Carlos Tevez Quotes

I had not so much talent. I was a striker who could score, but running was not my main goal.

To be a striker you need to be in good shape.

As a finisher, there are few players as composed as Messi. When you can score as many different kinds of goal as he can, you have every reason to be confident.

I can score goals and be dangerous with my passes.

I can do a lot of stuff, score goals with my left, right, and head.

In order for a player to score goals, he needs minutes.

I hope to become a real striker.

When God built Pele, he put everything that a player needs in him. He knew how to shoot, how to dribble, how to head, be physical. He had everything that a football player needs to have. It's difficult for someone to achieve what he has in football.

I'm a strong striker, two-footed, and I can score goals.

When I decide to score, I score. I know I am strong, but I believe it is not enough yet. I can kick fine, dribble very well, but I still have to improve.

Those who said I'm not an out-and-out goal-scorer are probably right. I always feel I could score more.

Each game helps me to continue improving, which is what I want. I want to improve in defense, on the ball, score more goals. I never want to get tired of improving.

I would not be worried about the physical aspect of the Premier League. I have scored goals in Argentina, Portugal, and now Spain. I am confident I can adapt my game to any league.

Matthijs is very mature for his age: he has the physique of a 24-year-old. He is also strong with both feet, has an extremely good range of passing, can head the ball, scores goals, and is a real leader at the back already at the age of 18.

I'm a striker; my job is to score goals.

When you see Zlatan up close, he's even more imposing than on the television. Zlatan is very, very big, very strong, and his control of the ball is incredible. It can seem like he's not there, and then he goes and scores the decisive goal.

I love watching Messi with the ball at his feet. He scores goals and everything else.

There's different types of strikers: Harry Kane is a wonderful finisher, Jamie Vardy has great pace and has come onto the scene exceptionally well and is playing consistently, and Wayne Rooney is a player I have admired during all of his career.

I've always been a real striker.

You look at the Harry Kanes: although he's absolutely ruthless inside the box, he also scores goals outside the box.

For goal-scorers and centre-forwards, confidence does play a big part.

The best player I ever played with is probably Cesc Fabregas. I only got to play with him for a year before he went back to Barcelona, but I learned so much from him - the way he knew what he was going to do with the ball before he got it and his passing - and he scored goals.

I am not a magician of football.

I think there are a lot of great strikers in Europe.

Messi is the best in the world, even when he is defending.