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" When I started to play football, when I was around 15, 16, I remember the players that played on the national team and noticed that it was only typically Swedish guys. "

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

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" Anything that happens in your life was meant to happen. It is your destiny. I was destined to have the life I have now, and I can't have any regrets. "

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

" I think I'm like wine. The older I get, the better I get. "

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" I respect the Premier League. "

" I read all the time that people think I'm arrogant. They say I am cocky, a bad character. I had that from a young age. But when they meet me, they say, 'That image doesn't fit you.' "

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