I like to read the papers. I make my living from football, and I like to know what’s going on. Xavi Read Quote
I don’t actually watch many shows. I will either watch movies or football. I enjoy to watch games in the Premier League and will also watch movies a lot as well. That is how I relax. Xavi Read Quote
Like so many of the players, I started at La Masia at the age of 11. I can’t ever imagine not playing for Barcelona, let alone not playing soccer for a career. I don’t ever want to play anywhere else. Xavi Read Quote
I’ve no regrets at all, but I still think at times that I would have loved to play in England. You live football over there; it’s a great culture. People respect you more; it’s more difficult to find respect in Spain. There is more criticism here. Xavi Read Quote
There are a lot of teams that don’t want to play, that only want to defend against Barcelona, and that makes it difficult. We’re always looking for the open space. A lot of times we’ll face six defenders and four midfielders. Xavi Read Quote
It will be difficult to finish my career here. I don’t know if I am going to end it at Barcelona, although I would like to. I don’t know what is going to happen. Xavi Read Quote
In football, the result is an impostor. You can do things really, really well but not win. There’s something greater than the result, more lasting – a legacy. Xavi Read Quote
I think Barcelona and the Spanish national team have been good for soccer because there are a lot of teams that come up playing from the back: with the goalie, the defense, moving up a defender to midfield, playing attacking soccer. I think fans want to see that. They want to see beautiful soccer, a spectacle, and Barcelona does that. Xavi Read Quote
I spend the entire 90 minutes looking for space on the pitch. I’m always between the opposition’s two holding midfielders and thinking, ‘The defence is here, so I get the ball and I go there to where the space is.’ Xavi Read Quote
