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You have to give people the opportunity to prove themselves.

The only way to prove that you're a good sport is to lose.

Every athlete, I think, would like to play forever. They never want to acknowledge that they've lost a step or they can't quite do what they did before.

When you spend a lot of money on one player, you want him to prove himself, but the way football works, one day you can be good, the next you can be bad, and the next after that, you can be very bad. I have come to Manchester City to work very hard and to help my friends make Manchester City great.

I played with a lot of great players before. They're all the same. They take a lot of responsibility for their own play, put a lot of pressure on themselves to perform and to play well.

I, most talented players don't always succeed. Some don't even make the team. It's more what's inside.

The great thing about sports is you constantly have to prove yourself. You constantly have to go out there and do it, day in and day out.

Mentally, the only players who survive in the pros are the ones able to manage all their responsibilities. Everybody struggles in different ways.