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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
Everything depends on the club more than the player: the quantities, the paperwork.
Juan Mata
Club
Everything
Paperwork
More
Quantities
Than
Depends
Player
I will always be grateful to Chelsea, to the players, the directors, the owner, the fans.
Juan Mata
Grateful
Fans
Will
Be Grateful
Directors
Chelsea
Always
Owner
Players
The managers I've known all had their own specific way of working.
Juan Mata
Own
Way
Had
Known
Managers
Working
Specific
When I heard of United's interest, I thought, 'Wow.' This is a team that has won a lot of leagues in the history of the Premier League and English league.
Juan Mata
History
Thought
Wow
League
Leagues
Heard
Lot
Won
The History Of
Interest
Premier
Premier League
Team
English
United
Confidence comes from results. If you are winning, you have that confidence; if you are losing, you don't have it.
Juan Mata
You
Confidence
Losing
Winning
Results
One of the best things if you are a football player is to see the faces of the kids, when they see you and are dreaming of being like you one day. That's a big responsibility, to be a good image for those kids. A football player is more than just a football player.
Juan Mata
Best
Good
Day
You
Responsibility
Big
Those
One Day
Kids
Dreaming
See
Faces
More
Football
Football Player
Like
Than
Big Responsibility
Just
Being
Things
Image
Player
I'm the way my father taught me to be.
Juan Mata
Me
Father
Way
Taught
I train a lot. After training sessions, I like to stay with some balls and some goalkeepers - they help me a lot, too.
Juan Mata
Me
Training
Too
Stay
Some
Like
Balls
Lot
Train
After
Help
Maybe the yoga I do helps me to play as much as I do. It certainly gets you in the right frame of mind, stretches and relaxes you.
Juan Mata
Me
You
Mind
Frame
Yoga
Gets
Maybe
Much
Certainly
Helps
Play
Right
But I just try to do my best. I don't know if my game can influence the game of the team and how we play, but I just try to help with my football, for my team-mates and the club.
Juan Mata
Best
Game
Try
Club
Football
Know
How
Just
Influence
Team
Help
Play
You can stick with one manager and have no wins, no trophies, or you can have so many different managers and win a lot. It comes down to the players, to the desire, and the way the club likes to behave.
Juan Mata
You
Win
Club
Down
Way
Trophies
Wins
Likes
Stick
Lot
Behave
Manager
Managers
Different
Many
Players
Desire
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