Henrikh Mkhitaryan Quotes

Henrikh Mkhitaryan

Profession : Athlete

Birth : January 21, 1989

In the '80s, before I was born, my dad played in the old Soviet Top League in our home country of Armenia. He was a small but very quick striker. 'Soviet Soldier' magazine actually honoured him with its 'Knight of Attack' award in 1984.

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In 1989, when I was just a baby, we moved to France because of some conflicts that were brewing in Armenia.

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My father played five years for Valence in France's second division. I'd always cry when he would leave for training. Every morning, I'd say, 'Dad, take me with you. Please, please take me with you!'

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By the time I was 10 years old, my entire life was football. Training, reading, watching, even playing football on PlayStation. I was totally focused on it. I especially loved the creative players - the maestros.

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When your dreams are close to coming true, it does not feel real at first.

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It would be fair to say that the start of my life in Manchester was not perfect, but there have been many other times when I've had setbacks, and I have never given up.

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I can be very serious, but if I'm being honest, I'm very happy with the way my life has turned out.

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When you walk onto the pitch at Old Trafford, it is not just a pitch, it is a stage. If my father could see me on that stage, I think he would be very proud. I was always kind of chasing him, and I think even though he's not here, he helped me to get to this place.

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I've learned a lot from my mistakes.

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Tactics are just a part of football because the players are playing.

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Everything is up to the players and not the tactics. They're just small details that can show you the way to play.

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It's always important to read, to know something about this world, so I try to learn, to know, to see what I can learn for myself. Be it from books, TV or the Internet, I try to know what happened in the world.

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The most important competition is always the next match.

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I had three very successful years in Germany with Borussia Dortmund, but I had the opportunity to move to one of the biggest clubs in the highest-profile league in the world.

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I was always taught by my father to challenge myself and to continue to evolve in my career, and I saw the move to Manchester United as an opportunity to grow as a player and as a person.

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It was definitely not the salary that made me join Manchester United; I went for football reasons - for the history of the club, the league, the fans, and the coach because he is one of the best in the world.

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There is not much sun, but I didn't move to Manchester to go to the beach.

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I like to win the difficulties, because when you win the difficulties, it makes you stronger, so I'm trying to do everything to come up to a new level.

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I like to play attacking, like a winger, or an attacking midfielder, so it depends on the coach, where he's looking at me for which position.

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If you play football, you have to try to do the maximum, so I'm always doing the maximum for myself because, after my football career, I want to sit down and think I did something good.

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