Juan Mata Quotes

I take the ball, I go wide, I cross, I shoot, but when the moment beckons, I am ready to make the difference.

LeBron James can get a shot off under any and all circumstances and he makes them.

Pedro has special qualities. He adds a lot, dribbling, scoring, keeping the pitch wide. He's always ready to compete.

Big-time players make big-time plays in big-time spots. That's who I want to be.

There can be very cheap players that play very well, and maybe, expensive players, they don't do so well.

I'm not a goalscorer. It's not my job. Everyone always tells me I've never scored. I don't think I've had a shot.

Dembele is a player who has been playing regularly, from the bench or the start, and he has quality. When he comes off the bench, he can change a game, and that's a quality that is undervalued in football. Not everybody has that quality.

When you think about a Hall of Fame player, you think about someone who impacted the game, someone you had to game plan for.

I still believe I can be a striker but, if you want to be a striker, you have to think more about yourself and that's why you are a striker.

When you look at not just for Sixth Man but also for any award in the NBA even when it comes to the MVP, you should look at their impact to their team.

I like being the one who makes a difference. On the pitch, I always try to create a special situation.

Xherdan Shaqiri is a player who can make the difference because he can decide games on his own.

I think that Balotelli could be as good as Torres - and even better than him.

It's not easy to replace the best centre-back in the world.

You've got to find ways to affect the game, whether it's key stops, key plays, anything.

Nowadays, it's hard to know if a player really deserves the money spent on him, because transfer values are high.

It doesn't matter if they buy me for, I don't know, £38 million or £40m - I am not guaranteed to play the games.

I bring immediate impact off the court as much as I do on the court.

I would not switch Bjorn Bergmann Sigurdarson for any other player in Norway.

Of course there is 'Messidependence.' It would exist in any team in the world, but when he is not there, we also have to play and try to win. Leo is fundamental for us and marks the style; it is well known that he is the best in the world for something.

I've shown people what I can do and want to establish myself as a Premier League player.

Football is not always as glamourous as some might imagine, as the story of the first time I signed Marouane Fellaini perhaps illustrates.

I'm just trying to affect the game in some way whenever I get an opportunity. If that's stealing a base, making a catch, beating out a double play, whatever it may be.

He does great things on the pitch but the coach Van Gaal was a bad man.

If you want to continue to be good and perform at a high level and be deep in all areas, you still have to hit on some undervalued players, too. You can't just go out and sign marquee free agents or trade for players when they're at the peak of their value. That's not a formula for long-term success.