"The Premier League is not easy for young players because it is very hard, very tough. Most of the players are very tall."
"When you leave a big club and go on loan to a small club in Holland it is not easy. But I am a footballer and I have to be professional about my job."
"For a young player, the most important thing is to play."
"For me, I want to improve, to play good football in a good league; the money is not the most important thing."
"I think throughout your whole career a player can improve."
"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."
"Defensive midfielder is my position and I have to be focused on that role."
"Of course, I know that I have some qualities. I think I can run a lot, that I'm physically well but if I have other qualities I will leave other people to speak about me."
"To play at Old Trafford in a Manchester shirt I think is something special."
"When I arrived at Benfica I'd been playing like a No. 10 in the team, but the first thing the coach did was tell me: 'You are going to be a defensive midfielder here.'"
"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."
"My wife and son cried when we left Portugal, but I had to move."
"When I come home, I always look in the mirror and I want to see where I could do better, where I can improve."
"Manchester is one of the biggest clubs in the world and I'm very happy because I am part of this great club, this great group."
"I recognise fully why people wear poppies, I totally respect everyone's right to do so and I have total sympathy for anyone who has lost loved ones due to conflict."
"As I said, when I played at Chelsea I give always my best to help the team but now Manchester United is my club and I will try to win there."
"I'm happy to be working with Mourinho."
"When you don't have results it is very difficult for players to have that high confidence."
"I think derbies are really special because it's two local teams playing."
"The Manchester derby, for our supporters, is the most important game in the season. Always, a few days before the game, the people create that atmosphere that is special to them."
"When you finish the season with a trophy it's different."
"I am delighted to have joined Manchester United. To work with Jose Mourinho once again was an opportunity I couldn't turn down."
"I have enjoyed my time at Chelsea and would like to thank the club and the fans for their support."
"In the Champions League, everything is possible."
"Vidic was a great player and one of the players where I look to be similar because he had a great career."
