Quotes by Edin Dzeko - Page 2

Having been raised during the war, I know very well how childhood hampered by displacement, poverty, violence, and fear looks like.
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Displacement
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I was always attracted most to joining City, and I am pleased to be at such a good club with such a big ambition as Manchester City.
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Joining
Manchester
Pleased
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Goals don't bother me, even though it is my job. I am as happy when team-mates scores as I am when I score. Winning is what matters.
Edin Dzeko /
Bother
Score
I Am Me Goals
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I came here to win titles with Roma. I can only promise one thing, and that is that I will give my best for this club in every game.
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Promise
Titles
Best Game Win
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United always had that flag which counted the years City were without a title, making fun of our fans. After the 6-1, they were quiet!
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Counted
Flag
Title
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I started to play football when I was about 10; my father brought me to one school because there were more pitches where we could play.
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Football Father Me
Pitches
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Shevchenko was always the favourite player for me. He was my idol. When we met, we exchanged shirts and talked for a while. It was great.
Edin Dzeko /
Favourite
Shirts
Great Me Always
Idol
Met
Talked
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When you get 10-15 minutes, you can't be sad or angry with the coach. You just have to play your game and do your best. That is in my mind always.
Edin Dzeko /
Do Your Best
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The fans have always shown so much faith in my ability, and I feel so much love, both from supporters inside Manchester and from those all over the world.
Edin Dzeko /
Manchester
Love Faith World
Shown
Supporters
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I wish to thank all fans who support me, but the others should be ashamed because I am a born winner and always played my heart out for the national team.
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Ashamed
Fans
National Team
Winner
Wish
Always Heart I Am
Heart I Am Me
Heart Always Me
National
Thank
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I never played any games like this in Germany, not when you have to fight for 90 minutes. But if I want to be successful in England, I have to get used to it.
Edin Dzeko /
Germany
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Manchester City didn't pay all that money for me because they saw me once on YouTube. They saw me scoring good goals. And I haven't forgotten how to score goals.
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Forgotten
Manchester
Score
Youtube
Good Money Me
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When the opportunity came, it was a fantastic thing for myself and my family to do, I couldn't wait to put on a Bosnia shirt, and I haven't really looked back since.
Edin Dzeko /
Bosnia
Wait
Looked
Shirt
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That was always special, playing Manchester United. I loved the feeling of the derby, that pressure, the atmosphere around it. And I did have some good matches there, didn't I?
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Atmosphere
Derby
Manchester
Manchester United
Pressure
Good Pressure Always
Matches
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I can just remember what I have seen, and then I often think about how I do well throughout the match, and then, if I miss one chance, everyone talks about the miss. Only that.
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Miss
Match
Talks
Throughout
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I think, for every player, it is important he knows the manager believes in him, and it is important he has the confidence of the manager. That helps you to find the best form.
Edin Dzeko /
Believes
Manager
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English Premier League is much harder and quicker, and also, the referees are totally different because in England, they don't whistle after every small contact like in Germany.
Edin Dzeko /
Contact
Germany
Premier League
Whistle
Premier
Quicker
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I know people will criticise when you play bad; that is part of this job, and I am fine with that. That is not a problem. The problem is the insults. That is what hurts the most.
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Criticise
Fine
Problem
Job
I Am People Will
I Am People Bad
Hurts
I Am Bad People
Insults
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Everybody speaks about City having lots of money, but it is not about that. It is about ambition, and I have spoken to Coach Mancini, and he told me, 'This is the best club for you.'
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Ambition
Best Money Me
Lots
City
Club
Coach
Speaks
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To be honest, I don't feel like I am able to say that I had a childhood, not in a way normal kids my age had. I had something that was specific to Bosnia in '90s, something I call a period of survival.
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Age
Bosnia
Childhood
Honest
Normal
Survival
Call
Period
Specific
To Be Honest
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I am excited to play alongside players such as Carlos Tevez and Yaya Toure, whom I have only seen on TV, and to be in the same team as players I have played against such as Jerome Boateng and Vincent Kompany.
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Excited
Alongside
Whom
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I was six when the war started. It was terrible. My house was destroyed, so we went to live with my grandparents. The whole family was there, maybe 15 people all staying in an apartment about 35m square. It was very hard.
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Destroyed
Staying
Square
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I'm really happy here at City. It's a second home to me, so it was an easy decision to stay for the long term. I knew from the beginning when I started here that I wanted to stay for a long time - I can't see any place better than here.
Edin Dzeko /
Time Home Decision
Second Home
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I still have a home in Sarajevo, and there is a room where the walls are covered with football jerseys. One is a Milan shirt with Shevchenko's name and number on the back. It is an original from one of his Serie A appearances, and he has autographed it. It has pride of place. It really is my prized possession.
Edin Dzeko /
Covered
Football
Milan
Possession
Pride
Appearances
Original
Number
Room
Prized
Shirt
Walls
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After I finish with football, I will definitely go home. I won't stay in England, but I like it here, and I'm happy I'm doing what's best to give everything on the pitch, and then when I can, I relax. But the only bad thing is here maybe the rain is much more than in my country, but everything else I am happy with.
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Happy
Home
England
Football
Rain
Relax
After
Bad Thing
Stay
Definitely
Everything Else
Finish
Go Home
Maybe
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