Marco Silva Quotes

Sledging makes things interesting. There are no robots playing. They are humans who want to perform well for the country. So when stakes are so high, emotions will take over. Sometimes sledging gets the best out of you.

A derby is a derby. When you play a derby, it is for winning, not just to play.

On derby day it's not down to form, it's on the day, who's prepared for the game and who wants to battle.

I've been in rivalries. Utah-BYU. Bowling Green-Toledo. Florida, we had three: Florida State, Tennessee and Georgia. You make them personal, but they're not. I didn't grow up disliking Georgia.

When the fans and players are united, the team is always much stronger so, when the fans really get behind us, it gives us a huge boost - and that's what we want.

Sports fans have an unbelievable ability at the end of the day, when the game comes on, to kind of put everything aside and watch the game.

Every game means something, the supporters are fantastic, and since I've come to Palace, I've learnt to fight as a team and for the three points.

I kind of press pause when it's a derby, and the season doesn't matter to me anymore; it's all about the derby.

Fans want to see their favorite players as invested in games as they are, regardless of the perceived importance.

When people are booing at the stadium when they win, then it has nothing to do with the results. It is something to do with emotion and feelings, which is an important part of football. The relationship there has nothing to do with results.

Fans want their emotions to come to the surface. How? By their team transmitting intensity, attacking, scoring goals, competing, winning. That awakens them.

Big Brother makes a game where it's competitive, not just a handicap match. Mentally, physically, strategically, emotionally, it's an even match. When you compete 100%, it's a real competition.

I go for the ball as if it's the last.

A Man United team should never be outworked.

It doesn't matter how young or old you are, and whatever jersey you wear, you realise the derby games prick up the hairs on the backs of people's necks.

I'll tell you, people remember every single pick I make against their team, they really do. There's just so much passion in college football, I wouldn't have it any other way.

I'd like not only to test myself against Barcelona, but top teams from the other leagues.

It's really important at United that you've been brought up with that winning mentality.

It can be dangerous to be too content, especially at a club like Bayern, where there is so much competition for places.

When you've done it long enough - I've done something like 21 World Series - just about every fan base has turned off the TV when their team lost and I was screaming and yelling for the other side.

We earned any fans with the way we play.

Every time I'm on the court, every time a fan cheers for me, I just want to go out and make a play for them to cheer even more.

Provocations are like a Molotov cocktail. They only work one time out of ten, but when it works, it can also be dangerous for the arm that is throwing it. It's the price that has to be paid.

We want to play good football, so that our fans feel well when they come to see our team play.

Any game in the World Cup is a tough game. The atmosphere brings a lot out of both teams.