Carlos Vela Quotes

You have to have respect on the pitch.

I am always pleased to talk about Buffon. He is an extraordinary player, a professional with values.

I was taught you never, ever disrespect your opponent or your teammates or your organization or your manager and never, ever your uniform.

Everything about morality and obligations I owe to football.

In football, like in life, you must learn to play within the rules of the game.

We're sympathetic, but once you step on the field, football's football.

The moral values I've learnt in my life I've learnt through football.

I had three rules for my players: No profanity. Don't criticize a teammate. Never be late.

You're not going to see my sense of humor on the football field. That's not a place for me to joke around.

Football was always my dream. I started playing at the age of five, and I'm still playing now.

We have to play football and not talk. We don't talk about politics, the personal opinions, and debates - you take them home. We only talk about football. That's what we are here for.

Judge me on how I play football, or judge me on when you meet me.

I train hard, every day, not because it's my job but because I love football.

My dream was to become a footballer. I started loving football so much that I followed my dad wherever he went and spent all my time playing football with friends out in the fields. But my parents also taught me the important values and principles in life of respect and to raise me in that way.

On the pitch we tend to forget the things that happen off the field. I try to focus a lot on what I'm doing.

I started playing at six. I was at a school always playing football with my friends. But I was always bored at home. I asked my father if he could start me in a football team. He took me to a team called Rupel Boom, who were playing in the fourth division in Belgium, and I stayed there for four years.

In Mexico, they didn't demand you controlled well, or they didn't get mad because of a bad pass. In La Masia, they demand perfection. Competition is the core principle.

I love football and I believe in fair play, both on and off the pitch.

My idea about football is to play well, but even if you can't always play well, one thing I want is your character, your spirit. That is all I can ask of you.

Ottmar is a big coach and a good gentleman. I don't know if I'm a young Schweinsteiger; I'm another player. I am Granit Xhaka.

Our players are educated. They know. If you knowingly break the rules, we're going to move on. We'll find someone else to play quarterback.

I have known Sepp Blatter, FIFA and football for a long time, and there are some fundamental values which FIFA and the ICRC share.

When you are a footballer, you will not always play 90 minutes. Sometimes you are not happy, but this is not important for me.

I haven't stuck my head out to be captain of England.

My dad produces good footballers.