Quotes by Arjen Robben

Only being able to watch is the hardest thing for any footballer.

If you're at school, children who play football, you give everything to win... If you don't succeed, that's a huge disappointment. Then it's okay to be sad, but better times are coming.

Van Gaal is the best coach I've had. We've got a very special relationship.

I had some very good years at Madrid.

The football in Spain is more about skill and technique. Every team tries to play good football. The physical side, with plenty of running and hard tackling, plays more of a role in the Bundesliga.

I'm a very explosive player and need everything to be right. I started working with an osteopath the last year I was in Madrid and have stayed with him.

I think I had a positive development at Chelsea. I was very young when I arrived, only 20, and the problem I had was injuries.

If you want to achieve something and have results and win competitions at a high level, you have to defend as a team.

What I will miss the most about Guardiola? His obsession with the game and his knowledge, which makes you a better football player.

I've been playing football for a while, but Guardiola really made me a better player. I was 29 when I started working with him, so I wasn't very young, but if you see the steps I made thanks to him, it shows you what he is capable of doing. Guardiola didn't just put me on the flanks but in other positions as well.