53 Quotes by Thiago Alcantara

It's just a coincidence that I've scored two headers. I'm not a specialist scoring headed goals.

I extended my contract here with Bayern because I am happy. I am very thankful of the club and how they supported me regarding my injuries. That is why I put my contract extension into motion so early.

Spain started to generate a very good playing style from Pep Guardiola's arrival at Barcelona.

My feeling is that my body and all my things inside me - when I move, when I do everything - are Brazilian because my family is Brazilian, and my mother language is Brazilian Portuguese. But all the thinking in my life, all the treatment with people, I think I'm more from Spain. That's how I grew up.

I can play in any position except goalkeeper.

Football is a competition to see who's the best, not a battle. It's not a war. When it ends, we're still alive.

In Spain, everything's more tactical, more technical, with more possession. In Germany, it's more physical; it's about the runs you make, the counterattacks, and the German mentality is unique: whatever the score, you go to the 90th minute.

Football's become more physical. I would have liked to have been born 10 or 20 years earlier to enjoy football with the same commitment and desire but without the toughness it has now.

Football's always been cerebral. The most important thing is thinking fast.