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We’ve collected the best Chelsea Quotes from the greatest minds of the world: Edin Dzeko, Maurizio Sarri, Filipe Luis, Mason Mount, Chanel West Coast. Use them as an inspiration.

1
I turned down a lot of money by not going to Chelsea, but that’s not what I’m interested in.
2
Chelsea is one of the most important clubs in the most important championship in Europe.
3
It’s true I wasn’t as important at Chelsea. I never demanded that. What I wanted was to be a champion, because few people get that. I succeeded. But the happiness wasn’t there.
4
Chelsea is the main goal for me, I want to play in their first-team.
5
My real, full name is Chelsea Chanel Dudley. In my opinion, Chelsea Dudley does not sound like a rapper. So I was like, ‘You know what? Imma drop both of those names and just go by Chanel.’
6
When I arrived at Chelsea, I had got used to playing 50 games, and suddenly, I was sharing my position with another player.
7
In England I feel very well known, not only by Chelsea’s fans, but also by other teams.
8
People think I got loads of money at City and then left for Chelsea to chase more money. I didn’t get that money. I moved to Chelsea because they made promises to me. They told me I would get opportunities, I would play and that they believed in me as a young player.
9
Courtois was rated highly enough by Chelsea to go back and replace Petr Cech, one of the best goalkeepers of modern times. He has lived up to his reputation.
10
I like Chelsea, Milan and Inter. I have always followed the two Italian teams because my role models when I was young were Ronaldinho and Ronaldo, and they played for those teams.
11
Lampard is a great player, not only for Chelsea, but in world football.
12
Chelsea has grown in my heart, not just because of my team-mates and all the people that work for the club but also because of their fantastic fans.
13
Chelsea is a big club with fantastic players; every manager wants to coach a such a big team. But I would never take that job, in respect for my former team at Liverpool, no matter what.
14
For the strikers, we have more freedom, and even when we lose the ball, if we press together, we can get it back, and it is good system for Chelsea.
15
I moved to New York on October 21, 2004, and it was the day that the Chelsea Grill, a restaurant in Hell’s Kitchen on 9th Avenue between 46th and 47th Street, opened. I had never waited a table in my life, but I walked in and lied to the manager in a very J. Pierrepont Finch way.
16
If money weren’t cool, pseudo-socialists like Bill Maher and Chelsea Handler would tell jokes for free in soup kitchens.
17
Chelsea’s fans love me a lot, even more than in Atletico. Figure that!
18
Marie Antoinette was funny, I’m sure she was just misinterpreted. You know the ‘Let them eat cakeline. She seems like she was kind of funny, like a Chelsea Handler or Kathy Griffin type.
19
I’ve been at Chelsea five years and been the butt of many jokes. And I give it back sometimes. That is the beauty of team spirit in a healthy dressing room. I’m not a sensitive, precious person.
20
Many great teams have players who have come through the youth system or have been at the club for a long time as their captains. I’m thinking of Steven Gerrard at Liverpool, John Terry at Chelsea, Raul at Real Madrid, as well as Puyol at Barcelona and Gary Neville at Man United.
21
I’m very happy here at Chelsea.
22
I trained with Chelsea for two weeks under Glenn Hoddle when they were in the relegation zone – it was a long time ago. And I also trained for Bolton when I was a young player. I was very clear, very soon, that I was missing a lot for that level.
23
When I go on loan, I don’t really think about Chelsea. I just concentrate on the team I’m at and try to help them, same as when I was at MK Dons, Derby, and Middlesbrough.
24
The FA Cup is something we want to win, but when you play for Chelsea, it is not something you think about a lot because you want to win every game.
25
I came to Chelsea to work, to keep learning and to keep improving.
26
I can’t be the same as another player. I am just my way and I will try to improve on that at Chelsea.
27
The Ranelagh Gardens in Chelsea provide plenty of opportunities to walk, think and relax.
28
I moved to New York on October 21, 2004, and it was the day that the Chelsea Grill, a restaurant in Hell’s Kitchen on 9th Avenue between 46th and 47th Street, opened. I had never waited a table in my life, but I walked in and lied to the manager in a very J. Pierrepont Finch way.
29
In my head, if I don’t get a shot at Chelsea, personally, I think I will have failed.
30
I have been a Chelsea fan ever since I was a kid and I felt well there right until the last day.
31
A month before signing for Chelsea I was very close to doing so with Real Madrid as Mourinho said he wanted me.
32
Playing for Chelsea doesn’t compare to the pressure of playing for Brazil because we’ve won the World Cup five times. It’s not only a massive country but football is part of the culture. They always want you to win, so you can never have an off-day.
33
It is my club, I am a Chelsea player.
34
When my agent told me that Chelsea were interested it was not something I even needed to think about.
35
I am here to win trophies, you know, to help the team to reach our targets. I feel blessed to have the opportunity to bring my small thing to the big machine. You know, for Chelsea.
36
I had a great career, to go from a small town in Switzerland to play for the Italian national team was a dream come true. So was playing for Lazio and Chelsea, winning trophies. When I look back I am very grateful for what I had, rather than what I missed.
37
When you have a son in football like Anton, it will always be deemed as if he got the prop up and given the contract, no matter how hard he works. So much so that when he was offered a deal at Chelsea, I advised him not to take a professional contract.
38
Coming to Chelsea was a big challenge for me.
39
Money plays an important role in football, but it is not the dominating factor. When Chelsea play a Carling Cup game in a small city, and it could result in a draw – the excitement, the spirit, the atmosphere – that’s the real beauty of football in England.
Roman Abramovich
40
Chelsea Morning is a great Joni Mitchell song and I guess I’m partial to her lyrics because they show me a slightly different perspective on life.
41
When I moved to Chelsea, it was a big, big challenge and experience for me at the time to play with so many good players.
42
Look, I know my Chelsea move hasn’t worked out how anybody would have wanted and I’ve made mistakes, but it’s not as simple as me just not playing football or picking up a wage.
43
He could give very motivating team talks, but did not do that so often. Instead, Mourinho implemented a new system at Chelsea: he nominated players for team talks. That’s a great idea in my opinion.
44
I know from Chelsea that it’s not about one or two brilliant performances. It is also about winning different types of matches.
45
In the end, we will never, ever be able to guarantee that there will not be an Edward Snowden or another Chelsea Manning because this is a large enterprise composed of human beings with all their idiosyncrasies.
46
I turned down a lot of money by not going to Chelsea, but that’s not what I’m interested in.
47
I kept an eye on Chelsea’s fortunes after they first tried to sign me.
48
I do understand Chelsea are a big club, and there is always pressure on managers to win games and trophies. So I understand they might not be willing to take a chance on someone at a bigger club.
49
In a team like Chelsea with many top players you have to prove yourself again and again.
50
When I left City I was still young and there was a lot for me to learn in all parts of my game. To come back and have learned something at a place like Chelsea is down partly to the kind of players I played alongside.
51
It was tough mentally at Chelsea, obviously not getting the game time. I had to be really patient and have the mentality to still train right and do all the right things.
52
I don’t think you would find any player in the Bundesliga who would say that they would not at all be interested. Chelsea would have been very interesting for me. You don’t get a chance like that very often in your life.
53
I have always known that I’ve got the ability to play in a big club like Chelsea.
54
I could never call myself a Chelsea fan. I’m a St Mirren supporter. But after about 35 years of watching St Mirren, I think I’m entitled to go and see what else there is.
55
I want to thank my two English clubs: Liverpool for bringing me to the Premier League and Chelsea for the trophies I won.
56
I’ve never been unfaithful outside ‘Made In Chelsea.’ I don’t care what the reputation looks like. I was unfaithful on that television show because it’s a show about that. I’m not saying it was acceptable behavior, but the show wouldn’t work without relationships failing. In real life it’s completely different.
57
Chelsea is where I had the best satisfaction of all, where I was treated the best. This is a special place.
58
I have been able to fulfil nearly all my ambitions at Chelsea. I have won the Champions League, the League, I have won FA Cups here, but you don’t want to stop winning trophies, and being at a big club, you are always fighting to win a trophy.
59
The audition process for ‘Are You There, Chelsea?’ was overwhelming and exciting. It was my first pilot season and one of the first pilots I auditioned for.
60
My dad was an Arsenal supporter and he used to take me there, but I’ve always been Chelsea.
61
The main reason to come to England and Chelsea was to play with a great team. Money and the chance to live in a city like London are additional factors.
62
Didier talks to all of us. Not just with me, but with all the attacking players. He has scored so many goals for Chelsea. But now he pushes the younger players. He is fantastic. A fantastic player, and a fantastic person.
63
I am really happy here and have no regrets about the decision I made to join Chelsea.
64
My pleasure comes from doing my job in the best possible way. Whether it is at Chelsea or Juventus or Watford, it does not really matter.
65
I love Chelsea. I’ve been here seven years now, and I’d love to stay here as long as I can.
66
I certainly feel appreciated at Chelsea.
Cesar Azpilicueta
67
You look at situations like Thibaut Courtois and Petr Cech at Chelsea, two of the best goalkeepers in the world at the same club, one of them’s going to be unhappy.
68
At Chelsea I knew I’d improve a lot quicker around better players, world-class players.
69
I love being a regular on ‘Chelsea Lately!’
70
Chelsea have made a good investment for me, but I did not put any pressure on them.
71
I spent too little time at Chelsea. I want to have another life so I could spend more time there.
Hernan Crespo
72
I didn’t want to go to Chelsea, because I wanted to play the Champions League and they were sixth in the league.
73
My move from Southampton to Chelsea was not easy and if I had moved country I don’t know how I would have coped to be honest.
74
I think Chelsea is Chelsea. No matter the players we have, we have to fight until the end in every competition.
75
I left for Chelsea to learn new things, at a new club with new players.
76
Finishing in the top four for Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and Man United was easier before, but now it’s getting much more difficult with the emergence of teams like Manchester City.
77
I admire Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool – these are the teams that are always there fighting.
78
Ever since I was in the Chelsea academy, I’ve had that awareness that people were saying I would be the first one to break through since John Terry. I believed I could, but the opportunities didn’t quite come for me.
79
When I decided to move to Chelsea, I got a bit of stick at the time, but I didn’t move just because of the money or just because it was a big club. I moved there because I wanted to play for them.
80
When Atletico tried to buy me back, I did everything I could to make it possible. I had offers from clubs in France and Italy, but I would not have left Chelsea for any other side – only for Atletico Madrid.
81
I admire Arsenal and the philosophy that the young players have. Liverpool, with their Spanish players, they also have an incredible squad. And Manchester United and Chelsea are teams that are very big, like Real Madrid and Barcelona, with money and incredible players.
82
He is a legend – not just Africa and Chelsea but the whole world. Didier is a great player.
83
Chelsea are always competing to win things and that was my thought to push myself and reach a new level.
84
It’s a massive club, and I am proud to sign for Chelsea, and I’m looking forward to playing.
85
I divide my time between all the mud and open space in Surrey and the social life and work in London, particularly Chelsea, which still has the same village feel that it had in the swinging Sixties.
86
Chelsea is a club I’ve always had a soft spot for as they have kept faith with playing a traditional strong and physical No. 9.
87
Chelsea Manning has a platform to serve herself, but many veterans don’t even get medical treatment when they need it.
88
For me, that was a defining moment in my career, being at Chelsea, going through what has made me become a man in terms of my career. Even playing on the right wing helped my right foot, making me use it more, making me improve.
89
If Chelsea lose Hazard, I don’t know how they could replace him. I couldn’t think who they would sign because Hazard is one of the best players in the world. I would think only Messi or Ronaldo could replace him.
90
I wanted to stay at Chelsea because we are always fighting and challenging for trophies. That desire and the will to want to win things have not gone.
91
The Premier League is a very strong league. Chelsea, Manchester City, Arsenal, and Liverpool all have a high quality. But those who know me also know that I always want to win titles. And I think that Manchester United are a club which can win titles.
92
I am genuinely flattered by Chelsea’s interest. It’s a club I really respect, and hold in great esteem.
93
The move to Chelsea has made me better and stronger.
94
Chelsea are a very physical and technical side.
95
I’d be really interested in moving to Chelsea – not only because everything Willian tells me about the club, but because I think that I’d be able to achieve everything I want having someone like Jose Mourinho by my side.
96
My first trophy in France was the Young Player of the Year. I was 17. Chelsea is not just one player. It is not only me. We have signed a lot of players. Now we have some good signings like Cesc Fabregas and Diego Costa.
97
I love ‘Made In Chelsea,’ and I think it’s a great show.
Amy Childs
98
I think Chelsea Handler is the funniest woman.
David Alan Grier
99
I never had problems with injuries as a kid or in the youth team. My injuries started at Chelsea, when I broke my foot during a pre-season game. That was just pure bad luck, but after that, I had some muscular injuries, too, so I had to get to know my body better.
100
The whole London football scene is now financially more powerful and ambitious than ever before. That reflects the city’s economic might and its multiculturalism. Now West Ham have a new , and Spurs and Chelsea will follow. And the London clubs have widened their areas of support.
101
You look at Man United and Liverpool, and they are red – they are much more successful and have a bigger fan base than Chelsea or Manchester City.
Vincent Tan
102
London is a wonderful city, but I am here for Chelsea. It’s 100 per cent hard work, 90 per cent fun.
103
I have friends who play for Chelsea, Liverpool, and Manchester United.
Alexandre Pato
104
I want to prove myself at Chelsea and be successful in the Premiership and the Champions League.
105
I remember when I was at Chelsea, and Ancellotti used to say, ‘Watch a DVD of Inzaghi’ – movement in terms of runs in behind and what makes strikers score goals.
106
Chelsea Handler is a good friend of mine, and I always was inspired by the fact that she was taking her life and turning it into these ridiculous, raunchy memoirs. She really has a talent, and she’s a great writer. I was inspired by her trajectory.
107
I had offers from other English clubs – Manchester United, City and Chelsea, who were the club that more rapidly resolved my transfer and the one that showed more interest in me.
108
I think if you play for Chelsea you have to deal with the pressure, everybody knows the expectations.
109
I’ve always said I wanted to play in England. There was a struggle between Chelsea and United, but according to me, Chelsea has the best project.
110
As a young kid, I’ve always believed I will play for Chelsea. I always believe that. I think I have the ability to. I just have to, when I get the opportunity, grab it with two hands.
111
Chelsea and Shakhtar are two great teams.
112
I’d rather sell groundnuts in my village than to play for a pathetic team like Chelsea.
113
All I can do is assess the value from Manchester United perspective. Whatever Chelsea do, they may have a different criteria, and different financial assets.
David Gill
114
We’ve actually got a Chelsea loan WhatsApp group. The loan department set it up. Sometimes it drains your battery when everyone is messaging each other.
115
I learned to be more flexible when I went from Chelsea to Tottenham. I always thought more in the long run without thinking in the short term.
116
I don’t want to speak about why I left Chelsea. I will keep that to myself.
117
When I came to Chelsea and worked with Mourinho, it was my first time abroad, so that was an important stage for me.
118
Out of all the clubs who were interested, I got the feeling that, deep down, Chelsea showed that they really wanted me. There were lots of reasons I came to Chelsea. They showed a real desire to get me to come here. I didn’t have to think about it too much.
119
I’m a Juventus fan, although I did support Chelsea for some time – mainly because of Gianfranco Zola. Zola is from the same town as my father Enzo, in Sardinia.
120
The situation with Anders Frisk is clear: he was threatened by the supporters of Chelsea, and he retired because he was in fear. This is serious.
121
I play football. Chelsea is my favourite side.
122
The people on programmes like ‘Made in Chelsea’ just want to be celebrities. It’s so depressing. No proper actor has that as a goal. I’m striving for longevity in my career.
123
There is always a lot of pressure at Chelsea, but we are used to this and have to make sure we keep winning games.
124
Chelsea is a top club, and I have many friends there, but you cannot turn down the chance to join Manchester United.
125
I made the right choice to come to Chelsea.
126
Chelsea is a great team with some amazing players.
127
It’s not so easy to go to a club like Chelsea as a young guy.
128
Manchester City are a big team, and Chelsea are a big team.
129
I feel like wellies are a classic Glasto go-to, but in the heat the Chelsea boot style was a good call.
130
My team-mates at Chelsea have told me about the ‘Kante-facts.’ It is just a bit of fun. I obviously do not cover 30 per cent of the surface of the earth.
131
I joined a club like Chelsea to win titles.
132
I moved to Kentish Town from Chelsea in 1983, partly because I had a lot of friends already living in the area and because it took an hour off the journey to my house in Suffolk. It has a villagey feel, and it’s still a very mixed community, which I like.
133
There are some people who have left me negative messages, but they aren’t true Chelsea fans.
134
Me and my dad sat down in May and we spoke and thought the next step would be for me to push into a Premier League team and we felt the better route for me was to leave Chelsea.
Tino Livramento
135
In 2006 I ended up at Chelsea on a free transfer, so Bayern did not see a euro for me.
136
I didn’t want to go to Chelsea, because I wanted to play the Champions League and they were sixth in the league.
137
I give my best for my team-mates. At Leicester it was like that and everyone was focused for the title and we did it. Here at Chelsea it’s the same.
138
Chelsea and Shakhtar are two great teams.
139
I know it could be a bit more difficult in England because you are not playing all the time and you play in different positions. But I do expect to score many goals for Chelsea and I hope to keep the average of between 10 to 20 goals a season, that would be good.
140
I’m here now playing for Chelsea. I chose to leave my home at Athletic Bilbao, and it was an important step in my career.
Kepa Arrizabalaga
141
Manchester United and Liverpool have been bought with huge leverage, and we’ve got Roman Abramovich at Chelsea who can turn his loans into shares. It is really important for the Premier League to ask itself: if a club is being bought on such a mountain of debt, isn’t that a possible recipe for disaster for the future?
Gordon Taylor
142
It’s all I’ve dreamt winning a trophy with Chelsea. To go all the way in the Champions League.
143
At the start, it was a bit difficult to come to Chelsea, a new club in a new league with very good players. It was very difficult to get into the team, but I did a lot of things to try and settle quick into the club, the team, the area.
Cesar Azpilicueta
144
We don’t look at records, but if we can make history in this club, we will. It’s not only about Chelsea, this league.
145
Sure, Mourinho was obviously crucial for my move to Chelsea.
146
For me, that was a defining moment in my career, being at Chelsea, going through what has made me become a man in terms of my career. Even playing on the right wing helped my right foot, making me use it more, making me improve.
147
I always want to feel happy, whether I am with my friends and family or out on the football field for Chelsea.
148
I came from Charlton, and no disrespect to them, but I was there from the age of nine and going to Chelsea when I was 21 or 22, I had never experienced or seen world-class players or people in that sense.
149
There’s a massive difference between playing Under-21 football and being on the bench at Chelsea, and playing every week in a league where you are playing for people’s livelihoods and helping to pay their mortgages.
150
When I was at Chelsea I thought I played well even when Ashley Cole was there.
151
If I do well at Chelsea, then the national team will take care of itself.
152
The Premier League is the best competition in the world, and it’s not easy to win a league with great teams like Man United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City, and Arsenal as rivals.
153
I would have loved to play for Liverpool, Manchester United or Chelsea.
154
I could have stayed at Chelsea, signed a new contract, but I chose to go different ways.
155
Although I was only 25 years old, I had been at Chelsea for five years. So, I was there long enough.
156
I love Chelsea Handler.
157
To be given a fresh start at a new club like Chelsea, it’s unbelievable for me.
158
If I go to Chelsea it will be a dream come true.
159
Chelsea is my favourite team. I have always said it, and I have never hidden it.
160
I like people like Robert De Niro and Anthony Hopkins. And Gianfranco Zola, who played for Chelsea and Italy. He’s an artist with his feet.
Phil Daniels
161
I have good friends at Chelsea. I talk sometimes with Eden Hazard, Gary Cahill, Cesc Fabregas but with all of them they are my good friends and they are good guys.
162
I like Chelsea Handler.
163
I am Chelsea Manning. I am female.
Chelsea Manning
164
I look back at Drogba’s start at Chelsea and he didn’t hit the ground running and he got there in the end, so I think Werner will get there.
165
No, I love it at Chelsea. I’ve been here since I was 14, and I’m 28 now. All my friends are here, so I’m going to stay for ever unless Chelsea tell me I’ve got to go, which maybe one day they will, but for now I’m definitely staying.
John Terry
166
I always felt that by the time I would leave Chelsea I was ready to be a number one. I’d had a long apprenticeship so when I was to go, it would to be a No. 1.
167
If you want to measure yourself with Barcelona, Chelsea and Manchester United, you, as Bayern Munich, need a philosophy. That must be the aim of the club.
168
I have helped Barcelona win titles and I want to do exactly the same thing at Chelsea, because ultimately we are all here to win things.
169
I wanted to live in the suburbs and have a white picket fence and my own bedroom. And a staircase – I thought having a staircase meant that you were a normal family. I thought somehow if you could transplant us to the suburbs, we would become a normal family. But in retrospect, I’m so grateful I grew up in the Chelsea.
170
I’d first come to Chelsea from Kosice and, for me, that was a dream. It’s not easy making that move. I was maybe the first player to come from Slovakia to a club like Chelsea, who normally buy players from Holland, Spain, Italy, Portugal.
171
When you play for a team like Chelsea you will have to fight for your place.
172
I am thrilled to be joining United. I have enjoyed some very happy years at Chelsea, but the time has come for a new challenge.
173
Highs have to be all the trophies I won with Chelsea over the 8-9 years I was with them there. We had a good group, and we were winners from the goal keeper right throughout the team. These are the highs you never forget as a player.
174
I like Daniel Sturridge a lot after playing with him at Chelsea.
175
Chelsea are like a beautiful wife who married a richer man after leaving me.
176
We have a psychologist at Chelsea who goes around seeing the loan players. He said every top, top player has a dark side. So someone like Diego Costa sometimes oversteps the mark. But you can see he plays on the edge. He said I had to develop that. It’s not natural for me to be like that.
177
Chelsea have made a good investment for me, but I did not put any pressure on them.
178
You don’t want to be the boy leaving Chelsea, you want to train like every session is your last session because you know you always have to prove something to people.
179
I’ve so much respect for Chelsea, and I love them.
Michy Batshuayi
180
When people think of New York, they don’t automatically think of going to Chelsea Piers and Pier 40, where you’re going to find a soccer field, a baseball field, the trapeze and bowling alleys.
181
I love UCB Chelsea. There is, to me, no stage like it.
182
Winning and scoring at places like Chelsea is what you grow up dreaming of, so doing so with Bournemouth was a moment to cherish.
183
When I left for Chelsea, I wanted to prove that I could play in the Premier League, but it didn’t happen the way I dreamed.
184
Ultimately I want to play for Chelsea.
185
The biggest clubs in Europe, whether they be Barcelona, Madrid, Manchester United, or Chelsea, always want to win, whatever they are participating in.
186
Of course I support Chelsea.
187
I really enjoyed coaching Chelsea. It was a different atmosphere with less money and a more familiar environment.
188
My first season in English football was very special. I hope to go on to achieve even more as a Chelsea player.
189
I spoke with Abramovich. He is very simple and loves football. We were on the same wavelength: he wants to confirm Chelsea’s position at the top.
190
When you play against a team such as Arsenal, Manchester United or Chelsea, you never know what will happen. But the key to the season is to win the games that you expect to win.
191
I have never said I wanted to leave Chelsea.
192
The Hull job had been offered to me and while watching Chelsea against Bayern Munich I was thinking: ‘I’m going to give it a crack.’ I’d rather be managing than commentating.
193
I felt Ancelotti did a good job for Chelsea and, like many fans, we are sorry for what happened to him.
194
Sometimes you have to take the opportunity when it comes because it might not come again. That’s what my thoughts were when I went to Chelsea.
195
After Chelsea it was important to choose somewhere I was surrounded with the right people and commitment.
196
Chelsea is the main goal for me, I want to play in their first-team.
197
The very best hotel I’ve stayed in is the Intercontinental on Park Lane. We went there for the Chelsea Flower Show a few years ago, and it was sheer luxury. Everybody had a smile on their face. I came home and changed all my pillows because the hotel ones were so beautiful.
198
I just have to improve here at Chelsea. I played in Portugal but here it is a higher level so I’m sure I can improve a lot and I will work hard every day.
199
It was amazing to have Mourinho call me, even though I’d been warned before how he would appeal to me. I listened to his arguments about why I should move to United. But at that time I was hesitant between staying at Leicester or leaving for Chelsea.
200
Chelsea is one of the best clubs in the world, so I don’t see why I would think of leaving.
201
Every title is important for Chelsea.
202
I knew that Chelsea was a club that changed its manager reasonably often.
203
Conte was a big factor in me coming to Chelsea, his passion for football and to win games was something that I looked at and I wanted to be a part of.
204
With Lille, we could have gone to the South of France, and people wouldn’t have recognised us. But at Chelsea, the players are at another level. Everything has changed – the language, the country – but it is up to me to adapt.
205
I always said I was very grateful for Chelsea. I spent an amazing time of my career there, we won a lot of trophies, and I think I became a better player. I have great friends in the club, and I always wish the best for them.
206
My dad was an Arsenal supporter and he used to take me there, but I’ve always been Chelsea.
207
Chelsea is an ambitious club and it will always be possible that a coach and the players are competitive at the highest level.
208
When I played against Chelsea, there was always a big motivation because it was a special game; it was always one of the biggest games of the season. This is one of the reasons why I wanted to join Chelsea: because I want to be part of this kind of team.
209
Chelsea are a big club – we have to win titles and to qualify for the Champions League. There’s a lot to do, but we’ll try to do it all.
210
My first trophy in France was the Young Player of the Year. I was 17. Chelsea is not just one player. It is not only me. We have signed a lot of players. Now we have some good signings like Cesc Fabregas and Diego Costa.
211
I’m definitely playing the best football of my time at Chelsea.
212
I’m flattered PSG are thinking about me, but I’m happy at Chelsea.
213
I chose Chelsea because I spoke with the manager here and when I did that, I felt the capacity of the manager and that is why I made my decision. And of course I like Premier League football and that is why I decided to stay in the Premier League.
214
At a club like Chelsea, they have the money to buy world class strikers like Diego Costa, and there’s also that pressure to win trophies. I just have to stick with it, be patient, and hopefully my rewards will come.
215
Chelsea belongs in the Champions League, and we must stay there.
216
I don’t know where horse riding could have taken me, and it’s something I can always go back to when I’ve retired from football, but the crossroads came in my life when Chelsea wanted to sign me and make me a professional footballer in 2013 when I was 20.
217
I have good memories and bad memories of games against Chelsea. All the goals are good memories because all of them are special.
218
To play for Chelsea is a blessing.
Alexandre Pato
219
The one consistent character in all of this is Chelsea Green, and that’s how people know me, even as all else changes. I can go out and be the hot mess, or go hard in matches or be silly, and that’s still all me.
220
It’s one thing if you live in London and you’re rooting for Chelsea or you’re in New York and you love the Giants or Jets and no matter who’s on the team you’re into it. It’s different in tennis; you’re sort of your own guy, so you have to reach out and grab a person in a different way.
221
It’s tough, as Chelsea’s a very special place for me, and I’ve always had a great relationship with the fans, but it became very obvious that I was not in the manager’s plans. I have achieved great things there, but I just needed to play football, and that’s why I got the move to Fenerbahce.
222
I wanted to stay in the Premier League, and Chelsea was a great opportunity for me.
223
If I go to Chelsea it will be a dream come true.
224
Everyone could always see Frank Lampard would become a head coach. The way he was as a player, always trying to help people and on everyone’s case. I’m very happy for Chelsea.
Nathan Ake
225
I learned a lot at Chelsea partly down to the players I played alongside.
226
I’ve come out of myself as a person at Chelsea and expressed myself on and off the pitch.
227
It’s hard to compare the faith of Gareth Southgate and Roy Hodgson and my lack of chances at Chelsea because it’s such a big club.
228
I enjoyed playing against Chelsea, Manchester United and Liverpool but the north London derby was totally different. I have so many great memories from this fixture.
229
The likes of Frank Lampard and John Terry at Chelsea, English players with proper status at a club, they’re going to be like the dodo bird. Extinct.
230
When Chelsea let me go, it was really deflating. For me, as a youngster, it’s all I ever knew – living 10 minutes from the training ground, going to loads of the games.
231
I can imagine finishing my career at Chelsea.
232
In response to the making of DSMNY, a change in the Chelsea store became necessary. My flagship stores always have to lead the way.
233
Of course it is going to be difficult for any player to get in the Chelsea side no matter who they are.
234
The only thing Chelsea and Manchester City have in common is the fact that both clubs have a lot of money.
235
Chelsea are champions of Europe, and there is not much more to say than that. Even after winning the Champions League, they still go and sign players of the highest quality. Their ambition is clear.
236
I left school and went straight into ‘Made In Chelsea’ – I’ve never had any challenge.
237
At places like Chelsea, often the garden displays are so big and grand that you’d never be able to have them at home.
238
I really like the Premier League and to have the opportunity to play for Chelsea and win titles.
239
People recognize me. Most people are really nice. Sometimes people say, ‘Hi, Chelsea.’
240
I have said in the past that I would be happy to see out my career at Chelsea. I moved here to play in the best league in the world with one of the strongest teams.
241
I wanted to finish at the top of the game and on my own terms. I thought it was the perfect time at the World Cup and to go out at Chelsea. Chelsea and England were immense in how they have supported me in that transition.
242
After playing for several European clubs including Chelsea I opted to come to Shanghai. I wanted to see new things here, to get to know the Chinese people.
243
Chelsea were looking at me, and one day I would love to play in The Premiership – for the fans, not the money. They can be losing 4-0 and still be cheering. That, more than anything, would attract me to The Premiership.
244
When I was little, my dream was to come and play in the Premier League. So when Chelsea came in, I said yes straight away.
245
It’s tough to be left out. At Chelsea I’ve probably played 90 per cent of the time. It’s not something I handle very well.
246
Ancelotti has managed a lot of big clubs, and I think he would do well at Madrid because Juventus, Milan, Chelsea, and Paris Saint-Germain are big clubs.
247
I have become more versatile after the Chelsea experience.
248
Maybe if I had signed for Chelsea I’d just have been sitting on the bench and what is the point in that?
249
We all want to make a step higher up. I think I’ve got it in me to play at that level. I played a few games at Chelsea and showed it. That’s just having confidence in yourself.
250
Chelsea received me very well.
Alexandre Pato
251
I am hungry, I want to achieve something with Chelsea.
252
I hope I can help Chelsea win many trophies during my time at Stamford Bridge.
Michy Batshuayi
253
It’s not easy when you lose Flamini, Hleb, Senderos, Gilberto, and Lehmann. When you lose all these players – and Flamini, for me, was the best player last year – it’s really difficult to compete against Chelsea, Man United, or Liverpool.
254
Chelsea is a very demanding club. They need to be in the Champions League and they need to win trophies because that is what the club has been doing for some time.
255
I’m happy to stay at Chelsea as long as they’re happy to have me.
256
I don’t understand ‘The Only Way Is Essex’ and ‘Made in Chelsea’: the way they pretend there’s no camera. I cannot fathom the attraction.
257
I want to say thanks to the Chelsea fans because I have seen them very, very happy with me for joining Chelsea.
258
You look at a club like Chelsea, and you know it won’t be easy to get into that team. Sometimes you have to go away, play regular first team football, and show Chelsea that you are ready to play for them.
259
Chelsea is a big club, a club that has given me the opportunity to play as a starter, to grow even more.
260
People say that Chelsea are undergoing a revolution. Well, that suits me fine, because I am a true revolutionary.
Hernan Crespo
261
I still follow Chelsea’s fortunes.
Andriy Shevchenko
262
The day I signed up to ‘Made In Chelsea’ at 19, I gave my life over. I think about that often. I was on the show for about four years.
263
I had always worked to get to a club like Chelsea and start winning some trophies and doing what I have got to do.
264
When you beat a team so often – especially like this season when Chelsea had already lost three times to us – you know people expect you to do it again. But you also know they’re going to be even more motivated to finally win.
265
I was head coach before and my main ambition is to return to that. But to work for Maurizio and Chelsea was a great opportunity.
266
My dad really liked Didier Drogba and there was always a Chelsea game on when I was growing up.
267
I love Chelsea and I want to stay here for a long time.
268
My respect for Chelsea will be forever.
269
I still wish Chelsea and all the players every success. I spent so many years connected to the club. One incident is not going to change that.
270
My real, full name is Chelsea Chanel Dudley. In my opinion, Chelsea Dudley does not sound like a rapper. So I was like, ‘You know what? Imma drop both of those names and just go by Chanel.’
271
I had an amazing time at Chelsea. I can’t pinpoint to a specific event, but the best moment was the honour of signing for Chelsea because I was proud to be at such a club.
272
If people wonder, yes, Hillary Clinton is my friend. She has been a friend to me and Barack and Malia and Sasha, and Bill and Chelsea have been embracing and supportive from the very day my husband took the oath of office.
273
It’s good for me to stay at Chelsea.
274
When you are a player, a footballer, or a manager of a great club like Chelsea, you must play to win. To win. To win the title. Or to fight and, at the end, to compete with the other teams to win the title and reach your targets.
275
Upon his arrival at Chelsea, Mourinho spoke to me. He gives me confidence and I’m trying to return all such support on the pitch.
276
Going into Chelsea when I was around seven for the trial, there were loads of boys there.
Tino Livramento
277
I’m flattered PSG are thinking about me, but I’m happy at Chelsea.
278
I had a fantastic career at Chelsea. I was here for almost nine years, and it was great. I have nothing negative to say at all. It was all positive.
279
The two years out on loan were about trying to get experience and work as hard as I could to make sure when I came back I could give myself the best chance to get back to Chelsea and get in the team. That was my goal.
280
I joined ‘Made in Chelsea’ when I’d just left school.
281
Frank was an example throughout my career at Chelsea, and throughout my career as a midfielder. When it comes to scoring goals as a midfielder, you look at Frank Lampard as a role model.
282
During my time playing for England we had Wayne Rooney, David Beckham, Michael Owen, Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, Paul Scholes. They were world-class players playing for Chelsea, Man United, Liverpool, Arsenal, all legends of the game.
283
When you have the chance to play for Chelsea, you have to take it.
284
Chelsea are known as one of the biggest and most successful clubs around.
285
I spent seven years with Jose and we were part of a very good technical staff. We went to top class clubs at Porto, Chelsea and Inter Milan and worked with top players who gave us such a tremendous volume of success.
286
It was so nice to see that the Chelsea supporters appreciated my talent and my work at Atletico.
287
Before I got married, I never really watched TV. Now, my husband and I watch ‘The Bachelor‘ together. I love ‘The Soup’ – that’s where I get a lot of my pop culture – and ‘Chelsea Lately.’
288
Chelsea Handler is a good friend of mine, and I always was inspired by the fact that she was taking her life and turning it into these ridiculous, raunchy memoirs. She really has a talent, and she’s a great writer. I was inspired by her trajectory.
289
When Chelsea came to me and said they wanted me to come back, I was happy because I had a special moment here – one of the best in my career. I won the Champions League, the Europa League.
290
When Robben joined Chelsea in 2004 nobody realised how good he was. He was seen as an excellent player rather than a world-class one, and he suffered a lot with injuries. In the years since, he has elevated his game.
291
If you play for a team like Chelsea, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, or PSG, the aim is always to win the Champions League.
292
Jean Shrimpton was the most beautiful of all the models I have known. To walk down the King’s Road, Chelsea, with Shrimpton was like walking through the rye. Strong men just keeled over right and left as she strode up the street.
293
The fact that these owners sacked me doesn’t mean that our relationship is broken. I still get on well with Florentino, and although I haven‘t spoken much with Abramovich since I left Chelsea, I have no problem with him.
294
Obviously I have to respect Chelsea, who made a huge effort to sign me, and I’m very happy here. But Madrid will always be Madrid for me.
295
When I made up my mind for Manchester, I felt I had betrayed Hiddink. I knew he wanted me to go to Chelsea, so I found it difficult.
296
With the big clubs embracing women‘s football and the professionalism you see at the likes of Liverpool, Birmingham, Arsenal and my club Chelsea, it’s really impressive. We’re making great strides.
297
I don’t know where horse riding could have taken me, and it’s something I can always go back to when I’ve retired from football, but the crossroads came in my life when Chelsea wanted to sign me and make me a professional footballer in 2013 when I was 20.
298
I was at Chelsea for so long and grew up a fan and never played at Stamford Bridge in a competitive game.
Tino Livramento
299
Would I love to go and get out of here and have a couple of months preparing, I don’t know, anywhere in sunshine? Yes. But I think while I’m under employment with Chelsea, I think to talk about another job, even if it was short-term, and I haven’t been asked, I think it is so disrespectful.
300
I have got to a level where I feel I needed to make the jump to Chelsea and push myself and get myself to a better level and playing with world-class players here is only going to help.
301
I came back to Chelsea to stay. When I took my decision to come back here from Paris, it was to win the Premier League and to do something again with Chelsea, so I am very happy here.
302
I am manager at Chelsea. I manage and represent elite and world class players and this for me is an amazing job I’ve spent nine years cultivating all my energy into. I’m not looking for another job.
303
I would never regret joining a club like Chelsea, and hopefully I will be a long time at Chelsea.
304
From the first day I left Chelsea, it was always in my mind to make them wrong. I made them wrong.
305
It’s always a pleasure to know clubs like Chelsea, with their ambitious owner, are interested in you.
306
I really want to play in Chelsea.
Alexandre Pato
307
With Chelsea, the job was this: move up to the top, get into Europe. And I did that – fourth place in the Premier League and then into the Champions League, the season before Abramovich and all the money arrived.
308
We don’t have the money of the Manchester clubs or Chelsea. Arsenal builds its team through training, through recruiting players who can become something. Arsenal has less money than some other clubs, so we have to fight with other values.
309
I try to dress well. Not just now at Chelsea, but all my career, at my clubs and the national team in Italy, I like to wear a nice suit on the touchline.
310
I don’t know how I can explain that moment. But it was the best moment I think in my life when I signed with Chelsea because it was my dream to come here.
311
The day I signed for Chelsea, I had to go around the world – from Los Angeles to Singapore, through London – and I trained. Difficult.
312
For the strikers, we have more freedom, and even when we lose the ball, if we press together, we can get it back, and it is good system for Chelsea.
313
Playing at a club like Chelsea and being given the opportunity to play with the world-class players that we have means you can learn from them and improve your game.
314
Appropriation is the idea that ate the art world. Go to any Chelsea gallery or international biennial and you’ll find it. It’s there in paintings of photographs, photographs of advertising, sculpture with ready-made objects, videos using already-existing film.
315
I’d rather sell groundnuts in my village than to play for a pathetic team like Chelsea.
316
But I think I made the right move to leave Chelsea behind. They kept sending me on loan to get more experience.
317
I’m very happy to be at Chelsea because it’s a club that, like Barca, are fighting for titles.
318
I played in an FA Cup final for Aston Villa and the manager went negative, sitting everyone behind the ball against Chelsea.
319
I like to believe Chelsea is where I will go through and do well. I have been there since I was six years old. My dream is to break into the first team.
320
I’ve always liked Liverpool. I’d play a lot of video games, and I’d be them, because they played in red, like Independiente, my first club, Arsenal, or Chelsea.
Sergio Aguero
321
I always said I was very grateful for Chelsea. I spent an amazing time of my career there, we won a lot of trophies, and I think I became a better player. I have great friends in the club, and I always wish the best for them.
322
I’ve always been following Chelsea and every time I came to London I would try to see a Chelsea game and see how the team was doing because it’s been my dream to come to play here.
323
Chelsea gave me what I was looking for when I left Liverpool trophies. I’ll always see it as a success.
324
People will see me at Chelsea the way I am and judge me the way they want to.
325
Chelsea is my favourite team. I have always said it, and I have never hidden it.
326
I don’t want to say PSG is a step backwards, but It would be returning to something I already know. I’m always in for new challenges. When I will leave Chelsea one day, it would be to discover something new.
327
City is a very family-oriented club. Chelsea is in the centre of London, there is a different crowd following them, maybe more business people go to watch them.
328
Chelsea is in my heart and I was so proud to achieve so much for the club.
329
With shows like ‘Made In Chelsea,’ we all know what they’re doing is rehearsed. So why not have an audience phone-in element? They can make the decision on what they’re going to argue about.
330
I am very happy in London and to be at Chelsea.
331
Of course I would return to Real Madrid once I win all there is to win with Chelsea and after a long and successful career at Chelsea.
332
People recognize me. Most people are really nice. Sometimes people say, ‘Hi, Chelsea.’
333
The transfer was good for me, good for Chelsea, good for Shanghai, and I’m so happy to come to the Chinese Super League.
334
Chelsea know how to win cup finals.
335
To play at Chelsea is a dream for any player. It is standing next to some of the best players in the world and competing with the world’s best as well.
336
I want to win the title with Chelsea.
337
It’s been a very successful time for me here at Chelsea.
338
If you play at a world-class team like Chelsea, you have to perform every day.
339
I grew up in Chelsea on 22nd Street… I am really a native New Yorker.
340
When Chelsea signed Ashley Cole I was playing really well at the time, and we were playing against Charlton. We were 1-0 up when they equalised and immediately afterwards my number came up and I was subbed off for Ashley. I knew then that my time at Chelsea was up.
341
I was still with Sunderland at the time of my first cap in 2010, and I remember getting the text to let me know that I was going to be called up to the squad – it was a Friday night, and I was in a hotel in London because we were playing Chelsea the next day.
342
I am not really a football man but I have always supported Chelsea because we lived there. We have been through the lows.
343
I gave my first interview when I arrived at Chelsea in 2004, and I had said that it had been my dream to play for one of the best clubs in the world and in the best league in the world – this came true, and I am very pleased my dream will last.
344
I would love to retire a City player and I have my fingers crossed it is something that can still happen. When I did leave in 2005, I broke down crying on the way to sign for Chelsea, but back then, we needed the money my sale brought in.
345
City has helped me and Chelsea has helped me to be in the national squad.
346
I’m not suited to Bolton or Blackburn, I would be more suited to Inter or Real Madrid. It wouldn’t be a problem to me to go and manage those clubs because I would win the double or the league every time. Give me Manchester United or Chelsea and I would do the same, it wouldn’t be a problem.
347
I looked at it, and it was like, ‘Can I push and make the Olympic squad?’ It is tough going from 18 players, including Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. I thought that might be a push too far for me. I had no Champions League with Chelsea. I lost my motivation.
348
When I was playing for Chelsea and Arsenal, we had a young team but also experienced players. You still have space for the youngsters to play, they just have to be strong mentally to compete every week.
349
I certainly feel appreciated at Chelsea.
Cesar Azpilicueta
350
Thinking back to how it fell apart for Mourinho at Chelsea, I do have some sympathy for him. At most clubs it is the manager who determines the long-term stability of the players but at Chelsea it seems very much the other way round.
351
Chelsea and Arsenal tried to sign me when I was 13, 14.
352
I love heels, and as a size 36, I’ve accumulated a wall of amazing high heels from catwalk shows over the years where designers had to make especially small shoes. Tom Ford’s golden versions are my favourite. I do, however, also live in my flat Saint Laurent Chelsea boots or Givenchy sneakers.
353
I don’t think John Terry would have been the player he was if he hadn’t had Marcel Desailly or Frank Leboeuf in front of him with us at Chelsea.
354
I was released by Chelsea at 14 years old. I remember it, a Tuesday night. On the Wednesday, I was training with Fulham, five minutes from my house, and then on the Thursday, I was training with West Ham. After one session at both clubs, they both wanted me.
355
But doesn’t it seem like Chelsea’s sort of being pimped out in some weird sort of way?
David Shuster
356
I definitely did not fail at Chelsea. I always had my chance, scored important goals in the first season. At the end I just wanted the transfer, although Jose Mourinho wanted me to stay.
357
I have made many memories during my time with Chelsea, which I will take with me into my next challenge.
358
I used to have a lovely Chelsea loft – then I got divorced.
Natalie Jeremijenko
359
Chelsea is a great team with some amazing players.
360
I think Eden did an amazing job, had an amazing time with Chelsea.
361
When people think of New York, they don’t automatically think of going to Chelsea Piers and Pier 40, where you’re going to find a soccer field, a baseball field, the trapeze and bowling alleys.
362
What we have been doing at Tottenham with my staff is a reaction to the mistakes we made at Chelsea. We did not do everything wrong there, but we could have done better.
363
I was released by Chelsea at 14 years old. I remember it, a Tuesday night. On the Wednesday, I was training with Fulham, five minutes from my house, and then on the Thursday, I was training with West Ham. After one session at both clubs, they both wanted me.