Alonso Quotes & Sayings

Barcelona players are passing the ball at least 25 times to reach the goal, while Real Madrid's Xabi Alonso is doing this all in a single pass. — Roberto Mancini

I've still got Paul Scholes' shirt at home which I swapped with him once. When I was at Liverpool he was one of the players I liked most. Maybe he's not valued as much as he should be in England because of the style of football there and because he keeps a low profile. Perhaps he would have been more valued in Spain, where midfielders like him form part of the 'ideal.' Fans in Spain rate him very highly and I admire him a huge amount. — Xabi Alonso

There was a day where I was sitting at my desk, working 90-hour work weeks, in a suit, looking at a computer, with all these pitch books on my desk, and I just thought, 'This can't be my life.' — Laz Alonso

My buddies all still make fun of me about the whole 'Leprechaun' thing, and I'm proud of that movie. I'm just as proud of that work as I am of anything else that I've done. I feel like where I was in my career at the time, I committed to the character. — Laz Alonso

I only know one word. It means friend. I said it in her ear 'Sora. Sora. Sora.'"
"And who taught you this Charynite word for friend?"
"Phaedra of Alonso did. She said it was the prettiest word in Charyn."
And Lucien ached to hear those words. — Melina Marchetta

My dad didn't want me to go for drama in school, so I chose the closest thing to it and got a bachelors degree in Communications at the Manhattan College. — Daniella Alonso

I really want to work in a movie with Quentin Tarantino. I think he makes fantastic movies. I love people that create a different reality for the actors to live in. — Daniella Alonso

I can be a nice person, but if someone is messing with someone I care about, the tougher side comes out a little more. — Daniella Alonso

I will be going to Belgium to win
and we will see how the weekend develops from there. — Fernando Alonso

I think the biggest lesson that I take from 'Avatar' on any set that I go to is just work ethic. Working with Jim Cameron, you're used to working very, very long days and you're very meticulous about details. He's very, very picky about little details, little character-isms and things. — Laz Alonso

As long as we have the possibility then we still have to fight for it. — Xabi Alonso

Even before I started going to movies, I loved the idea of them. When I started learning to read as a kid, I started reading the movie pages in the paper and I could tell you what was showing at every theater within a ten mile radius of our house. — Alonso Duralde

Alonso paid one of the guards to keep him informed on what goes on in the house when he's not around. Alonso was in the guest house entertaining a few young girls all under the age of seventeen. He had been drugging and fucking them all — Nako

But Alonso kept smiling that smile and nothing made any sense with that smile looking you in the face. 'Jim, don't tell me that, you know, brother-shit. I have been through it all. Take, you know, advice. There is only one thing and that is the kick, the Now. Nothing else counts. Get yours. Get it because, you know, no one cares and they will always put you down in the end, Jim, and the only word that counts is, you know, Now. Not that foolish brother and bopping jazz, Jim. Now. Because if it all don't go up in any, you know, twenty minutes; up, all gone; then they are going to put you down and keep you down. Now. — Sol Yurick

I think failure is just a part of life. You can't avoid it in anything. I just accept it as a part of life and something that's going to happen, and you use it to grow. You use it, you learn from it, and you grow from it. — Daniella Alonso

You know, I think a lot of times what happens when we as actors know we're playing a bad guy is we get into bad guy mode. You know what, man? In real life, bad people do good things too and good people do bad things. So you don't necessarily have to be the stereotypical bad guy to still do bad things. — Laz Alonso

This new form of dialogue that is bringing us to the art to which I have dedicated my life, is rooted in the deepest and most beautiful part of being human. — Alicia Alonso

Growing up, I wasn't sure about acting, but I knew I wanted to be part of the movie industry. — Daniella Alonso

As I got older, I would study privately with some coaches. Then I found Lee Strasberg, which I loved. — Daniella Alonso

I have the biggest sweet tooth ever. I love chocolate, I love sugar, all that stuff. But I've learned to kind of not eat it but just treat myself every now and then with something. Because if you avoid it completely, then I personally go crazy. — Daniella Alonso

I directed a half hour comedy pilot, 'Upgrade,' and had one of the best times ever! I had such a great time directing; I would love to get to direct another project. — Daniella Alonso

I love that period, between the '20s and the '60s. I love doing period pieces, and those eras are my favorite period in time, music wise, and the elegance and the way of being. — Laz Alonso

I'm a big fan of 'Star Wars.' Some of the most iconic characters of 'Star Wars,' we didn't see their faces but to this day you can say Jabba the Hutt or Darth Vader and people know what you mean around the world. — Laz Alonso

I want to play roles that I'm proud of, that I feel a certain integrity about, and I want to continue to be truthful in the work that I do. — Laz Alonso

You bothered yourself and changed the season. I was left behind with your awful sounds. — Cat Alonso

I actually take karate and tae-kwon-do. And so I love sparring and grappling and all that physical stuff. I studied a hybrid form of grappling, sparring, and self defense; it's more of a 'get yourself in shape,' and if you want to take it to the next level, so you're really learning valuable skills with self defense, and I really enjoy it. — Daniella Alonso

I like to think I'm generally accessible, but I give readers the benefit of the doubt of being reasonably culturally-literate. — Alonso Duralde

I guess just accepting failure is the thing. I don't really look at it as a failure. I look at them as learning lessons and things you grow from but not really a failure, because that's life. — Daniella Alonso

My lineage is for me enough, / Content to live without expensive stuff" was Alonso Manrique's motto, but he was an accomplished poet. — Felipe Fernandez-Armesto

It's funny because when I got 'Jarhead' and 'Avatar' and all those movies, 'Leprechaun' still to this day airs on BET. I was thinking, 'Will they just let it go? I finally have a body of work that can speak much better to what I can do than just Leprechaun.' — Laz Alonso

McLaren was a risky project because they were completely new, but we are one team - we win and we lose together. — Fernando Alonso

He scanned her face quickly and recognized anger rather than fear.
"Are you insane?" His whisper was rough. "This could be a set up."
"And allow this sack of refuse to violate my home undisturbed?" She pushed at him. "No way."
"Listen." Richard refused to budge. "We are at a slight disadvantage here. I don't have a gun."
"But I have knives. The kitchen is at the end of this room, remember? — Maria Elena Alonso-Sierra

I've always been more in control of my professional life than my personal life. Although I'm a strong woman, when I fall in love I just give myself 100 percent. I become secondary. — Maria Conchita Alonso

Ferrari gives you a special feeling. — Fernando Alonso

For me it's a simple sport and a simple way to live these seven or eight years of maximum sport. — Fernando Alonso

When I race in Australia or Korea or Japan I know it will be a big change for me because Ferrari fans are worldwide. — Fernando Alonso

I remember attending Toronto Comicon shortly after the release of Captain Marvel and seeing a five-year-old girl who'd come in a handmade Captain Marvel outfit with her hair moussed up - and I totally got the need for this book, for this hero. Someone who looks like her, and acts like her. So, in a way, Captain Marvel helped pave the road to the expanded role of female leads. — Axel Alonso

Growing up in D.C. there are so many different types of educational and professional levels. They call D.C. 'Chocolate City' but just because we're all chocolate doesn't mean we're all the same. In D.C., everyone co-exists harmoniously but the lines are still drawn. And people don't really step over those lines. — Laz Alonso

'Fast & Furious' is a well-oiled machine. Those guys really know what they're doing. The guys that work behind the scenes are just as important as the ones in front of the cameras. They are car enthusiasts. They live and breathe this world. — Laz Alonso

My first real break was meeting my manager, Julie Gibson. She's the one that introduced me to Ford and Innovative and got me started. — Daniella Alonso

'One Tree Hill' really had an impact on my life. It was the first time I left my house and my family in New York and went to a small town in North Carolina. It was the most incredible experience for me. — Daniella Alonso

Friends, companions, lovers, are those who treat us in terms of our unlimited worth to ourselves. They are closest to us who best understand what life means to us, who feel for us as we feel for ourselves, who are bound to us in triumph and disaster, who break the spell of our loneliness. — Henry Alonso Myers

I have read countless comics books while listening to hip hop, and as a young one, I wasted countless hours practicing nunchuks to Schoolly D's "Saturday Night." I would give anything for a video of that. — Axel Alonso

I like to race, not to do laps alone. — Fernando Alonso

Proving that the best villains have the charisma of a hero, (Jason) Statham makes a strong impression, supplying the kind of menace that permeates the movie even when he's not on screen. His fight with (Dwayne) Johnson doesn't have the bang you'd expect from a The Transporter versus The Rock match-up, but the climactic Statham-(Vin)Diesel battle more than delivers. — Alonso Duralde

I hate to see great writers like Ringel and Ansen and Jan Stuart (among many others) being put out to pastures because print media is suffering. — Alonso Duralde

I like speed, so I like taking the jet skis out and hitting the water, or hitting the lake. In the winter, unfortunately, I used to ski a lot but I haven't been able to ski in the past few years because thank God I've been working, so that's a good reason not to. — Laz Alonso

As Africans Americans we often think about the tragic stories associated with our lineage, but there are a lot of triumphs. Traveling helps you learn about other aspects of our history, like the story of Christ the Redeemer. It's empowering and inspiring. — Laz Alonso

I had five great years at Liverpool and I would rather just keep that memory as it is. — Xabi Alonso

I've never had a problem with age; my feelings and emotions are still like those of a young woman. Thank God, I can still be surprised and excited, and I can still dream. I think that's something no one should stop doing, because it's what keeps you young! — Maria Conchita Alonso

I left Real Madrid for the same reason Di Maria did. We work hard but only others get the praise. — Xabi Alonso

I've been very blessed to work in some films that I'm very proud of. — Laz Alonso

I look at myself as someone who has been very lucky - my job is also what I enjoy most in the world, and I can make my life doing it. — Fernando Alonso

When I develop a character, I usually start by creating a backstory with whatever information I have access to. — Daniella Alonso

It doesn't really matter where the opportunity comes from, as long as I have fun doing the work. — Maria Conchita Alonso

All my life I've had a weight problem. As a child, I loved to eat. I would hide from my mother and drink whole cans of condensed milk in my room. — Maria Conchita Alonso

I thought I would be a go-kart mechanic - not an F1 driver — Fernando Alonso

There are those special projects that don't ever feel like work but just a blessing to be a part of, and 'Revolution' is one of those projects. — Daniella Alonso

If film critics could destroy a movie, Michael Bay and Adam Sandler would be working at Starbucks. If film critics could make a movie a hit, the Dardenne brothers would be courted by every studio in town. — Alonso Duralde

It was a bit of a surprise for us that we had problems in Hungary. But in reality, I think the car could have been pretty competitive with a trouble-free race. — Fernando Alonso

I have always been very calm on the outside. I'm not too stressed now just because I'm in formula one. For me, tomorrow will be another day whether I finish first or last. I have to do the maximum and I cannot ask any more from myself. — Fernando Alonso

Being born in Cuba, a country where freedom of speech is non-existent, it's startling to observe how Venezuela, where I was happily raised, is fast becoming Cuba's mirror image: Dismantling of fundamental democratic rights deserved by its people and citizens of the world. — Maria Conchita Alonso

My parents are responsible for the two things I like doing most - driving and magic tricks. They bought me my first go-kart and a magician's kit. — Fernando Alonso

Oh, you're one of those,' the princess said.
'One of what?'
'One of those who needs to be told their worth over and over by others. Do you know who tells me my worth, Phaedra of Alonso?'
The princess pointed a hard finger at her own chest.
'Me. I determine my own worth. If I had to rely on others I'd have lain down and died waiting. — Melina Marchetta

In Spain there were no TV rights for Formula One. — Fernando Alonso

This is a fantastic fight for the championship. I'm really confident and believe we can do it. — Fernando Alonso

I believe in my heart that 'Avatar' is going to be the revolutionary sci-fi movie for this generation, in this era. — Laz Alonso

With Ferrari sometimes, you win or you lose depending on what the mood of the team in general, of the group in general. — Fernando Alonso

Dance is not an exercise. Dance is an art. — Alicia Alonso

If you're in the best team in the world, you or your teammate have to win. — Fernando Alonso

Strange things happen when we stand face to face with our enemy, don't they, Phaedra of Alonso? — Melina Marchetta

I am still a Liverpool fan and will be forever, absolutely — Xabi Alonso

I like America, and I think probably the American people like me. — Fernando Alonso

I tried to do everything just as I would before any other match, but it was impossible. — Xabi Alonso

Just because you fall in love with someone doesn't mean that your families are going to fall in love with each other. — Laz Alonso

I'm flattered that women think that I'm sexy. — Laz Alonso

I love HGTV. I love working on my house and have really been bit by the 'luxury remodeling' bug. 'Million Dollar Rooms,' 'Million Dollar Listing' ... any show that can give me design inspiration, I soak it in and try my hand at it. Home Depot is my second home! — Laz Alonso

Phaedra of Alonso's death was a never-ending pain that gnawed at his insides. It made him a prisoner in his own cottage. — Melina Marchetta

After five years in Ferrari, being second all the time, I think it was enough for me. — Fernando Alonso

It's not right to believe that the only way you're gonna get a job and the only way you're gonna get a man or be happy is by being so skinny. — Maria Conchita Alonso

You may have seen me in movies like 'Fast & Furious' and 'Avatar.' But I wouldn't have been able to do any of that without hard work and determination. You can accomplish anything if you just stay out of trouble and do the right things. — Laz Alonso

I've always wanted to be the center of attention. — Maria Conchita Alonso

I've been taking martial arts for a long time. I started with tae kwon do, and then I started taking karate and mixed martial arts. — Daniella Alonso

A dancer should learn from all the arts. Go to museums and look at the paintings. See how they balance things. Everything you do in the arts enriches you. — Alicia Alonso

The person that inspires me and has inspired me my whole life is my grandmother. She's strong, head of the household, the person everyone turns to, the one that can solve problems. She's just so warm and caring, loving, but at the same time very strong and can do anything, in my eyes. A great role model and someone that I aspire to be like in life. — Daniella Alonso

Creating a top team and being in a position to win the Tour de France will give me a nice feeling. But I know it is not easy to create a top team from zero. You need good riders, good staff, a lot of preparation and, most important, a lot of sponsors. — Fernando Alonso

I really am happy that I met my agency and my management company, because they see me as a person and not just a Latin woman. — Daniella Alonso

We will have to go to win. There's no other option. We have one more match. — Xabi Alonso

I have friends who hide in their bedroom for three days every time they have another birthday. That's what brings the wrinkles! I didn't care when I turned 30 or 40 or 50. — Maria Conchita Alonso

I believe that your own thoughts can bring on positive or negative effects. So the people who feel sick all the time are the ones who are going to get sick, and the people who are constantly worried about what's going on around them ... those are the ones in trouble. — Maria Conchita Alonso

When you are really in love, you become vulnerable, and insecurities come out of nowhere. — Laz Alonso

People that do good in the world or that want to do good, that have good intentions and want to help other people, and people that aren't concerned with themselves but more [with] others and helping in service of others - that inspires me. — Daniella Alonso

My entire life, I've always known that I wanted to be a performer, but I didn't know exactly how, where or when. I never learned or studied the craft, formally. I grew up doing martial arts and playing piano. But, something inside of me always said that I was going to do this, as far back as I can remember. — Laz Alonso

Obviously the Internet has become something of a leveler; it was once a luxury to be able to reach a mass audience, and now anybody can do it, to some extent. — Alonso Duralde

'Miracle at St. Anna.' I was challenged by Spike Lee. When he offered me the film, he looked me square in the eye and said, 'You start this film off and you end this film. I don't want a dry eye in the theatre. Can you pull that off?' He was dead serious. — Laz Alonso

Eventually one day I want to direct, but as of right now my next cap that I'm looking for is the producer cap. — Laz Alonso

It had not crossed my mind, but maybe it has Mourinho's because that is what Chelsea did two seasons ago to Xabi Alonso. — Rafael Benitez

Totally uneventful. It was a very successful first flight. To be honest, it was a little bit boring. — Fernando Alonso

There is a little bit of me infused in every character I play. — Laz Alonso

Hip hop's got 30 years of history and we wanted to show that. A lot of us grew up with it. — Axel Alonso