Andrea Pirlo Quotes

Every player would love to get to the absolute top, and Real Madrid is it.

I hope I can develop here in the Premier League, and I hope I can be like those great legends one time in my career.

Italian football remains a very successful product, which has inspired people all over the world.

If you have a love for sport, everybody knows the success of Madrid in the '60s, Ajax in the '70s, Bayern Munich, and so on.

When I first arrived at Napoli, I was the ball boy, which meant that I got to watch as the legends trained. Then, once I joined the youth team as a young teenager, I was a midfielder just like Tardelli.

Serie A is a great tournament with many excellent players.

The players who played for Milan when I was a child are legends for what they've won and given to football. Then, when I got bigger, Nesta became my idol and I went on to become a defender.

Since I left Juventus, which remains the strongest team in Italy, I never thought about playing for another Italian club. I'm just not thinking about it.

A season with Fiorentina in Serie A? I could certainly try again.

All I dreamed of when I became a footballer was to play for a club as big as Real Madrid. It's maybe the most famous and best club in the history of football.

Serie A will always be one of the best leagues in the world. I hope to go back one day.

I think Serie A has always been a goal of mine to play in one day, because as a defender if you get the chance to experience Serie A you want to do it.

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

Juventus is an historical club, and many great players have played there.

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.

I would love to win some major trophies, and I would love to win the Ballon d'Or; that would be a perfect career.

I started at Benfica: not as big but one of the biggest clubs in Portugal. I've played for Real Madrid. Then I moved to Manchester United, from a giant to another giant.

Real are the best club in the world. Any footballer dreams about playing there, and I am no different.

I am at Manchester United. I feel really lucky to be here.

There is not a chance that I could have a difference with Alessandro Del Piero.

Juventus has been the most important team in my career. I have done eight beautiful years there. I have won a lot there.

It's a massive honour for me to be playing for Juventus.

In the 1990s, we had seven great teams - Milan, Inter, Juventus, Parma, Lazio, Roma, Fiorentina. If you look at the players, they were great players, but there was some crazy investment, and some teams went bankrupt, like Parma and Lazio.

I would love to play in the Premier League; which player wouldn't? I am happy at AC Milan, but never say never.

My goal is to play with a club in the Champions League.