Sometimes, against the underdog, you can lose because they want it more. It happens to every team.
Dimitar Berbatov
I credit my success to my mother. Her prayers and support are everything to me. I know all she does for me, and I know nothing I do can ever pay back the amount of support she has given me.
When a club legend becomes your manager, he automatically gets the attention of the players, purely because he had been there and done that.
Football is a simple game. It is not difficult to play football: just pass the ball around.
I am a perfectionist, and I set high standards.
I don't play for the money.
I don't smile all the time, but I smile inside.
I don't like to show my weaknesses.
Jose Mourinho knows how to control to big players in the dressing room, to control egos. He's done it all his life and knows how to work it into the team.
When I set myself a target, I aim to reach it.
Everything I do, I want it to be perfect. I know it can't be like that every time - but that is my aim.
Because we are a small country, unlike England, Italy, or Brazil, we don't have as many good players.
When United wanted me, I was like a horse with blinkers on. I was not interested in anyone else. City offered more money, but the team was weaker, and their history couldn't compete with United.
You always want to run before you can walk.
Sport is healthy, but it can be the opposite of that at the top level. You have so many injuries; you put your body through so much. You wake up at 2 in the morning, and you cannot move.
I am a striker, and people expect strikers to score goals. But I don't see myself as a striker.
I am a relaxed guy. I play that way, and I can't change my style. I watch games and see guys who panic on the ball - they look so nervous. I can be calm, because I sometimes know what I want to do before the ball comes to me.
I am a realistic type of guy. I am my biggest critic.
My mind was always set on joining Manchester United. How can you not go to United?
As soon as I score, my mother texts me, so when I go in the dressing room, her text is there waiting for me to read!
Top-level football gives you fame and money, but it takes away a lot, too.
Ronaldo is brilliant, Messi more my kind of player. He sees the game so clearly. He can score, create; he's the complete player - the best ever, probably.
Every human being is different.
You can find yourself doubting yourself. But that's when you need to keep faith and realise everything is going to be okay. You work hard in training and keep doing the things you're good at.
I like to play like that, with beauty and grace.
The Premier League is in my heart.
Half the people might like me - the other half might not. But throughout my life, I have had high expectations for myself - so I just try to make the non-believers into believers.
If every player is on the left, and I am on the right, you need to trust me that I have seen something the other players have not seen.
I like to play with the ball and have the freedom to move around.
Like Nemanja Vidic, I came from a small town in a small country in Eastern Europe, but we had reached the top.
I came from a background where we didn't have bread. I know what it's like to live with money and no money.
When you know how to read football, it is easier for some players.
If Lukaku is not as good as others with his first touch, then give him a ball that he can handle.
I wanted to win trophies and play for the biggest club, and the biggest club in England is Manchester United.
When I signed for United, I felt like it was a reward for everything that I'd been through in my life.
Nobody wants to play bad football in a game; everybody wants to win, and every player wants to show how good he is. But, you know, sometimes you simply have a game where nothing is happening.
Players want to enjoy their football and talk up their performances.
On the pitch, you can have the feeling that everything is happening for you, from passing to tackles.
Sometimes self-esteem affects you on and off the pitch. Until you face your next game and you miss an easy chance, for example, then you feel not as great.
It doesn't matter how many goals you score; one goal is enough if you don't let one in your net.
When you train with good players or watch matches on TV, you want to do what they do.
I just want to entertain and make people enjoy the game and smile.
I will dream about winning the Golden Ball until I stop playing.
For me, if the ball's in the net, it doesn't matter if it's an overhead kick or just a tap-in.
If we win 1-0, I don't care if the goalkeeper scores.
A player may have a future only if he respects the players who taught and advised him.
A player becomes great only when he realises he has great team-mates.
Those who know me, my really close friends, know that I play for enjoyment and to entertain the fans.
I have handled pressure and expectation all through my life. I am not scared of it.
I wouldn't say I have felt troubled here at United. I am not troubled. I am lucky. I have loved my time here.
