Zlatan Ibrahimovic

I would love to play alongside Wayne Rooney. He does the running of two or three players and makes a lot of space. We would be the perfect combination.

If I'd gone into taekwondo, I'd probably have won several Olympic medals.

My father is from Bosnia, and my mother is from Croatia, but I was born in Sweden.

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.

I'm not difficult to work with, trust me.

Never judge a person if you don't know him.

Everybody tries to score a great goal, and I am lucky I have netted a few.

Wherever I go, people recognize me, call my name, cheer me.

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.

Whenever life's at a standstill, I need some action.

One time I got dressed in all black, Rambo-style, and took a massive pair of bolt-cutters and nicked a military bike.

An injured Zlatan is a pretty serious thing for any team.

One thing is for sure: a World Cup without me is nothing to watch.

If you are different, or you have minimum possibilities, you can still succeed. I am living proof of that.

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 used to having a camera in my face but not a camera following me.

I still feel I need to do things 10 times better than other players. Just to be accepted and to improve myself.

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.

I respect the Premier League.

People often write after they finish their career, or they don't play anymore, or they are not anymore active. So I say, why do that? And let's do it differently.

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.

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.

I want to be remembered as the football player I was. The private person is nobody's business.

I always want to become better. If never being satisfied is a problem, then I have it. At least it's a good problem.

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.

The day I leave Paris is the day I go down a level or quit football.

I will not look back and say, 'I should have played in England.'

When people criticize me, instead of putting my head down, it gives me energy to do even more.

I am happy in Paris.

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'm a guy of 92kg. I haven't got the physique of someone who can work back and then sprint up front again throughout a match!

I do love cars.

Every player needs a little time to adjust to new teammates and the mentality of the coach when you change clubs.

My confidence can come back very quickly.

I always drive like a madman.

Arsene Wenger asked me to have a trial with Arsenal when I was 17. I turned it down. Zlatan doesn't do auditions.

When I started to play football, when I was around 15, 16, I remember the players that played on the national team and noticed that it was only typically Swedish guys.

I am a guy who likes those who drive through red lights.

Jose Mourinho is a big star... he's cool.

You were born as the one you are.

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 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.

If you are too nice, you will just get eaten alive. The football world is not always a nice place.

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?

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.

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.'

Lionel Messi is awesome.

At Barca, players were banned from driving their sports cars to training.

I can't help but laugh at how perfect I am.