Luka Modric Quotes

It was a difficult decision to leave Liverpool but I knew it was something I had to do to get playing regularly and improve.

I have got to a level where I feel I needed to make the jump to Chelsea and push myself and get myself to a better level and playing with world-class players here is only going to help.

I could have stayed in Argentina but because I wanted to grow as a player, I went to Italy. I had the same idea in my mind when I came to Tottenham.

When I left Leipzig I was thinking about my next step, and I want to stand in front of a new team, new language, to get developed personally and in my view of football. That's why I made the decision to come to Southampton.

I have made a big step forward since leaving Shakhtar for Bayern.

I didn't play much for Roma and arriving here at Milan is a step forward for me.

I would like more challenging roles. I definitely would like to something that's more challenging.

Get your education, and if you see small opportunities, take them. Each one could be a stepping stone to something bigger.

I think you have to recognise where you are as a player. I knew I had to go out to learn - to sit around at Liverpool wasn't going to do me any good.

After four seasons with Tottenham, where I had grown as much as possible, I needed new challenges for the sake of improving.

I left Arsenal because I wanted to develop and learn as a player and get to experience a new club.

It was a big step for me to go to Bayern Munich. Of course, the expectations were different than at Dortmund, but that's what I wanted.

I had good coaches and mentors. They helped me a lot, and I trusted them when they tapped on my shoulder to move to the next level. And maybe I've been smart enough to always say yes more than no when I've been proposed a new and challenging jobs.

You take the job, you learn from it, and you move on.

I don't want to say PSG is a step backwards, but It would be returning to something I already know. I'm always in for new challenges. When I will leave Chelsea one day, it would be to discover something new.

I've been managing myself for some time now, and after accomplishing many goals here in Brazil, I knew it was time to make new contacts and do bigger things on an international level.

I'm thinking about myself, I want to develop and I didn't have these possibilities at Bayern anymore. I'm very grateful to them.

I pretty much figure a collar will do, but as time goes on, I'm hoping I learn how to throw a suit on or something. I've still got some time. I'm not the president of the United States yet.

If I had my career over again? Maybe I'd say to myself, speed it up a little.

I would love to stay at SNL forever. But you can't stay in the same place. People think you're a loser.

I've worked as someone's deputy, and now it's time for me to run something. It's time for me to run my own shop.

I think I started to have thoughts to really want to be serious about my work when I was about twenty-five, and I just kind of started to look into that direction and moved into it.

I want my career to grow gradually. There's still so much for me to learn. I'm just trying to take these opportunities to get better at what I'm doing.

It's kind of crazy to think I'm still 22 and going into my fifth season. Time has been flying by. I think it's about that time I really take the next step to the elite level.

I think, as a woman in action in the business, you would be stupid not to express interest. Any female action role that presents itself as an opportunity I would throw myself at!