I've always been a runner.

Villas-Boas wasn't a bad man, not at all.

Why did I come to Spurs? It just felt right.

Anyone can beat anyone in the Premier League.

It is always hard when the referee is against you.

The most important thing is to try to do your best.

Argentinian people are always a bit more aggressive!

I wouldn't go to a club just to stay on the subs' bench.

As a football player, you would like to play each match.

I'm not a player to defend or run around. I want the ball.

I think everybody knows if they played a good or a bad game.

Sometimes the body just needs to take a break, and you need to listen.

If you get the feeling of winning, you want to have the feeling again.

In the future, I see myself at the highest level. That's what I dream about.

Penalties are easy if you score, but in open play, we create chances as well.

You can't get in the top four if you can't beat the clubs who are in the top four.

I only had good years with Frank de Boer. I don't have anything bad to say about him.

I don't mind who takes the spotlight. If you win the game, then it doesn't really matter.

I've played a lot of games - I started very early, and the first 50 games were just warm-up games.

When the team is doing well, you go with the flow. You get confidence, and you just build on that.

I focus on playing football, and there are many battles you have to think about and which must be won.

There is no better place to put things right than at the San Siro. It's the perfect stadium to play in.

The World Cup is definitely a good place to show that when you're at Tottenham, you can be a top player.

At the end of the day, it doesn't matter who is scoring and who is not scoring. It's about winning games.

Every player wants to play more than 45 minutes, but it's the decision of the coach. You have to work hard.

I think, for everyone who wants to get to the highest level, you have to be in the Premier League, of course.

In England, you can't enter the training ground without permission, whereas in Denmark, you are free to go in.

My form with Denmark hasn't been too bad. I got off to a very slow start with five goals in my first 50 games.

You watch Silva, and he almost never gives the ball away. He is always looking, thinking, making the right calls.

As a player, you want to play for your national team - if you're fit, you play; if you're not fit, you don't play.

When you're young - I probably still am at 23, though I don't feel so young anymore - you have your ups and downs.

Barcelona is a fantastic football club, and I don't think there are many players who would be able to say no to them.

When you are new, it is difficult to get momentum and get to know your team-mates when you are not regularly in the team.

It's never fun to be injured; it's always boring being on the side. You want to go back to help the team and to be able to play.

During the game, you don't really notice how many guys have touched the ball because you're just focusing on where you need to be.

In Denmark, you are sure to play if you were good, but Ajax played you if you did not have the mentality and went 100 percent to it.

Everything has been put into what we all wanted at Spurs. Everybody wanted to become a top team, and that is what we have tried to do.

Everyone wants to play like Spurs. We want to play attractive football, get the ball forward, and create chances with good possession.

Any coach in football doesn't like national team games because it's out of your hands; you can't really control what's going to happen.

I don't like it hectic; I like to keep it calm and do my thing - play the pass. I think you see the pass if you are in a good state of mind.

Of course it's nice to get recognition, but I'm not looking for it. I just do my thing. If it comes, it comes. But it's not what you play for.

From the start, all I did was play football. I briefly played badminton and won a tournament when I was 12, but really, it was always football.

I've never been one to go past 20 players on the wing. I'm always going to be the guy sneaking the ball through, to build and create something.

Everyone looks at who is playing a World Cup. If a player you do not know makes a good impression at the World Cup, you'll notice him more afterwards.

I played for the first time when I was three. My neighbour was six, and I went to train with him. But I don't have many football memories from when I was young.

To play against Luka Modric is always special because he's an exceptional player and, of course, a living legend from Spurs, where you still hear a lot about him.

Ajax have a tradition of good football and play 4-3-3, which suits me. They also spend lots of money on youth players with the aim of putting them in the first team.

Generally, you're going into every game with excitement. You know you're going to play forward and not going to defend. You're going to try to create and score goals.

The more stable you are, if you have the same manager, mostly the same players, it makes it easier for the club to play as best as they can. It gives a bit of comfort.

My mum worked in a grocery shop and played football, and my dad worked with cars, a sales director, and he played to almost a professional level. His dad played as well.

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