“I am not bothered what people say. You have always different opinions.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“I had some problems in the past when I made some stupid mistakes and got some stupid cards, but I learned a lot from this, and I know now how to calm myself down.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“I want to show I can control my emotion and aggression and stay calm.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“To give the best I can, sometimes you will be brilliant or not.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“I try to give everything I have, both in training and the games.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“Sometimes I score, sometimes I don’t, so people are here to judge, but I know my qualities, and I try to give everything to win and help my team-mates.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“For sure, in Italy, the sun always shines.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“I hope maybe one day I can be like Wayne Rooney. Maybe then some young players will be proud to play against me. That would be amazing.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“Of course many children are dreaming to play for Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Manchester United. I always just wanted to wear the jersey of Partizan, Newcastle, and Serbia.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“Every goal is a nice goal, great feeling, but the most important thing is we grab the three points and give the fans a nice afternoon.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“This is a club with a very big history, and the fans are a big part of that. There will be pressure here, for sure, but I like pressure. I also know about the famous players who have played for Newcastle United, like Alan Shearer, who is a hero of mine.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“I am a really nice, quiet guy.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“Away from football, it is just family. I try to spend time with my kids – I have to spend a lot of time away, so every time I am at home, I like to spend time with them.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“When I play football, I try to win the game. That is part of me. That is who I am.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“If you ask any player, they will always say the same. They play to win.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“You want to score in every game and to fight hard.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“I play a good physical game.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“I’ve always loved Newcastle. Even when you’re watching their games on television, you can feel the passion of the crowd.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“I’m a typical No 9: always in the box, strong, good in the air.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“Life’s boring enough without always having the same hair.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“Balotelli is not my role model. I like him as a player very much, and he is very talented. He could have been at the very top, but my style does not have anything with him.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“Scoring will do a lot for my confidence.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“I never say I want to score 15 or 20 goals.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“Of course a striker wants to score as much as possible. It’s nice scoring goals. Goals are like an addiction: when you score, you want to keep doing more and more.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“I say that if the team play well and use me in the right way… the goals will come.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“I’m always looking forward, and I try to continue to push myself and to do the best that I can.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“I want to play. I want to be on the pitch.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“Newcastle is in my heart, and even if I maybe go somewhere, Newcastle will be in my heart.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“I will always be a Newcastle United fan all my life.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“It was really hard in Newcastle. It was one city, one club. Everybody there was really crazy about Newcastle.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“It is always something special when you can talk with people from your country. It is always nice to hear advice in your own language.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“Slavisa is a great manager. He has helped me so much. Throughout his career, he has done a really good job.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“I want to show everybody that I can play in the best league in the world and score goals.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“When I was on the bench, I worked harder.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“My body is my weapon, and I have to keep it in shape; I need to feel strong.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“I like the gym; I need the gym.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“I am not that fast and skilful. I am not Raheem Sterling, am I? So I know I have to use my strength and power in the box.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“Teams want fast players. That’s not me. But I know my strengths.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“I just want to win; it doesn’t matter what it takes.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“I don’t like to lose, and all Serbians are pretty much the same.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“I don’t even like to lose when I’m playing video games with my brother, and when I do lose, I get really mad.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“There are a lot of people who don’t trust in me, so I just try to make them wrong.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“My job is to score goals.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“Sport is dirty if you want to win, but I am not a dirty player.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“That is my style of play, my strength: hold up, playing with my back to goal.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“Competition is good.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“I have followed Newcastle my whole life. I had two Newcastle shirts when I was little. It was unusual; most people choose a team like Manchester United or Barcelona, but for me, it has always been Newcastle.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“I’ve been happy from the start at Newcastle. It has been my favourite club ever since I was small boy in Serbia.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“At all big clubs, there is pressure. They all want to win and expect to win.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“That’s the Serbian way. That’s the way we approach things, especially in sport. We are a small country, but if we want something, we will fight for it. It’s maybe part of the history of the country; it’s just our mentality. We are small but strong.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“The Serbian people are very kind. Sometimes life is ruthless, and you have to show character. But come to Serbia and see how friendly everyone is; then you’ll change your mind.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“Of course defenders will try to provoke me – that is their job.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“I was small until I was 15, then grew about 12 inches in a year and built up my strength in the gym.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“I could have gone down a very different path, but my parents would not let me give up football.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“I am always in the box, strong, good in the air, and, of course, I like getting stuck in. I play a physical game.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“I’ve picked up a few scars during games.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“I am a typical No 9.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“I try to learn every day and train as hard as I can.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“Sometimes, you have tough times when you don’t score goals, but the most important thing is to keep working hard.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“When I first signed for Newcastle, I was still a boy.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“My father tells me I would have been a criminal or a kick-boxer. But fatherhood has changed me – a lot.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“I try to do everything for my son so that, when he grows up, he can say that he was proud of his father.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
“Football saved me.”
― Aleksandar Mitrovic
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