Soccer is simple... you just need to have the right mentality, fighting in every game, in every practice and for every ball.

- Hristo Stoichkov

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…

- Hristo Stoichkov

I know him. He's a hot chilli pepper, just like me! (on Valeri Bojinov)

- Hristo Stoichkov

Once they said they can only stop me with a pistol but today you need a machine gun to stop Messi.

- Hristo Stoichkov

...the last player I truly idolize... No other footballer is more worthy of the number 10 shirt than him. (on Maradona)

- Hristo Stoichkov

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 Sofi…

- Hristo Stoichkov

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…

- Hristo Stoichkov

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

If you understand football you make substitutions during the game, if you don't you make comments after it.

- Hristo Stoichkov