Andres Iniesta Quotes

Nobody wants to retire from football.

I just wanted to defend football, which is not always easy to do. Those of us who have been in the sport so many years now realise we must protect it and look after it. I was speaking about football, what it means. It is our profession, it has been our lives, and we must take care of it a little.

These guys live and breathe football; they get something out of going to the training ground every day.

Football has always been a big part of my life. Almost from the day I was born, playing and coaching football were all I really ever wanted to do.

There is this preconceived idea that I would follow the likes of Michael Owen, Jamie Carragher, and Gary into the media because it's a really good life. But football is my life.

I have to smile because we, as footballers, are really lucky to do the job we do. But this is not just a job for me. It's my passion.

I've been playing football all my life.

I've devoted my life to football.

Football's not forever.

Football is my love. Football is what I'm going to do. I'm a football player first.

I think people will say, 'You know what? That Shaun Alexander, he did all right when he was here.

Even though I retired from coaching, I still believe that is my calling.

Football is what keeps me going, what makes me prosper, and what will keep me straight.

The day I leave Paris is the day I go down a level or quit football.

Football brings you lots of lovely things, but then you have to realise that it's actually a job.

My No. 1 goal, and what I've spent my entire life striving to achieve is to win a World Cup. I want to retire so badly with that World Cup, but if I don't, then I'll retire knowing that I've done everything I could to get it.

I love football, football is my life.

I try to be passionate about every aspect of my life, how I love my wife, how I serve my wife, how I serve God. In the same way, I try to be passionate about football. I try to serve my coaches with passion. I try to serve my teammates with passion. I try to serve God, through football, with passion.

I love the game so much. I've been penalized. I've been fined. I have some regrets in my career. But for those four hours on Sunday, you can be free and just let it all go. Retiring had nothing to do with football; it had to do with my family.

Cameroon is a football country - children are born playing football.

Soccer is my life.

I try to make as much time as I can for R5, because I love it so much. Ultimately, that's what's going to be around forever in my life. Because with 'Austin & Ally,' our season is going to end, and then that will be it. But R5 will always be there.

Retire? Me? I'll go when they get tired of me at Old Trafford or when I can no longer do the job.

Without football, my life is worth nothing.

After my time with a certain NFL team, I wanted to retire.