Football is a simple game.
— Dimitar Berbatov
When I play all the time, I play with a smile on my face, and then I can help my team with my goals and my game and the way I can play football.
I credit my success to my mother. Her prayers and support are everything to me. I know all she does for me, and I know nothing I do can ever pay back the amount of support she has given me.
I think every person is different in coping with pressure; every person thinks differently. For me, sometimes it is difficult because people expect so much of me.
I want to teach the young people the way I see football. The way I eat, the way I am in training.
I wouldn't say I have felt troubled here at United. I am not troubled. I am lucky. I have loved my time here.
I don't play for the money.
Every human being is different.
Because we are a small country, unlike England, Italy, or Brazil, we don't have as many good players.
I just want to entertain and make people enjoy the game and smile.
Sometimes self-esteem affects you on and off the pitch. Until you face your next game and you miss an easy chance, for example, then you feel not as great.
Players want to enjoy their football and talk up their performances.
When I signed for United, I felt like it was a reward for everything that I'd been through in my life.
You can find yourself doubting yourself. But that's when you need to keep faith and realise everything is going to be okay. You work hard in training and keep doing the things you're good at.
I came from a background where we didn't have bread. I know what it's like to live with money and no money.
Like Nemanja Vidic, I came from a small town in a small country in Eastern Europe, but we had reached the top.
Ronaldo is brilliant, Messi more my kind of player. He sees the game so clearly. He can score, create; he's the complete player - the best ever, probably.
Every team is going to lose; every team is going to win.
As soon as I score, my mother texts me, so when I go in the dressing room, her text is there waiting for me to read!
I cannot speak for other players, but it is always good when the manager comes to ask how you're feeling and makes you feel calm before you play the game.
Football is a simple game. It is not difficult to play football: just pass the ball around.
Obviously, I like to play a lot with the ball.
I have handled pressure and expectation all through my life. I am not scared of it.
A player becomes great only when he realises he has great team-mates.
If we win 1-0, I don't care if the goalkeeper scores.
When I set myself a target, I aim to reach it.
When you train with good players or watch matches on TV, you want to do what they do.
On the pitch, you can have the feeling that everything is happening for you, from passing to tackles.
Nobody wants to play bad football in a game; everybody wants to win, and every player wants to show how good he is. But, you know, sometimes you simply have a game where nothing is happening.
I wanted to win trophies and play for the biggest club, and the biggest club in England is Manchester United.
If Lukaku is not as good as others with his first touch, then give him a ball that he can handle.
Top-level football gives you fame and money, but it takes away a lot, too.
I like to play with the ball and have the freedom to move around.
If every player is on the left, and I am on the right, you need to trust me that I have seen something the other players have not seen.
When you come to a new club, the first two or three days are always a bit hectic.
To win the league, you don't just need great players, but you need players who have the mentality of title winners.
I like to play like that, with beauty and grace.
The small details are important if you want to be a good player.
Every coach has their own philosophy for getting the best out of players, and sometimes these can seem strange to the public.
Those who know me, my really close friends, know that I play for enjoyment and to entertain the fans.
A player may have a future only if he respects the players who taught and advised him.
For me, if the ball's in the net, it doesn't matter if it's an overhead kick or just a tap-in.
I will dream about winning the Golden Ball until I stop playing.
It doesn't matter how many goals you score; one goal is enough if you don't let one in your net.
Jose Mourinho knows how to control to big players in the dressing room, to control egos. He's done it all his life and knows how to work it into the team.
Sometimes, against the underdog, you can lose because they want it more. It happens to every team.
When United wanted me, I was like a horse with blinkers on. I was not interested in anyone else. City offered more money, but the team was weaker, and their history couldn't compete with United.
When you know how to read football, it is easier for some players.
Sport is healthy, but it can be the opposite of that at the top level. You have so many injuries; you put your body through so much. You wake up at 2 in the morning, and you cannot move.
I am a striker, and people expect strikers to score goals. But I don't see myself as a striker.
