More Quotes by Xabi Alonso
I have been progressing throughout my career, which is a very good sign.
I left Real Madrid for the same reason Di Maria did. We work hard but only others get the praise.
Being a manager is so different to being a footballer. It's a very difficult job, but, of course, it's very exciting as well.
I tried to do everything just as I would before any other match, but it was impossible.
I've still got Paul Scholes' shirt at home which I swapped with him once. When I was at Liverpool he was one of the players I liked most. Maybe he's not valued as much as he should be in England because of the style of football there and because he keeps a low profile. Perhaps he would have been more valued in Spain, where midfielders like him form part of the 'ideal.' Fans in Spain rate him very highly and I admire him a huge amount.
If you have control of the midfield, you have control of the game, and you have more chances to win.
I accept I am going to miss playing because it's such an important part in my life. It's going to be difficult to fill that gap. Life goes on.
If you win the midfield, you probably win the game. But that doesn't mean the players in the midfield are the ones alone who determine that, because now we have strikers who drop into midfield and defenders who move up into the midfield. It is the area you must dominate.
We will have to go to win. There's no other option. We have one more match.
I don't think tackling is a quality. It is a recurso, something you have to resort to, not a characteristic of your game.
