Carlos Carvalhal Quotes

I was hell-bent on being a soccer player all through junior high and high school.

Apparently, I have good feet for ballet.

And it is always Easter Sunday at the New York City Ballet. It is always coming back to life. Not even coming back to life - it lives in the constant present.

My workout was running down fly balls, stealing a base, or running for my life on the football field.

I wanted to be a soccer player. I knew that couldn't happen.

The moment the curtain rose on that first ballet, I knew something wonderful and new had come into my life. I can still see the first scene. The ballet was Divertimento No. 15.

I hated Matthew Bourne's 'Swan Lake' when it first turned up, and then when it was televised, and then when it returned.

I wasn't good enough to be a professional soccer player obviously but that was my first goal in life.

Since I was a child I've loved going to the opera, theatre and ballet.

I've been interested in art and fashion for as long as I can remember because they are so visual. I am fascinated by the idea of visual creation from the ground up, which is a challenge in ballet when the audience has seen every show of yours, every other principal that you've shared a role with, and every different production.

I love to play a character. If I'm playing Cinderella or Aurora in 'Sleeping Beauty' or something like that, then I enjoy classical a lot. But to do just a two-minute solo, purely to show classical aesthetic, is not my favorite thing to do.

I was raised with a lot of classical music. I loved ballet. I was a bun head for 10 years.

There are a lot of big players and a lot of big teams, but I don't know if I'll get the opportunity to play in the Premier League.

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.

My dream was to play for Chelsea - maybe I was bit naive.

Every kid dreams of playing in the Premier League.

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

Santiago Bernabeu is the best stadium I have ever played in. I enjoy every minute on its pitch.

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

I've never had that dream in my head: 'I want to play Bundesliga or Premier League.' I was a fan, but it was never the dream that one day I was going to make it, because a lot of people had told me already that I wouldn't.

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.

I think I have had my story with France. Unfortunately, it's not the story I would have liked. I would have liked to have played a World Cup; I would have liked to have done a lot more for the French national team.

Aston Villa were signing this player and that player, and I was thinking this is my chance to get to the Premier League. I was a little bit over-eager to join them.