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  • Footballer
  • born 1968
  • 52 quotes

Paolo Maldini, a footballer (born 1968), is quoted 52 times on QuoteForever. The subjects that come up most often are Milan, Champions League, Champions and Liverpool.

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I like to play aggressive.

You cannot choose your opponents.

Liverpool are a team that have no fear.

Too much tension can do bad things to you.

My father used to give me a lot of advice.

It would be great to lift the Champions League trophy.

Milan is not just a team for me. It is part of my life.

Galliani is a great leader but can't understand players.

If I have to make a tackle then I have already made a mistake.

There's nothing unusual about serving the same employer for 23 years.

San Siro is a historic stadium. It's nice, but it doesn't offer comfort.

You simply can't judge a team's football from the country it comes from.

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a football player. So I achieved my dream.

My father instilled in me the need to behave correctly on and off the pitch.

I won my first Champions League in 1989, and I won my last one 18 years later.

Bringing in innovation and youth is not a bad thing: it is a courageous choice.

A rookie coach must be supported by a very strong structure and not get burned.

I love sport, and I play to keep myself fine in the mind, because it helps there.

I have a great relationship with the fans. They love me; they have always shown that.

It is very hard to find a good defender who is strong and good with the ball. Very hard.

It's funny that as soon as I retired from international football, Italy won the World Cup.

Sergio Ramos has everything to become the best defender in the world, if he is not already.

Sometimes when you have difficulties qualifying, you can still go and play a good World Cup.

Liverpool are a team that is essentially very defensive; caution is at the heart of their game.

In the Champions League, you can focus on a single game and play in exactly the style you need.

I started playing when I was 10 for Milan, and I quit when I was 41, so it's a long, long career.

I have great respect for the Premier League, but why leave Milan? I've got everything I want here.

If you only sign the players of one FIFA agent, sometimes you can make the deal, sometimes you can't.

When I see Messi play, in my opinion, he should win the Ballon d'Or every year. He is an unbelievable player.

It certainly is a very difficult group,. We're still bleeding after the Champions League final and want our revenge.

Every professional footballer should seek to play at least one game at Celtic Park. I have never felt anything like it.

To compete with the great teams in Europe, you have to invest money. There is no other way to reach that kind of level.

Milan has no reservations signing veteran players and has always taken into account the image and communication factors.

I like Pique a lot. He has class. He knows how to defend and also how to score. He is perfect in a duo with Carles Puyol.

I got the chance to play the sport that I love, which was football, successfully for 25 years. Life has been great for me.

I was lucky enough to play against Maradona. He and Ronaldo, when he was at Inter Milan - they were my toughest opponents.

If as a child I had written a story, the best story that I could imagine, I would have written as indeed is happening to me.

I was fortunate enough to be with Milan for 25 splendid years. When I arrived, I found a great foundation to build a great club.

I did boxing for three years, and that was very nice. It's a hard but great, great sport. I really love the training aspect of it.

Baggio is a unique player. It should not surprise you that he gets the most press. But you must remember that it takes a full team to win.

Even though I am not going to coach in the future, if I had to pass on a recommendation, it would be to base your game on having a strong defence.

I can say that Thiago Silva has no rival in his position. He is by far the best defender in the world. It’s a compliment for me to be compared to him.

We are glad not only to bring a professional soccer team to Miami but also to support all of its communities through our social responsibility commitment.

Once Liverpool go ahead, they are dangerous because it becomes hard to find space to break them down, especially if you are not playing all that brilliantly.

My teammate Franco Baresi was a real captain. He was an example for everyone. Not a big talker. He never talked. But on the field or in training, he was No. 1.

San Siro is a tricky stadium. If you have the right personality, it helps you. But if you don't have the right personality, it can be very hard to play in San Siro.

I think Milan lack a bit of renovation and planning for the future. Too often, they focused only on the present, particularly after the 2007 Champions League triumph.

Ahead of a semi-final, there is always the same buzz. You know you are very close to reaching the final, but there is no way you can relax because then you will be punished.

Miami has been my second home for 15 years, so I look forward to spending more and more time here as co-owner of Miami FC, giving my enthusiastic contribution for its success.

I will not play a farewell game with the national team. I would like to thank the federation for expressing an interest. But I prefer to leave football with an official match because I am not a fan of farewell games.

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