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" That's my hunger. If I start to relax, and I lose that, then I had better stop my football. I need that hunger. I still feel I need to do things 10 times better than other players. Just to be accepted and to improve myself. "

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Better

Football

Myself

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" At Barca, players were banned from driving their sports cars to training. "

" When I went to Juventus, I was young, but in training, I had legends like Fabio Cannavaro and Lilian Thuram marking me. I had to work hard to get my respect. "

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" When you have my confidence, I will do 200% for you. "

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" Who is most deserving of all of the money that I, Zlatan, am paid? The answer is Zlatan. "

" I do not need a trophy to tell myself that I am the best. "

" I had time with my mother, but I really lived with my father. One time he gave all his salary so I could travel to a training camp. He couldn't pay the rent, but he did that. "

" Some coaches prefer players who will just do whatever he tells them to. It's like, if you're at school with a load of 10-year-old boys and you tell them to jump, everyone will start to jump. But the intelligent boy will ask, 'Why should I jump? Why?' That can be difficult for a lot of coaches, and I understand that. "

" When people criticize me, instead of putting my head down, it gives me energy to do even more. "

" Lionel Messi is awesome. "

" I decide my future. I decide what I want to do. Nobody else. If I decide this will be my last year, maybe it is. If I decide it will be my last contract, I decide that. Nobody else. So I will decide when the moment is there. "

" When I took my shirt off against Caen, everybody asked what these new tattoos were. I had 15 removable tattoos on my body; they are the names of real people who are suffering from hunger in the world. "

" If I had an ego as big as the Eiffel Tower, would I have won this many collective trophies? I know people like to talk about it. And O.K., I am not going to answer every story. But maybe I will let my collective trophies speak for themselves. I don't know many other footballers who have won as much. Do you? "

" I'm not someone who feels settled. "

" Everybody tries to score a great goal, and I am lucky I have netted a few. "

" I always want to become better. If never being satisfied is a problem, then I have it. At least it's a good problem. "

" I got a bike when I was little, a BMX. I called it 'Fido Dido' after the tough little cartoon guy with spiked hair. I thought he was the coolest thing ever. "

" Whenever life's at a standstill, I need some action. "

" Wherever I go, people recognize me, call my name, cheer me. "

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" If I'd gone into taekwondo, I'd probably have won several Olympic medals. "

" When I arrived at Barcelona, I was following a dream, but I now realize sometimes it's better to be content with what you have rather than follow a dream which nearly kills you. "

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" People are very curious and have written a lot of things about me. Right or not. I never comment on those things, because it's not much of my thing to comment on everything that's written about me. "

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" I will not look back and say, 'I should have played in England.' "

" I'm not difficult to work with, trust me. "

" I'm a guy of 92kg. I haven't got the physique of someone who can work back and then sprint up front again throughout a match! "

" You were born as the one you are. "