Juan Mata Quotes

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

It takes a lot to be a good player. It takes a lot to be a winning team.

If your offensive and defensive lines are speaking and people are listening, you've got a very good chance of success.

As captain, I want us to be ambitious; I want us to be winners - but above all, I hope we will show how much we love the game by passing the ball and achieving success through our technical and tactical approach.

There's a way to win, and a way to play, and when you play like that, the ball's moving and guys are looking for each other, the game is fun.

In all things, you need a good organization. You can have the best player in the world; if you do not have the best team, you will not win.

In every team, you have to win the respect of your team-mates, working a lot and really sweat blood.

A big part of football is the team aspect.

Football is a team sport, and each person plays a role - this is what counts.

Playing quarterback, you rely on everybody. Everybody impacts you.

I think communication is massive in football and in all sports in general.

Everybody wants to be on the field and show what they're capable of and help their football team win games.

A lot of things have to come together to win a World Cup.

I just know that I love football, and when I'm on the pitch, I want to win.

Ideas are easy. Execution is everything. It takes a team to win.

If the right people do the right things, we can walk, we can have a future. But if people don't put time into it to make it run in a right way, I don't think your team will work.

I was very fortunate when I was little - I played basketball. You really absolutely learn how to be a team player, how to win a game, to accomplish things, not just for yourself.

I want to see a player on the football field. I want to see what kind of teammate they are, what kind of leadership qualities they have. I want to see how aggressive they are, how much fun they have playing the game.

The team came together. We're looking forward to the next race.

In the German football team players from different clubs need to get on with each other both on and off the pitch. In the grand coalition Christian Democrats and Social Democrats sit in the same boat and need to pull in the same direction.

The things I learned from the army - and I think it was a lesson for life - was how to work in unison with other people. How to take responsibility.

When I step on that basketball court, I'm thinking about basketball, I'm thinking about winning - but there's so much that goes into thought about how I'm going to open this game up to others. It's so much more than just basketball.

No team works out teamwork.

I say to my friends, 'Don't just listen to the vuvuzelas; look at who scores the goals.' And this is the important thing.

On the football field, you're still going out to there to win. And if you're not going out there to win, what are you going out there for?