Hristo Stoichkov Quotes

Once they said they can only stop me with a pistol but today you need a machine gun to stop Messi.

Soccer is simple... you just need to have the right mentality, fighting in every game, in every practice and for every ball.

If you understand football you make substitutions during the game, if you don't you make comments after it.

Put in the superlatives yourselves, I'm running out. Money doesn't thrill me or make me play better because there are benefits to being wealthy.

Some write that I'm a genius, others say that I'm disrespectful towards their country... If you remember in 1993 I squatted to tie my shoe during the French national anthem.

I know him. He's a hot chilli pepper, just like me! (on Valeri Bojinov)

I owe a lot to this club and the supporters who were always there for me. They supported me even when I was suspended. (on his former club CSKA Sofia)

...the last player I truly idolize... No other footballer is more worthy of the number 10 shirt than him. (on Maradona)