Gerard Pique Quotes

I've played for Real Madrid, where the pressure is so huge because you have to go and really win absolutely every game.

You have to be able to deal with the pressures that playing for a big club like Hibs brings and it's not for everyone.

It's normal that there's pressure at Real Madrid.

When you play for Barcelona, there is always pressure to win - you play for something special. It's the same when you player for Tottenham; the names are not important.

When you play in a great club like Real Madrid, it's hard to stay here.

I've played regularly in a big club at Benfica, where it is not easy and there is a lot of pressure. In those years I learned to be a winner and play under that pressure.

It means a lot to you, to be out there. The highs are pretty high, and the lows are pretty low. You know, it's easy to feel like you let the team down. I mean, at the end of the day we still got to figure out a way to get through the tie.

I have played for Real Madrid, which is such a big club and where the pressure is so huge because you have to go and, really, win absolutely every game. There is no game where people don't expect you to win. So, having played there for three years, pressure is nothing that would scare me.

It's hard for an up and coming player who has the eyes of Manchester United on them to take that opportunity and then sort of not given the opportunity to break through because of the quality already there.

When you are in a club like Manchester United, you have a lot of pressure around you.

Playing for the national team, you are aware that a whole country wants you to succeed, but you mustn't get side-tracked.

If you play at a world-class team like Chelsea, you have to perform every day.

Being a player for a big team like Barca, you have to be very strong.

Growing up, I was often put under a lot of pressure. Being an athlete, I've been dealing with pressure for a long time.

Playing in a team like Barca, you always feel pressure. The demand is to win everything, but this is good for you as a footballer: it makes you play better.

When I played for Arsenal, like once per month, you always had this feeling you had to perform.

At Juve you were first or you were nothing. If we went out of the Champions League it was a tragedy. I saw team-mates who did not eat for a week.

In training, for example, when you feel your position on the team is in danger then you have to be fully focused.

To relax in the Premier League is not good.

It's important to get a good start at a top club like Real. When things are going badly, you can overcome it quickly at a top club.

It is hard to enjoy life in a national team.

The pressure is on the big teams.

Real are the type of club where you are expected to win every game. For a player who wants to be the best it is stimulating to feel the pressure to defend their interests.

When things are going well, everyone's coming into training, having a lot of banter and joking about and enjoying things, and when you are not, it's not that feeling, because the expectation level is to win.

That is what happens when you play in one of the best teams in the world: you have fantastic players in your position, and you have to work hard to try and play as many minutes as you can.