The Week in "Quotes"

<div class="ieFloat x123" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="credits nofloat" style="background: rgb(0, 0, 0); border: 0px; color: white; height: 20px; margin: -34px auto 0px; opacity: 0.6; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px; width: 642px;"><br /></div></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">“I </div><a name="more"></a>have played against both Madrid and Barca, and you can’t compare Cristiano to <em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Barça’s </em>Messi. Messi alone is more dangerous than Ronaldo, Bale and Benzema put together."<br /><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Diego Simeone </em></strong><br /><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">“It was a long through-ball I ran on to, after which I managed to round the last defender with a feint and dink it over the keeper. Of all the goals I scored at the World Cup, that was the one I liked best."<br /><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">James Rodriguez</em></strong><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"> telling <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">FIFA.com</strong> he actually preferred his goal for Colombia against Japan at Brazil 2014, rather than his FIFA Puskas Award-winning strike versus Uruguay - which recieved a massive 1.38 million votes from fans</em></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">"He is without a doubt the best coach I have ever had. I have never met a trainer who knows so much about the game. The level of detail he can go into... We learned a lot in his first season here and things are going even better now we fully understand him."<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br />Franck Ribery</em></strong><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"> on Pep Guardiola</em><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"></em></strong></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">"Guardiola has definitely not reinvented football. He clearly has two major qualities. For starters, he can analyse a game incredibly well. Plus he is capable of making changes during a game that can be decisive. However, coaches should also praise their players every now and then. You cannot be critical of your players all the time after a successful game. At some stage, the players will not take it seriously any more."<br /><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Oliver Kahn</strong> is less complimentary of the Bayern coach</em></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">"I have children and this is not the sort of example that a father should set."<br /><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Philippe Mexes</em></strong><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"> on his violent reaction and subsequent red card against Lazio</em></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">“Women’s hockey will never be men’s hockey and we will never be the NHL. Neither do I think that women’s football has to be the same as men’s. For me it’s a more entertaining game. I find female football players are tougher. They seem to battle on the field. They play with a lot of passion and there’s a lot more room out there when you are not as big as the men.”<br /><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Four-time Olympic gold medal-winning Canadian hockey star <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Hayley Wickenheiser </strong>comparing the difference between the men and women's games in both football and her own sport with <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">FIFA.com</strong></em></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">"To finish the first half of the season in 17th place felt like going on holiday on a bed of nails.”<br /><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Jurgen Klopp </em></strong><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">reflects on a winter break mulling over Borussia Dortmund's poor performances so far in the German Bundesliga</em></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">"I forgive Cristiano Ronaldo. I hold no grudge. He hit my legs and my mouth, nothing more. I don’t want to hurt him and I hope that he remains the best player in the world."<br />Cordoba's <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Edimar</strong>, whom Cristiano Ronaldo struck to earn a red car</div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">“I started putting weight on a few years ago and I wear black clothes to cover it up. It’s as simple as that. I think I wear them pretty well, don’t I?”<br /><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Congo coach <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Claude Le Roy</strong> reveals to <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">FIFA.com </strong>why he always wears black on the touchline</em></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">“Three years ago, no. It just shows you how you can never tell in life, and even more so in football. We (Barcelona) had a very intense rivalry with Mourinho. It never reached the level of hatred, not even close, but there were disagreements with him and [John] Terry too. Chelsea were always the team that I most wanted to beat."<br /><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Cesc Fabregas</strong> on whether he ever saw himself signing for Chelsea and playing under Jose Mourinho</em></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">“He’s got an odd way of playing, particularly when he’s winning. He’s always making gestures on the field, especially when he’s in front. Nobody likes to lose and these things irritate you.”<br /><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Atletico Madrid's <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Gabi</strong> on Neymar</em></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">"People don't know him but the truth is that Mario is an insecure boy, and it's down to his insecurity that maybe he does stupid things."<br /><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli's agent <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Mino Raiola</strong></em></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">"Sunday used to be the most beautiful day of the week, I went on the pitch and did what I liked best.”<br /><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Argentine playmaker <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Juan Roman Riquelme</strong> on deciding to hang up his boots at the age of 36</em></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"></em></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">“[My grandfather] used to wake me up when I was due to play football saying ‘Come on little boy, it’s Sunday and you have to play the most beautiful sport in the world.’ Those things stick with you, I adapted it slightly and I’ve used it ever since.”<br /><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Chilean commentator <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Luis Omar Tapia</strong>, reveals the origin of his famous cathphrase 'It’s the beginning of 90 minutes of the world’s most beautiful sport' to <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">FIFA.com</strong> - which he has used for two decades.</em></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Quotes credit to FIFA</em></div>

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<div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">"We </div><a name="more"></a>have won more with 4-4-2 in a [midfield] diamond, but when you analyse the game then we have twitched our asses on the bench. I have twitched my ass because we were out of balance. I told my players I was squeezing my ass, but [they said] it was the wrong expression. All the matches when we play 4-4-2, like against West Ham United (whom United beat 2-1), it was always twitching your ass, and I don't like it."<br /><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Louis van Gaal's</em></strong><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"> unusual description of the physical effects of his tactical tinkering at Manchester United</em><br /><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">"I think the best striker is Ibrahimovic. He wears No10, but he plays like a No9. Last year I went to Paris a couple of times and watched matches in which he played. His movement [is amazing]! He’s very, very good - the best at the moment."<br /><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Brazil legend <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Ronaldo</strong> names his favourite striker</em></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">"I hope to score at least one goal and be better than Bosko Balaban!"<br /><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">New Leicester City signing <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Andrej Kramaric</strong> enjoys a joke at the expense of his fellow Croatian, who flopped at Aston Villa</em></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">“We went to many countries where the people did not want us. The spectators in the stadiums were chanting 'Ebola, Ebola.' But that also made us stronger and more determined. Now that we are here, so nobody is saying those things anymore.”<br /><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a class="articleBodyLink" href="http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=gui/index.html" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #1f5b9c; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Guinea</a> captain <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Ibrahima Traore</strong> tells <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">FIFA.com </strong>about the team's rocky road to the CAF Africa Cup of Nations</em></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">"If you can't link up well with Messi, football's not for you."<br /><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Xavi</strong></em></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"></em></strong></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">"You can play him wherever you want and he'll be flawless. He is one of the world's best players. He's maintained an incredible level for the last 12 years. He has still never been Player of the Year, though, and that’s a catastrophe. He’s outstanding in 55 out of 60 matches per season, but that's never been recognised."<br /><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Bayern Munich assistant coach <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Hermann Gerland</strong> on Philipp Lahm</em></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">"It is difficult to have friends in life. On Facebook it is easier."<br /><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Alvaro Arbeloa</strong> reflects on his feud with Iker Casillas</em></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">"Osvaldo’s problem comes from within himself. The problem is how ready is he mentally to accept the decisions and the rules that come with the job. It’s Osvaldo fighting against Osvaldo."<br /><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Hernan Crespo</strong> on Inter Milan's Dani Osvaldo</div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">"So long as Ronaldo and Messi are around, the third player who gets nominated should realise that he does not stand a chance."<br /><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Franck Ribery </em></strong><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">on the FIFA Ballon d'Or <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></strong></em><br />"The gap with Bayern is too big to ever close again. It is impossible to organise your scouting department in a way that's good enough to make Bayern even worry. They are on a completely different level. Leverkusen tried to keep up with Bayern in the 2000s, but we eventually reached our natural limits. We had to let go."<br /><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Bayer Leverkusen's sporting director <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Rudi Voller </strong></em></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">"I thought they were kidding with their bid. I was too inexperienced to handle the situation. In Manchester I was a child and was alone."<br /><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Bebe</em></strong><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"> on his infamous big-money move to Manchester United</em></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">"He is a guy who needs to feel affection and there's too much pressure on him at Dortmund. He would be great behind Fernando Llorente and Carlos Tevez. Mkhitaryan is much quicker and runs more than [Wesley] Sneijder. He is a complete player. He creates chances, wins back balls and always keeps on going."<br /><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Shakhtar Donetsk coach<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"> Mircea Lucescu</strong> advises Juventus to sign Henrikh Mkhitaryan</em></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">"The president of Ajax wanted to sell me to Real Madrid. I was born shortly after the war, though, and was taught not to just accept anything. Barcelona weren't at the same level as Madrid football wise, but it was a challenge to play for a Catalan club."<br /><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Johan Cruyff</strong></em></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">"I have not tried to convince [Paul] Pogba to join Real Madrid because I don't know him on a personal level. But the best players always go to Madrid in the end."<br /><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Zinedine Zidane</em></strong></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">"I’m currently trying to improve my left foot, my acceleration and my direct free-kicks. I’ve not had a great deal of success recently with them."<br /><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">FIFA Ballon d'Or winner<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"> Cristiano Ronaldo</strong> on self-improvement</em></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"></strong></em></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">"Ah, you guys are bad! (laughs) I think I’d have to pass on that and say goodbye to the money!"<br /><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Diego Simeone</em></strong><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"> responds to <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">FIFA.com's</strong> question on whether the best contract imaginable would tempt him to coach Real Madrid or Brazil's national team.</em></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Fifa.com</em></div>

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