Cobi Jones Quotes

I wanted to be a soccer player; I wanted to do it at the highest level.

I never felt I would be part of the international scene for 50 caps in my wildest dreams.

I was always reading about the Premier League. It has been a big dream and one that came true. But it is not the end of the dream; it is just starting.

I had wanted to play for Penarol since I was a boy. When I was young, I would go to their training ground, but at 18, I left Uruguay for Argentina, and my professional career started.

Every kid dreams of playing in the Premier League.

If I'm destined to play in the MLS, I will.

If I couldn't get to the national team, I wanted to get as much as I could out of soccer, and I think moving abroad was my opportunity to do that. I think that, in turn, playing with that freedom and that spirit allowed me to play a lot better. I escalated my game quickly just by being happy.

When I was five, 10, 15 years old, I always dreamed of being in the best league in the world, playing with some of the best clubs.

When I moved to Hull and I was playing against players in the Premier League, maybe I pinched myself then.

When I went to Real Madrid, I was only 18 or 19 years old. It was my first year as a professional footballer. I was very young.

As a general rule I don't have to play in the Champions League to be happy.

I have been playing soccer since I was about four years old. You always hope you can reach the top of the profession, that you can play in the big leagues and achieve all of the goals you hope to accomplish throughout your life.

I see myself going to play in the MLS, to discover something other than France.

When I signed that USL contract, my perspective changed on me being a professional footballer. That was my goal ever since I was young. I never thought I could achieve it, but that's when it clicked in my head that I can really go far in the sport.

I never expected that I would be somebody. I just started playing and when I was 12, 13, thought: 'Wow, I'm playing good.' Then Dinamo Zagreb were speaking about signing me, I thought: 'Hmm, maybe I can achieve something.'

I am slightly shocked to have gone as far as I have.

I'm ambitious, I want to play in the Champions League, and that's the aim with Tottenham - to start qualifying for the Champions League on a consistent basis.

One day, I hope I can play in MLS.

It is a great challenge to be playing against the best players in the world, and I always wanted to play in the Premier League and be a part of this league.

My ambition is to play in the Premier League, like every player.

I want to be playing in the Premier League.

I didn't dream of joining Man City as a professional one day, or representing England, because I didn't know that was even possible.

I got a lot of games under my belt in the lower leagues, and I don't feel the Premier League or England is that much different.

My head has just been all about wanting to play regular football in the Premier League.

If I would have had the absolute will, I would have been a starting XI player at Barcelona or would have played 10 years for Real Madrid or Manchester United.