Jag är Zlatan Quotes

“At Balkan, it was more like, ‘I’ll do your mum up the arse.’ They were mental Yugoslavs who smoked like chimneys and flung their boots about, and I thought, Great, just like at home.”
― Zlatan Ibrahimović, I am Zlatan Ibrahimovic

“I like being around warriors, and Mihajlović was a bruiser. He always did everything to win.”
― Zlatan Ibrahimović, I Am Zlatan: My Story On and Off the Field

“I learned one important thing over those years. If a guy like me was going to get respect, he had to be five times better than the others. He had to train ten times harder. Otherwise, he didn't have a chance. Especially if he had been a bike thief.”
― Zlatan Ibrahimović, Jag är Zlatan: Zlatans egen berättelse

“Först gick jag vänster och det gjorde han också. Sen gick jag höger och det gjorde han också. Sen stack jag vänster, och då gick han och köpte korv.”
― Zlatan Ibrahimović, Jag är Zlatan: Zlatans egen berättelse

“But he didn’t meet any burglars. It was my Xbox, which was still on and had been humming along for three weeks, ever since I’d dashed off to take Juventus’s private plane to Milan.”
― Zlatan Ibrahimović, I Am Zlatan: My Story On and Off the Field

“God knows, there are a lot of people who want to take credit for my career. Almost all of it is bullshit—ridiculous attempts by people to ride on my coattails—but there are a few guys who’ve really meant a lot. Roland Andersson is one, and Beenhakker is another. They believed in me when others doubted. I hope I can do similar things myself when I get older. Not just complain about those who are different and say, Look, now he’s dribbling again, Now he’s doing this and that; but think a step ahead.”
― Zlatan Ibrahimović, Jag är Zlatan: Zlatans egen berättelse

“Zlatan, it’s time for you to stop playing with the little kids.” With the little kids? What’s he talking about, I thought, and what on earth have I done to the little kids? “It’s time for you to start playing with the big boys.” I still didn’t get it. “Huh?” “Welcome to the first team, lad,” he continued, and honestly, I cannot describe the feeling, not in a million years.”
― Zlatan Ibrahimović, Jag är Zlatan: Zlatans egen berättelse

“You think I’m going to be able to sell you with statistics like these?” he said, and I thought, What is this, some kind of attack? I retaliated. “If I’d scored twenty goals, even my mother could have sold me,” and silenced him.”
― Zlatan Ibrahimović, Jag är Zlatan: Zlatans egen berättelse

“What John Carew does with a soccer ball, I can do with an orange.”
― Zlatan Ibrahimović, Jag är Zlatan: Zlatans egen berättelse

“But Ali I knew. What a legend! He did things his own way, no matter what people said. He didn’t make excuses, and I’ve never forgotten that. That guy was cool. That’s the way I wanted to be, and I imitated some of his things, like I am the greatest. You needed to have a tough attitude in Rosengård, and if you heard anybody talking trash—the worst was to be called a pussy—you couldn’t back down.”
― Zlatan Ibrahimović, Jag är Zlatan: Zlatans egen berättelse

“Mi hanno chiesto spesso, ovviamente, che cosa avrei fatto se non fossi diventato un calciatore. Non ne ho la più pallida idea. Forse sarei diventato un criminale.”
― Zlatan Ibrahimović, Jag är Zlatan: Zlatans egen berättelse

“When I got home to Piazza Castello, everything was swimming around me, and I thought, I’ll take a shower, maybe that’ll help. But everything kept spinning. As soon as I moved my head, the whole world moved along with it, and finally I fell asleep in the bathtub. I was woken up by Helena, who just laughed at me. I’ve told her never to breathe a word about it.”
― Zlatan Ibrahimović, I Am Zlatan: My Story On and Off the Field

“What was relegation into the second division, when my Dad had just become my biggest fan?”
― Zlatan Ibrahimović, I am Zlatan Ibrahimovic