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Top 61 Antoine Griezmann Quotes (FOOTBALL)

December 2, 2023December 2, 2023

Top 10 Most Famous Antoine Griezmann Quotes (BEST)

“We used to have championships in the streets with my friends, and whoever scored a goal was the happiest boy in the world. Now, every time that I score, I go back to being a child: the happiness of scoring a goal is unexplainable.”
Antoine Griezmann

With hard work and effort, you can achieve anything. — With hard work and effort, you can achieve anything.

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

“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.”
Antoine Griezmann

My objective is to be among the best.

I try to be the best and give the maximum so that people can say I'm among the top players. — I try to be the best and give the maximum so that people can say I’m among the top players.

“I’m very happy, and I try to answer the encouragement I receive on social media through my efforts on the field, for everyone from the fans who buy a shirt to those who encourage us inside the stadium.”
Antoine Griezman

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! — 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 like PSG, but not Ligue 1.

In 90 minutes, anything can happen.

9 Thought-Provoking Antoine Griezmann Quotes About Football

“People might talk more about Real Madrid and Barcelona than about Atletico, but what matters to me is what happens on the pitch. We compete with them year after year. I am not interested about the club’s reputation.”
Antoine Griezmann

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. — 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.

I try to be a complete player - in attack and in defense - and to improve every year. — I try to be a complete player – in attack and in defense – and to improve every year.

“In France I have earned respect. Those who know about football realize that I do well everywhere I go. In the national team, all the balls go through me, I feel freer, like at Atlético de Madrid. In Barcelona it was complicated during my first games and the criticism were sometimes exaggerated. In 2021, however, I think it has been better.”
Antoine Griezmann

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

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 feel freer than at Barça, whether if it’s recovering the ball or finishing an action in the area. When it comes to defending, I move for the needs of the team: sometimes I defend as a midfielder, sometimes as a winger. From the moment I am free offensively, I feel good. When I am asked to attack as a winger, I don’t have the speed for one-on-one.”
Antoine Griezmann

When I'm close to the penalty area, that's where I feel more comfortable. — When I’m close to the penalty area, that’s where I feel more comfortable.

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

6 Wise Antoine Griezmann Quotes

“Sometimes they are harsh. I accept criticism, because the best Griezmann is not being. I am an easy target because I do not speak or make my people speak. A year and a half and three coaches. It is very difficult when you come from another team and come to Barcelona, which is the opposite, you have three coaches and a pandemic is difficult. And that makes you need more time. And then comments that are made, even those who may be candidates for the presidency who speak I have enough with the pitch for them to say if I’m a good signing or not.”
Antoine Griezmann

I work every day to improve and reach my top.

I'm always proud to be popular with the fans. I try to smile and do my best. If they like it, it's even better. — I’m always proud to be popular with the fans. I try to smile and do my best. If they like it, it’s even better.

When I wasn't playing, the most important thing was to stay patient. — When I wasn’t playing, the most important thing was to stay patient.

I'm lucky my parents raised me well. — I’m lucky my parents raised me well.

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

3 Antoine Griezmann Quotes on Happiness

“I’m very happy at Atletico. I’m very proud to play for these fans, with these players, and with this coach. I want to try and pay back the confidence and care that the people at Atletico have always shown me.”
Antoine Griezmann

If I am happy in my personal life, I will be happy in my profession. — If I am happy in my personal life, I will be happy in my profession.

I need to feel happy outside.

3 Antoine Griezmann Quotes About Being on the Pitch

“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.”
Antoine Griezmann

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

When I'm on the pitch, I enjoy myself, and I try to give my all. — When I’m on the pitch, I enjoy myself, and I try to give my all.

6 Antoine Griezmann Quotes About Champions League

I always had a frisson when I heard the Champions League music. To play in that competition, to score a goal in it, is something special for me. — I always had a frisson when I heard the Champions League music. To play in that competition, to score a goal in it, is something special for me.

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

When I started watching matches, it was those of Marseille. After that, it was Lyon. I went to see them all the time in the league or the Champions League with my dad.

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

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 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 didn't leave Atletico for money [or] to win the Champions League or to win more trophies. I left to learn a new style of play, new philosophies [at] another team. — I didn’t leave Atletico for money [or] to win the Champions League or to win more trophies. I left to learn a new style of play, new philosophies [at] another team.

4 Antoine Griezmann Quotes About Winning and Losing

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

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

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

I want to win titles with Atletico.

8 Antoine Griezmann Quotes About Other Players

“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.”
Antoine Griezmann

I do not feel like I am on par with Messi and Ronaldo yet. I need to win trophies to match them. I try to help my team and country as good as possible to do just that.

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

“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.”
Antoine Griezmann

I felt really proud when Simeone said I am destined to reach the level of Messi and Ronaldo. I always want to give my all for him. He motivates me. — I felt really proud when Simeone said I am destined to reach the level of Messi and Ronaldo. I always want to give my all for him. He motivates me.

Ronaldo used to be my neighbor, and he passed my house every day. We always greeted each other.

“My relationship with Messi is good. We understand each other well. Sometimes we write messages to each other, we communicate a lot in training. On the pitch he is a player with whom it is very easy to play with. In matches, it is getting better and better. This year has been complicated by injuries and in a system in which everyone has not been in their ideal position. But now a new season is going to begin with new additions.”
Antoine Griezmann

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

2 Antoine Griezmann Quotes About Cholo

“Each training session with Cholo was like a match, very intense, I was yelling very hard, Godín, Koke too. They yelled at me, because they wanted to see me on the field, push me, give me confidence and help me do my best for the team. Cholo is of the idea that everyone runs for others, everyone helps, everyone attacks and defends. I felt very comfortable with that way of playing, helping back to recover balls.”
Antoine Griezmann

El Cholo is a great coach: he asks a lot of his players and demands a lot of intensity. If your guard is down even a bit in training, Cholo tells you put extra effort in quickly. — El Cholo is a great coach: he asks a lot of his players and demands a lot of intensity. If your guard is down even a bit in training, Cholo tells you put extra effort in quickly.

10 Antoine Griezmann Quotes That Will Make You Think

“I went in stages and that helped me not to burn stages, to be calm and to have my feet on the ground. For the fans I was the Real boy, the president, the coaches and the press behaved very well with me and that me helped to grow. I am shy, although inside my house I am very funny. When I do not know someone I am very shy.”
Antoine Griezmann

I hope to become a real striker.

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

“I feel in top form, despite the fatigue we have had during the previous preparation. I am less tired than in 2018 or even in 2016. From my point of view, I am happy. We have done a good preparation. Physically I am better than in previous years.”
Antoine Griezmann

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

The Ballon d'Or? It's up to the journalists to vote. I do not go to bed every night thinking about it. I just try to do my best and score as many goals as possible. — The Ballon d’Or? It’s up to the journalists to vote. I do not go to bed every night thinking about it. I just try to do my best and score as many goals as possible.

“I arrived in Barcelona, which I had rejected a year before. There could have be comments even in the locker room, but I wanted to apologize if I had to, in the field. I spoke with Leo when I arrived and he told me that he was mad when I refused to go the first time, because he had made public comments and that in the end I said no, but that he was going to death with me and that’s what I notice and what I feel every day.”
Antoine Griezmann

As I am going to be a father, I can no longer walk with a crest, nor with white hair. It will be a girl and when I see, you're going to be scared. — As I am going to be a father, I can no longer walk with a crest, nor with white hair. It will be a girl and when I see, you’re going to be scared.

“I learned a lot from getting the ball out, losing the defense and passing during the game. My relationship with him was normal. After Athletic I played for five minutes, he told me he wanted to talk to me and I told him it was not necessary. He told me how long I would be angry. I told him to be calm, that I would work and I wouldn’t fault it. If you want to put me on, you put me on it. I’m still mad at Quique.”
Antoine Griezmann

“The United States is where I want to finish. I love the States. I want to have a subscription to NBA and go with my children to every game. I can already see myself there. I do not yet know the city, but why not play for Beckham’s franchise in Miami? Playing under Beckham would be the best.”
Antoine Griezmann

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