Discover a collection of inspiring and memorable quotes from Zlatan Ibrahimovic, one of soccer’s most influential and outspoken figures. From motivational to humorous, explore 70 of the best quotes from the legendary footballer.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic, October 3, 1981, is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian Swedish football player and captain of the Swedish national football team. We listed best Zlatan Ibrahimovic quotes
1- “I do not need a trophy to tell myself that I am the best.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
2- “At Barca, players were banned from driving their sports cars to training.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
3- “I got a bike when I was little, a BMX. I called it ‘Fido Dido’ after the tough little cartoon guy with spiked hair. I thought he was the coolest thing ever.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
4- “I’m like the wine. The older I get, the better I get.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
5- “My father is from Bosnia, and my mother is from Croatia, but I was born in Sweden.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
6- “When you buy me, you are buying a Ferrari. If you drive a Ferrari, you put premium petrol in the tank, you hit the motorway, and you step on the gas.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
7- “I always put myself second – I like to make others happy.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
8- “I think I’m like wine. The older I get, the better I get.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
9- “Anything that happens in your life was meant to happen. It is your destiny. I was destined to have the life I have now, and I can’t have any regrets.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
10- “I know I’m good enough. I don’t need to show it to you. Either you know who I am, or you don’t.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
11- “I can’t help but laugh at how perfect I am.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
12- “Some things is made by destiny, yes, other things by hard work, but quality you don’t learn. Quality you are born with.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
13- “Arsene Wenger asked me to have a trial with Arsenal when I was 17. I turned it down. Zlatan doesn’t do auditions.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
14- “I did many stupid things. I made many mistakes, but I learnt from everything. I still make mistakes; I still learn from them. Nobody is perfect.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
15- “Never judge a person if you don’t know him.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
16- “When you have my confidence, I will do 200% for you.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
17- “I am a guy who likes those who drive through red lights.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
18- “I always want to become better. If never being satisfied is a problem, then I have it. At least it’s a good problem.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
19- “You never forget where you come from.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
20- “Nothing is written in stone, as a career is an unpredictable journey.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
21- “Best player I ever played against? I mean, I played against many, many good players, so I don’t know who to keep. I would say Ronaldo the Fenomeno.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
22- “If I had an ego as big as the Eiffel Tower, would I have won this many collective trophies? I know people like to talk about it. And O.K., I am not going to answer every story. But maybe I will let my collective trophies speak for themselves. I don’t know many other footballers who have won as much. Do you?” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
23- “Who is most deserving of all of the money that I, Zlatan, am paid? The answer is Zlatan.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
24- “I think I am difficult to satisfy, because when I win something, I’m already thinking about the next step, and that is maybe a problem for me. I’m not enjoying the moment. I’m already on the mission to win the next trophy.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
25- “One thing is for sure: a World Cup without me is nothing to watch.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
26- “I had time with my mother, but I really lived with my father. One time he gave all his salary so I could travel to a training camp. He couldn’t pay the rent, but he did that.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
27- “I don’t like to talk about myself.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
28- “I’m not someone who feels settled.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
29- “Lionel Messi is awesome.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
30- “I’m a guy of 92kg. I haven’t got the physique of someone who can work back and then sprint up front again throughout a match!” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
31- “Do you know what I love about hunting? That I am no one in the woods, no one at all. I thought the animals might recognize me, but they didn’t. They did not even ask me for any autographs.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
32- “I have a big heart.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
33- “When I went to Juventus, I was young, but in training, I had legends like Fabio Cannavaro and Lilian Thuram marking me. I had to work hard to get my respect.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
34- “The day I leave Paris is the day I go down a level or quit football.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
35- “I will not look back and say, ‘I should have played in England.'” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
36- “If I’d gone into taekwondo, I’d probably have won several Olympic medals.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
37- “I wish anyone in this world could go to his fridge and pick whatever he wants. Because the day you open your fridge and there is nothing in it, it is difficult.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
38- “When you are the invisible man to the head coach, the only option is to head for the exit.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
39- “That’s my hunger. If I start to relax, and I lose that, then I had better stop my football. I need that hunger. I still feel I need to do things 10 times better than other players. Just to be accepted and to improve myself.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
40- “If anything, the children of Paris should be giving me even more money for having the privilege of being in the same city as my incredible quality. And so should David Beckham. Call it a Zlaritable donation.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
41- “It is nice to know that even David Beckham doesn’t have good taste in everything.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
42- “People trash talk me.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
43- “When people criticize me, instead of putting my head down, it gives me energy to do even more.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
44- “When I arrived at Barcelona, I was following a dream, but I now realize sometimes it’s better to be content with what you have rather than follow a dream which nearly kills you.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
45- “If you are too nice, you will just get eaten alive. The football world is not always a nice place.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
46- “I decide my future. I decide what I want to do. Nobody else. If I decide this will be my last year, maybe it is. If I decide it will be my last contract, I decide that. Nobody else. So I will decide when the moment is there.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
47- “When I took my shirt off against Caen, everybody asked what these new tattoos were. I had 15 removable tattoos on my body; they are the names of real people who are suffering from hunger in the world.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
48- “I read all the time that people think I’m arrogant. They say I am cocky, a bad character. I had that from a young age. But when they meet me, they say, ‘That image doesn’t fit you.'” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
49- “Everybody tries to score a great goal, and I am lucky I have netted a few.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
50- “When I started to play football, when I was around 15, 16, I remember the players that played on the national team and noticed that it was only typically Swedish guys.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
51- “Whenever life’s at a standstill, I need some action.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
52- “I respect the Premier League.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
53- “People are very curious and have written a lot of things about me. Right or not. I never comment on those things, because it’s not much of my thing to comment on everything that’s written about me.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
54- “You were born as the one you are.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
55- “I want to be remembered as the football player I was. The private person is nobody’s business.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
56- “Wherever I go, people recognize me, call my name, cheer me.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
57- “Some coaches prefer players who will just do whatever he tells them to. It’s like, if you’re at school with a load of 10-year-old boys and you tell them to jump, everyone will start to jump. But the intelligent boy will ask, ‘Why should I jump? Why?’ That can be difficult for a lot of coaches, and I understand that.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
58- “I’m used to having a camera in my face but not a camera following me.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
59- “An injured Zlatan is a pretty serious thing for any team.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
60- “Every player needs a little time to adjust to new teammates and the mentality of the coach when you change clubs.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
61- “My confidence can come back very quickly.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
62- “I would love to play alongside Wayne Rooney. He does the running of two or three players and makes a lot of space. We would be the perfect combination.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
63- “I’m not difficult to work with, trust me.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
64- “People often write after they finish their career, or they don’t play anymore, or they are not anymore active. So I say, why do that? And let’s do it differently.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
65- “I still feel I need to do things 10 times better than other players. Just to be accepted and to improve myself.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
66- “I do love cars.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
67- “I always drive like a madman.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
68- “Jose Mourinho is a big star… he’s cool.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
69- “I am happy in Paris.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
70- “One time I got dressed in all black, Rambo-style, and took a massive pair of bolt-cutters and nicked a military bike.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
