1.
Once they said they can only stop me with a pistol but today you need a machine gun to stop Messi.
Hristo Stoichkov
2.
Lubo Penev is a fighter, he never gives up and remains cool during tough moments. I remember when he was sick with cancer, but fought and returned to football. Most people would have given up and prayed to God for mercy.
(on former teammate Luboslav Penev)
Hristo Stoichkov
3.
Soccer is simple... you just need to have the right mentality, fighting in every game, in every practice and for every ball.
Hristo Stoichkov
4.
If you understand football you make substitutions during the game, if you don't you make comments after it.
Hristo Stoichkov
5.
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.
Hristo Stoichkov
6.
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.
Hristo Stoichkov
7.
I know him. He's a hot chilli pepper, just like me!
(on Valeri Bojinov)
Hristo Stoichkov
8.
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)
Hristo Stoichkov
9.
...the last player I truly idolize... No other footballer is more worthy of the number 10 shirt than him.
(on Maradona)
Hristo Stoichkov
