"I don't have Romário's technique, [Marc] Overmars' pace or [Patrick] Kluivert's strength. But I work harder than the others. I'm like the student who is not as clever, but revises for his exams and does OK in the end."

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Source : "Puyol: Xavi wrong about Simeone's amazing Atletico Madrid" by Juan Carlos Gutierrez, www.goal.com. May 26, 2016.

Carles Puyol

#Clever Quotes #Hard Work Quotes #Technique Quotes

“Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.”
“Lives don't divide up into chapters. People don't just talk, while nothing's going on in their head, and then respond. You know, none of these things actually happen.”

Source : "Life Is Difficult But Rewarding Under This 'Umbrella'". "Weekend Edition Sunday" Rachel Martin, www.npr.org. January 13, 2013.
“Knowing ourselves, we are beautiful; in self-ignorance, we are ugly.”
“What heart can think, or tongue express, The harm that groweth of idleness?”
“Let the die be cast! [Greek: á¼ˆÎ½ÎµÏÏÎ¯Ï†Î¸Ï‰ ÎºÏÎ²Î¿Ï‚; contemporary Latin (mis)translation: Iacta alea est!]”
“So over time, playing shows - after every show we would have pow-wow, I would have notes and we'd go over and we'd really restructure and re-do and now I feel really, really good about the show. But it's taken time.”
“Faith is a recognition of those things which are above the senses.”
“Like having a great idea, life comes at you fast. It hits you and tries to escape and be expressed in any way possible. In a way, it's a lot like...lightning.”

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