33 Quotes by Javier Mascherano

I'm a sporting professional; I don't have a great understanding of tax and legal matters.

Great players are very good technically, but they also have a huge amount of character because, without it, you will never get to see that great technique because it vanishes under pressure.

My feeling for Liverpool does not mean I'm tied to them.

The Champions League was something very distant for us. I grew up in a very small town with 50,000 inhabitants, and it was a way of being able to watch my idols or people I admired play football on television.

I have always tried to live football from a survivalist perspective.

Playing in England was a fantastic experience. In Liverpool, I felt at home and really, thoroughly enjoyed it.

The kudos and hierarchy of playing in the Premier League for a footballer is huge.

This is football: one day you win, one day you lose, and there's a very fine line between them.

Even just a little bit of praise can weaken you.