I think I'm like wine. The older I get, the better I get.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
My father is from Bosnia, and my mother is from Croatia, but I was born in Sweden.
When you buy me, you are buying a Ferrari. If you drive a Ferrari, you put premium petrol in the tank, you hit the motorway, and you step on the gas.
Arsene Wenger asked me to have a trial with Arsenal when I was 17. I turned it down. Zlatan doesn't do auditions.
I can't help but laugh at how perfect I am.
I always want to become better. If never being satisfied is a problem, then I have it. At least it's a good problem.
I decide my future. I decide what I want to do. Nobody else. If I decide this will be my last year, maybe it is. If I decide it will be my last contract, I decide that. Nobody else. So I will decide when the moment is there.
Never judge a person if you don't know him.
I'm like the wine. The older I get, the better I get.
I did many stupid things. I made many mistakes, but I learnt from everything. I still make mistakes; I still learn from them. Nobody is perfect.
Some things is made by destiny, yes, other things by hard work, but quality you don't learn. Quality you are born with.
I know I'm good enough. I don't need to show it to you. Either you know who I am, or you don't.
I do not need a trophy to tell myself that I am the best.
I think I am difficult to satisfy, because when I win something, I'm already thinking about the next step, and that is maybe a problem for me. I'm not enjoying the moment. I'm already on the mission to win the next trophy.
When people criticize me, instead of putting my head down, it gives me energy to do even more.
When you have my confidence, I will do 200% for you.
If anything, the children of Paris should be giving me even more money for having the privilege of being in the same city as my incredible quality. And so should David Beckham. Call it a Zlaritable donation.
I read all the time that people think I'm arrogant. They say I am cocky, a bad character. I had that from a young age. But when they meet me, they say, 'That image doesn't fit you.'
Nothing is written in stone, as a career is an unpredictable journey.
When I arrived at Barcelona, I was following a dream, but I now realize sometimes it's better to be content with what you have rather than follow a dream which nearly kills you.
Best player I ever played against? I mean, I played against many, many good players, so I don't know who to keep. I would say Ronaldo the Fenomeno.
You never forget where you come from.
Anything that happens in your life was meant to happen. It is your destiny. I was destined to have the life I have now, and I can't have any regrets.
I am a guy who likes those who drive through red lights.
If you are too nice, you will just get eaten alive. The football world is not always a nice place.
I wish anyone in this world could go to his fridge and pick whatever he wants. Because the day you open your fridge and there is nothing in it, it is difficult.
Do you know what I love about hunting? That I am no one in the woods, no one at all. I thought the animals might recognize me, but they didn't. They did not even ask me for any autographs.
One thing is for sure: a World Cup without me is nothing to watch.
An injured Zlatan is a pretty serious thing for any team.
You were born as the one you are.
I always put myself second - I like to make others happy.
I don't like to talk about myself.
That's my hunger. If I start to relax, and I lose that, then I had better stop my football. I need that hunger. I still feel I need to do things 10 times better than other players. Just to be accepted and to improve myself.
If I had an ego as big as the Eiffel Tower, would I have won this many collective trophies? I know people like to talk about it. And O.K., I am not going to answer every story. But maybe I will let my collective trophies speak for themselves. I don't know many other footballers who have won as much. Do you?
My confidence can come back very quickly.
I'm used to having a camera in my face but not a camera following me.
If you are different, or you have minimum possibilities, you can still succeed. I am living proof of that.
Lionel Messi is awesome.
I got a bike when I was little, a BMX. I called it 'Fido Dido' after the tough little cartoon guy with spiked hair. I thought he was the coolest thing ever.
When I took my shirt off against Caen, everybody asked what these new tattoos were. I had 15 removable tattoos on my body; they are the names of real people who are suffering from hunger in the world.
Some coaches prefer players who will just do whatever he tells them to. It's like, if you're at school with a load of 10-year-old boys and you tell them to jump, everyone will start to jump. But the intelligent boy will ask, 'Why should I jump? Why?' That can be difficult for a lot of coaches, and I understand that.
The way that I opened the door for the young people that come from where I come from and that have a different background, that is what I want to be remembered for.
Wherever I go, people recognize me, call my name, cheer me.
I always drive like a madman.
I had time with my mother, but I really lived with my father. One time he gave all his salary so I could travel to a training camp. He couldn't pay the rent, but he did that.
I'm not someone who feels settled.
Who is most deserving of all of the money that I, Zlatan, am paid? The answer is Zlatan.
At Barca, players were banned from driving their sports cars to training.
I want to be remembered as the football player I was. The private person is nobody's business.
People are very curious and have written a lot of things about me. Right or not. I never comment on those things, because it's not much of my thing to comment on everything that's written about me.
