Top 33 Antoine Griezmann Quotes

There are a lot of bad people in football, and players can be afraid to go to stadiums and get abused.

My goal is always to improve what has been done the previous season and also collectively seek to do better than the year past.

I’ll give everything I have to be one of the best players in La Liga.

Scoring goals is nice, but I’m nowhere near Platini. I hope I can get closer to him.

In 90 minutes, anything can happen.

Many clubs rejected me, but I wanted to be a footballer and to learn as quickly as possible, so I persisted until I got into Real Sociedad when I was 13.

The Ballon d’Or is one of my objectives, but it will be complicated so long as Ronaldo and Messi are around.

I’m so good at Atletico. Honestly, I don’t see myself leaving.

The more matches I play, the better I feel on the pitch.

I don’t want them to compare me to one or the other – I want people to know me for being Griezmann.

It’s not a personal mission to win La Liga, but I want it very badly.

I feel great at Real Sociedad. It is a second family for me.

It is the best thing to have great games, and the tiredness matters little.

If one day I came to Ligue 1, it would be to Lyon or Marseille.

With every side I’ve played for, I’ve always tried to fit in and joke with my team mates while enjoying good times with them on and off the pitch. And that’s what’s happened with Les Bleus.

We’ve lived through some extraordinary moments, and the saddest moments as well. We have to learn.

Winning titles, that’s what I’m looking for.

Players do not come out of the closet because they are afraid. We have to appear hard and strong, but we are afraid of what people will say about us. Of course, I have nothing against anyone. I respect everybody.

I was just a kid who had arrived in the world of professional football and thought he could do anything he wanted. But I have learned from my mistakes. I have done everything to change, both on and off the pitch.

I always play with long sleeves because Beckham always did it. He is my idol. He had a lot of class both on the pitch and outside. Nobody had his right foot. I would love to speak with him, but in Spanish because I don’t speak English.

Every training session, I work hard to improve my weaknesses and build on my strengths.

I like PSG, but not Ligue 1.

At Atletico, I’ve improved at the highest level, and in the Champions League, I’ve turned a corner.

Playing a final is great, but it’s winning it that counts.

I’ve never liked losing, ever since I was a boy in Macon, my hometown. I couldn’t watch other teams lifting trophies.

The fact is I do feel very Spanish, like when I’m talking to my wife and daughter in Spanish at two in the afternoon. I even think in Spanish when I get angry!

I try to be a complete player – in attack and in defence – and to improve every year.

Speed isn’t everything, but he’d be a great striker at Atletico. Usain Bolt would be perfect for our game. Me behind and him up front. The best!

Every player dreams of playing a Champions League semi-final, and we will give everything.

I prefer games with many goals.

I want to win titles with Atletico.

I went to the final of the Champions League, and I scored 32 goals. This pressure does not weigh too much. I’m on the field to have fun and give pleasure to the fans.

I was 14 when I arrived at Real Sociedad. No team wanted me in France. I trialled for around eight clubs, and then Real came.