Thiago Silva Quotes

I have always said you only get one shot in life as a footballer.

I had a great time in the NFL. To make it in the amount of time that I did was awesome; it's a dream come true, and hell, it gave me the opportunity to go wrestle.

It's nice to be settled and enjoying my football, the new experience, playing in the Champions League and all the things you dream about when you start playing football.

I hope to play in Europe one day. It is one of my objectives.

I owe Wolfsburg everything. Without them, I would not have had the chance to play for Manchester City or Roma.

As a kid, I always wanted to play in Europe.

After the Champions League final in 2007... I would never have thought I would have finished my career in Milan!

I have climbed every step of the football ladder, from kicking a ball about in Munich's Olympic Park to becoming a junior at Bayern, signing professional terms, establishing myself in the first team and taking the captain's armband.

I enjoyed my time in the Premier League and in Qatar.

Playing in the Champions League is a big dream of mine. When you are a player and have a chance to play in it, it's a good thing.

Coming through the youth ranks at Fulham is a great honour to me.

To be at Man City, to play alongside some of the best players, it is great. It was a dream that became true for me.

I hope I can fulfill all my ambitions at Everton. But you never know in this game.

I've played two World Cups. I've won the Champions League.

I'm really happy that West Ham and Manuel Pellegrini have given me a chance to be playing again.

That's where I spent the biggest chunk of my career, having been at Juventus for ten years. That was the best thing that happened to me because it was where I got to know real football, at an ambitious club with ambitious players.

I had been released by Southampton and was back playing Sunday League football when I signed for Bournemouth. I grew to love the club.

We are getting to the point where, like the men's game, playing football is not only a legitimate career but enables you to live really well and can perhaps even set you up for life. It will allow little girls to tell their mums and dads they want to be professional footballers and not have their dreams dismissed so easily.

I had the dream of playing in the Champions League in the Inter shirt, and therefore, I couldn't leave.

Playing in the NFL was a dream come true.

For me it was massive there was interest from Manchester United. To sign for such a club was important to me in my football career.

In Spain, I'd taken Villarreal to league runners-up and the quarter-final and then semi-final of the Champions League.

I had my time in the England shirt and won a lot of caps.

I had enquiries from Paris-Saint Germain and Manchester United, and I considered them.

I worked at the number one team in the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, and now also in England.