Xabi 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

Money could never have originated as paper. — James Cook

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

I've had such a great track record in making a huge profit when the movies are smaller. — Harvey Weinstein

Too many Americans have twisted the sensible right to pursue happiness into the delusion that we are entitled to a guarantee of happiness. If we don't get exactly what we want, we assume someone must be violating our rights. We're no longer willing to write off some of life's disappointments to simple bad luck. — Susan Jacoby

Are you sure?" Aidan asked, "Gavriel's still a vampire."
"He warned me about you and about them. He didn't have to. I'm not going to repay that by-" she hesitated, then frowned. "What did you call him?"
"That's his name," Aidan sighed, "Gavriel. The other vampires, while they were tying me to the bed, they said his name."
"Oh." With a final tug she pulled the blanked free and tossed it over to 'Gavriel — Holly Black

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

Well Xabi is entitled to his opinion our team would never criticise another but we will look to exploit his lack of pace! — Jamie Carragher

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

You must want it, to chase for it. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Couldst thou find no other sort of punishment for these sinners but bearding them? — Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra

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

It was easier to live in truth than a lie. — Cassandra Clare

It is an exquisite and beautiful thing in our nature, that, when the heart is touched and softened by some tranquil happiness or affectionate feeling, the memory of the dead comes over it most powerfully and irresistibly. It would seem almost as though our better thoughts and sympathies were charms, in virtue of which the soul is enabled to hold some vague and mysterious intercourse with the spirits of those whom we loved in life. Alas! how often and how long may these patient angels hover around us, watching for the spell which is so soon forgotten! — Charles Dickens

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

I regard the people as a great being, inspired by a single idea. This is my problem. I strove to solve it in this opera. — Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky

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

Watching them was like watching water and oil do the impossible. — N.R. Walker

I've always been a person that, if I'm with a woman, she's in the picture. Even my son's mom, she was on my early (album) covers. — Ice-T

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

Once archaeologists have shown possible 'new' ancient features, they can import the data into their iPads and take it to the field to do survey or excavation work. Technology doesn't mean we aren't digging in the dirt anymore - it's just that we know better where to dig. — Sarah Parcak

That which you call your soul or spirit is your consciousness, and that which you call 'free will' is your mind's freedom to think or not, the only will you have, your only freedom, the choice that controls all the choices you make and determines your life and your character. — Ayn Rand