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Juan Mata
Spanish
Athlete
Born:
Apr 28
,
1988
Best
Football
Good
Me
People
You
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I don't dab, bro.
Juan Mata
Bro
I'm at the fantastic club that is Manchester United, one of the biggest in the world.
Juan Mata
World
Club
Manchester
Manchester United
Biggest
Fantastic
United
I've been in England for a while, but it's true that at times you miss home, your family, your friends.
Juan Mata
Home
Family
You
True
Miss
Been
Friends
Times
While
Your
England
One of the first lessons I learned in football is that it takes a team to win a game.
Juan Mata
Game
Win
First
Football
Takes
Learned
Team
Lessons
For me, good football is not about how many skills you show or how many players you beat. It's about making the right decision every time you have the ball.
Juan Mata
Time
Good
Me
You
Decision
Right Decision
Every
Every Time
About
Beat
Football
Ball
How
Making
Skills
Show
Many
Right
Players
I've been lucky to be born in Spain to a good family. But some team-mates reached the same position from a tough background. Football is equal, and it doesn't matter where you come from.
Juan Mata
Good
Family
You
Matter
Tough
Background
Some
Born
Football
Come
Reached
Equal
Been
Same
Where
Spain
Lucky
Good Family
Position
Wherever I go, I see kids playing football. Even if there is no grass and it's just sweaters for goals, you see how people love football.
Juan Mata
Love
You
People
Goals
Grass
Kids
See
Football
How
Go
Just
Wherever
Sweaters
Even
Playing
Sometimes you look at footballers and think they're selfish or they don't bring a good image to society. But sometimes people underestimate footballers and their capacity to have a strong opinion and sympathy for others.
Juan Mata
Good
You
Selfish
People
Strong
Sometimes
Think
Society
Sympathy
Others
Footballers
Underestimate
Look
Opinion
Capacity
Image
Bring
Real Madrid wanted me to join their academy. It was a big decision to move when I was 15. It's a key age for a youngster, and you're close to your friends and family. But I moved to Madrid, and my family stayed at home. It made me mature earlier than normal. That was a very big decision, and it changed me in a positive way.
Juan Mata
Positive
Home
Family
Me
You
Age
Key
Decision
Made
Big
Changed
Positive Way
Way
Madrid
Stayed
Join
Academy
Real
Normal
Friends
Real Madrid
Very
Friends And Family
Close
Mature
Than
Move
Moved
Wanted
Youngster
Your
Earlier
For me, football is what I love to do most. It is also the thing I'm better doing than anything else.
Juan Mata
Love
Me
Better
Else
Football
Most
Also
Doing
Than
Anything
Anything Else
Thing
We have professional football, but we also have a beautiful game which, wherever you go, can be used as a social tool for change. Football has an unmatchable power.
Juan Mata
Beautiful
You
Game
Change
Power
Tool
Football
Also
Go
Wherever
Which
Social
Used
Professional
Professional Football
It would be great to play until I'm 40 like Ryan Giggs.
Juan Mata
Great
Would
Would-Be
Like
Until
Play
You never know what can happen in football and in life.
Juan Mata
Life
You
Never
Football
Know
Happen
I think every footballer, after 20 years playing football, the first thing that comes to your mind is to relax.
Juan Mata
Mind
Relax
First
Every
Think
Football
Footballer
First Thing
Years
The First Thing
After
Your
Thing
Playing
With respect to the world of football, I earn a normal wage. But compared to 99.9% of Spain and the rest of the world, I earn an obscene amount.
Juan Mata
Respect
World
Rest
Earn
Obscene
Football
Wage
Normal
Spain
Compared
Amount
I live in a bubble. Real life is the one my friends live. They've had to look for work, sign on to the dole, and emigrate. That's normal life now. My life as a footballer is not normal.
Juan Mata
Life
Work
My Life
Real Life
Live
Sign
Emigrate
Bubble
Had
Footballer
Look
Real
Dole
Normal
Normal Life
Friends
Now
The business side of football makes it seem as though the owners are now more important than the fans.
Juan Mata
Business
Fans
Important
Side
Though
Seem
More
Football
Makes
Than
Owners
Business Side
Now
Every player thinks he's Maradona when he joins a big club. That happens to all of us, but then you start to notice it in the younger players. You see kids who think they're rock stars, wearing extravagant clothes and driving fancy cars... and sometimes you have to take them aside and have a word.
Juan Mata
You
Sometimes
Word
Car
Big
Clothes
Club
Stars
Every
Think
Extravagant
Kids
See
Wearing
Take
Driving
He
Rock
Rock Stars
Happens
Fancy
Them
Younger
Aside
Then
Us
Notice
Who
Start
Player
Players
Thinks
I can tell you as a Manchester United player how big this club is and how you feel the repercussions of everything you do. It happens to everyone. It happened to me when I came.
Juan Mata
Me
You
Big
Club
Everyone
Everything
Tell
Feel
How
Came
Repercussions
Manchester
Manchester United
Happened
Happens
United
Player
London is a very big city, Manchester is calmer. I live near the training ground, so I do things around there in the countryside, but I really like Manchester's Northern Quarter, where they have nice coffee shops and live music places.
Juan Mata
Music
Training
Coffee
Big
Nice
Live
City
London
Like
Countryside
Around
Big City
Quarter
Very
Training Ground
Northern
Shops
Manchester
Where
Places
Really
Ground
Live Music
Near
Coffee Shops
Things
It is true that footballers are mistrustful.
Juan Mata
True
Footballers
Football generates a lot of money, but there has to be a social responsibility that goes with that. It can positively affect people's lives.
Juan Mata
People
Money
Responsibility
Positively
Football
Affect
Lot
Goes
Social
Social Responsibility
Lives
Football's incomparable to anything else - perhaps only music has that same power to transform society.
Juan Mata
Music
Power
Society
Else
Only
Football
Perhaps
Same
Anything
Anything Else
Transform
Incomparable
When I signed for Valencia, it wasn't the best moment of my football career because in the beginning, I was not playing a lot. But I remained calm, and I knew that if I trained well and played as I know, I'm sure I can get a place in the first XI.
Juan Mata
Best
First
Calm
Beginning
Signed
Remained
Football
Knew
Know
Well
Sure
Because
Lot
Trained
Get
In The Beginning
Place
Moment
Played
Playing
Career
There are some examples in my career when my family was more concerned than me. So every time I win or I score, I always think about them.
Juan Mata
Time
Family
Me
Win
Every
Think
Every Time
Some
About
Examples
More
Concerned
Always
Score
Than
Them
Career
Luck - it's key for every footballer's career. I have been incredibly lucky during my career and in my life.
Juan Mata
Life
Key
My Life
Luck
Every
Incredibly
Footballer
Been
Lucky
Career
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