Carlos Tevez Quotes

When I speak in English, my expressions become different. My attitude, too. I'm not sure why, but there really is a difference. My hands move differently when I speak English.

Because of my language and the pantomime with which most Europeans accompany their speech, I was catalogued as a heavy.

England and America are two countries separated by the same language.

They don't suffer. They can't even speak English.

If, in English, we speak words, the French speak thoughts.

You know it was really hard to do a set, or even to do interviews in English, because in Europe, we always had a translator with us.

With Lille, we could have gone to the South of France, and people wouldn't have recognised us. But at Chelsea, the players are at another level. Everything has changed - the language, the country - but it is up to me to adapt.

Directing while overcoming differences of language and culture is a stimulating challenge.

I am used to being places where I don't speak the language. What I am not used to is being in a part of a country where few people speak my language. Call it ignorance, arrogance, or what have you, but most places I have visited, I was lucky enough to be able to get by with English.

You can ask any player: I never had any problem with any French team-mate.

A lot of country making films in English, but in Japan we are very shy to speak English.

The French just said he was a damned nuisance. Or they would have had they the good fortune to speak English. Instead being French they were forced to say it in their own language.

One of the hardest things in the world is to convey a meaning accurately from one mind to another.

Two nations divided by a common language.

We speak loud. And we speak with our hands, but we're not aggressive like warwise. A Portuguese is not going to punch you for no reason.

Foreign newspapers: if they've got nothing to hide, how come they don't print them in English?

The people don't take baths and they don't speak English. No golf courses, no room service. Who needs it?

Every big company has some little guy who is an enthusiast off in the corner working on technology. In Japan, it is integrated into their high-level strategy. They see it as a communication medium, because for them, just the words  -  and this is the problem that they have with Americans  -  just the words they say to you is not the complete message. Their facial expressions, their body language, there is a lot of context. Also, their written language doesn't translate to keyboards well.

My best friend Madison keeps a list on her phone of all of the different English slang that I say, so she has kind of like a translator so she can understand without having to ask me, "What on Earth are you talking about when you say 'nackered'?"

We're very aggressive speakers. I remember when I was with one of my roommates in New York - and she's Portuguese, too - and we were in an Apple store talking about a computer in Portuguese. Some guy comes up to us and goes, "Hey, hey! Peace, peace! Stop arguing." It's not arguing. This is really just how we talk.

Gentleman, this is a football.

The Europeans look down on raising your hands. They don't like the end-zone dance. I think that's unfortunate. That feeling - the finish line, the last couple of meters - is what motivates me.

If you are watching my films and wondering, am I missing humorous speak because I'm not Korean? Am I missing out? You don't have to worry, because you're only missing probably about a few cents worth out of your ticket price.

The English language on her tongue became a smoke-screen, without her eyes changing expression in the least.

Is [football] for everybody? Of course not. But it is a meaningful contribution beyond, I think, other alternatives.