Javier Zanetti Quotes

Real Madrid is the most important thing that happened to me, both as a footballer and as a person.

Jean Tigana wants to go to the top with Fulham, and I like that ambition.

I always thought I could get back to the Premier League, and thankfully, I did that with Burnley.

I want to have a lot of success with Everton.

Playing in the Premier League for City is like a dream.

From a personal point of view, when you're hitting the back of the net at Premier League level people recognize that you're doing something right.

I never had a dream of being in the Premier League.

When I was young, I told my parents, 'I promise you I'm going to play in the Champions League, and for my first match, I'll invite you to come and watch me play.' Luckily, I was able to do that, and I was very happy. It was a moment of pride.

My eventual goal is to win a championship. And before I retire, I just want to win a championship. That's it.

I am still full of ambition.

Good dreams don't come cheap, you've got to pay for them and If you just dream when you're asleep this is no way for them to come alive... to survive.

But this was my chance to go to the Super Bowl. Nothing was going to stop me.

I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.

The biggest ambition in my career is still to win the European Cup. I want to have a picture of that to look at later; I want to have that medal. You can have a contract that is better than your friends, but no player looks back and says: 'I won more money.'

Take what you can from your dreams, make them as real as anything.

Everybody in the minor leagues - if you're a player, an announcer, whatever - wants to be in the big leagues.

I never gave up as a player, and I won't give up as someone who wants to go to the Hall of Fame, because it's the ultimate goal for a baseball player or a football player or a basketball player.

Ever since I was a kid, I've dreamt about winning the Brazilian league, and I still dream about it now. I am doing everything I possibly can to make my dream come true.

During the season... fun, to me, is getting sacks, making tackles and winning games. It's not spending money, girls, or, you know, this and that.

'The Cut' is going to give someone the opportunity of a lifetime and help that person achieve his or her dreams.

People who reach the top of the tree are only those who haven't got the qualifications to detain them at the bottom.

You know, 10 years ago I never thought I'd be in this position. It's a dream and I don't even know if I dreamed this big.

My dream was to win an Academy Award. But my other dream was to win the Super Bowl, and there's a chance that might not happen, either.

I don't know if anybody has moved up the ladder more quickly than I have.

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.