Vincent Kompany Quotes

I just like going against the Redskins, I guess.

Every derby match is different, just like every season is different.

The derby is always the most important match of the year and it's always nice to score goals against the leaders and the best teams.

The power of a sports team in a community it's almost indescribable.

We are playing at home, with full stadiums and passionate fans. It will be very special moment for me.

The rivalry is huge between South Carolina and Clemson. It's major bragging rights; one of the most intense things I've been a part of.

I think the Swansea-Cardiff rivalry is good.

I respect Manchester United, but I have respect to Dortmund as well.

It's football. There's emotions.

I've been a sports fan forever.

Derbies are always special, special games and moments for the city and the people.

I love the derby because of the banter and rivalry. If you live outside of Manchester, you can take it out of context sometimes, where you can think it's all hate, and I don't think it is.

There's always competition in the national team.

Normally in the past whenever Everton have beaten Liverpool, the accusation was that they wanted it a little bit more.

Sports passion is deeply, infamously territorial: our city-state is better than your city-state because our city-state's team beat your city-state's team. My attachment to the Sonics is approximately the reverse of this.

I don't have any use for the hatred in a football stadium.

There is no better place to put things right than at the San Siro. It's the perfect stadium to play in.

There are not many Chicagos, where people go out and support their sports teams, whether they are struggling or not.

We have a long history with Japan. When South Korea play against Japan, the fans tell us that if we lose, they are going to throw the players into the sea.

I need to go play football. I don't care about anything else.

It's brutal out on the football field.

You can't love your team without hating another team.

I'm a football fan, a sports fan, a fan of competition.

Because, they're only thinking about one team when that game's over. Before the game, they're talking about two football teams. When the game's over, there's only one winner.

Because I love football and I love the footballers.