110 Quotes by Andrea Pirlo

I do not have a Facebook page, and I do not chat on Twitter. I don't have a web site, even if there are people who have opened one in my name, complete with my photo.

When I take my free-kicks, I think in Portuguese, and at most, I'll do the celebrating in my native tongue.

I've never told anyone, but my ambition is to become the leading all-time scorer of free kicks in Serie A.

I like English football a lot.

Scoring from a dead-ball brings me massive satisfaction. It sets me up as an example for other players to follow, copy, and perhaps even emulate over the course of time. For them, I'm a Juninho Pernambucano 2.0, a Brazilian with a Brescia accent.

People who don't know me think I'm so serious. I'm a prankster; I like to have fun with the people who know me better.

I'd have signed for Real in a heartbeat. They're a club with more glamour than Milan; more prospects, more appeal, more everything. They strike fear in their opponents, whoever they happen to be.

Since I was a child, I watched tapes of Baggio, Zico, and Maradona, and then I tried to replicate them just playing on my own against the wall. Certainly it's talent, but you have to cultivate that talent.

I don't feel pressure.