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You have to build your squad every year to do better; to win the Champions League is very difficult as we have seen.
The best players want to play for the best clubs in Europe and appear in top competitions like the Champions League.
There are sometimes easier games and others harder, but the Champions League always requires enormous concentration.
This game is about engagement and respect, whether you're playing in the Champions League or in the fourth division.
The most important thing is to win the Champions League because you can win the Ballon d'Or and not stay in history.
World records aren't broken in practice, and competitive environments and adversity are the birthplace of champions.
The Champions League is very difficult - there are so many big teams in Europe, and one bad day, and you can be out.
You need to have a big squad; it's important when you're in the Champions League, with the amount of games we've got.
Of course I have dreamed about that - and about showing off the Champions League trophy to the cows back in Liencres.
The best teams in Europe play in the Champions League, and when you face them, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.
My favorite champions is the 1995 championship with the Rockets. We were the sixth seed without home court advantage.
You don't want to play one year in the Champions' League and go out. You don't then establish yourself as a big club.
I played with many champions, but the important thing is always the team, as the group goes beyond any single player.
It's very rare in British boxing that you have two fighters who are both undefeated and who are both world champions.
Every year, you have to have the feeling to achieve the Champions League. Otherwise, we should stop playing football.
Domestic titles are very important, but to win the Champions League, you are saying, 'We are the best team in Europe.'
In Spain, I'd taken Villarreal to league runners-up and the quarter-final and then semi-final of the Champions League.
Obviously, I want to do well in the Champions Trophy, which is like a mini World Cup with all top teams participating.
The Champions League is a big ambition, and all the footballers want to play in it; it is a very important competition.
Champions invariably have fervent philosophical beliefs. Philosophy, in its simplest terms, means 'the love of wisdom.'
When I signed for Lyon, I pictured myself lifting the Champions League trophy, and I don't think that has ever changed.
The players don't sit in there and think, 'We have to make the Champions League.' They want to play well in every game.
To win the Champions League and possibly the Euros in the same season would be incredible, a feat achieved by very few.
To be able to compete in a Champions League final, to win it with Real Madrid and to score was incredible and exciting.
Everyone benefits from a strong Paris Saint-Germain - the club itself, the French league and also the Champions League.
You cannot plan for the Champions League: the competitors are always overwhelming. It is a big new challenge every year.
To win the Champions League for a second time or even to have been in three finals and won two of them is a bit special.
The World Cup was the biggest thing ever for the national team, but the Champions League is the biggest thing for clubs.
The Champions League is special. You play at a higher level, so you have to be very focused and have greater motivation.
It's crazy to be spoken about like Mascherano. He's won everything: Champions League, La Ligas; he's been at World Cups.
I know there are certain powers who would rather have the champions be Eastern European because there's more money in it.
I wouldn't lie and say it's not disappointing to have reached so many semis and a final and not won the Champions League.
Obviously, the World Cup is nice and the Euros is really nice as well, but I have always dreamed of the Champions League.
What I would like most is to play in the Champions League and try to win the Premier League once. Or better - a few times.
It is a big title to win, but in the Champions League, you don't need to have the consistency that you need in the league.
There are always games where you play for important things, but the semifinal of the Champions League is a responsibility.
If you look at UFC champions: BJ Penn - terrifying! GSP - terrifying! Anderson Silva - terrifying! But I'm not terrifying.
We want to play on the highest level and the Champions League, other than the Premier League for us, is the highest level.
Some of my closest friends, the England lads, have played in the Champions League, so it's a big thing to be there as well.
I feel that I can win the Champions League with PSG. But it is not only the club but also life in Paris which is fantastic.
I want to be the top scorer of the league, take Everton back to the Champions League, and reach the Brazilian national team.
With Wolves we are fighting for the Champions League, I am happy. and I am an important player for the fans and for the team.
I want to play the Champions League with Marseille, but I want to know how much we are economically dependent on our project.
I'll remember my first league title, my first cup, the Champions League. But also the defeats - that's also part of football.
It is really nice to play in the Champions League, because we play against the best teams and the best competition in Europe.
If you reach the Champions League semifinals three times in a row that speaks for itself. To win this competition isn't easy.
We are Bayern. We have the highest standards, and always want to win everything, so the Champions League is a very big target.
I've always said that to win the Champions League, you need to reach a certain stage in good form and with good fitness levels.
I had a lot of pressure in my career: when you play at World Cup or Champions League final, there is pressure on your shoulders.
It's not easy to say no to a club like Barcelona. They are European champions, they're in a lovely city, and I like Spain a lot.