

I am a South Tyrolean. I identify with this land.

I am a hardcore Bihari boy. I am born and brought up in Bihar, and for me, ethnicity is not a problem and is inbuilt in me.

I want people to hear the name Mustafa Ali and want them to know that I'm a proud American. I'm from here, I'm from Chicago; I'm just like one of you.

We are all proud to be British. But we also feel more local and regional allegiances.

I'm very proud of where I'm from.

I am the son of Punjab-da-puttar after all.

I'm American by birth, but I consider myself Canadian.

Barcelona, of course, it is part of me.

Sting and I need to think what our relationship is to England in the long term.

I am, always have been, and always will be proud of my Nigerian heritage.

I'm an adopted Mancunian. This city has grown on me. I have a wife from Manchester and have three kids who think they are more Mancuniuan than anything else, which is a problem I need to address!

There's this great fashion among writers, especially those who follow the transnational conservatives like V.S. Naipaul, to disavow one's place in the world as a sort of box that has sprung you but is only worthy of your scorn, because it once contained you. And I've been tempted to say foolish things, like "I am an American writer" or "I belong nowhere," but the truth is I'm perfectly proud of identifying as an Indian writer, even if that might hurt my bottom line.

What I learned on the road. Above all else - to love my native land.

Every people is a chosen people in its own mind. And it is rather amusing that their name for themselves usually means mankind.

I have no desire to live anywhere else but New Zealand. I've had the good fortune to travel widely around the world, but New Zealand is home - and I like to be here. I'm proud to be a New Zealander.

I am part of the demographic and I love it.