At no point was my career under threat, so I always knew that I would get back into action.

But there's no point in looking back and saying I was unlucky.

Most goals are scored between the posts.

There is pressure every day as a footballer.

I'm a footballer, that's my job and that's all I want to be known for.

Me Grandad is 74 and he's football bananas, so me nan gets loads of grief.

The ball was coming down like a butterfly with sore feet.

You look at Patrick Vieira and Emmanuel Petit at Arsenal or Roy Keane at Man United, and they are players that can do everything.

I'm enjoying myself this year and for once I'm not chasing my fitness.

Arsenal's width comes from wide areas.

Gareth Bale literally has three lungs

Life without love is a cold branch of a non-grounded tree.

Don't think of what you have to do, don't consider how to carry it out!" he exclaimed. "The shot will only go smoothly when it takes the archer himself by surprise.

Do what you can with what you have where you are.

I have spent my adult life working in American intelligence. It has been quite an honor. Generally well resourced. A global mission. No want of issues. And it was a hell of a ride.

A band is a good way to break up a friendship.

The traditional ways to make a film, the traditional ways to share a film, have all collapsed. There are no gatekeepers, per se, any more, and anything can be done. Truly, I feel that.

I honestly don't remember the book well enough to register any surprise about anything. I don't remember anything being shocking to me.

People tend to box little girls in. They teach them to sit properly and stand quietly and not attract attention. Sports is one place where girls can be free and enjoy the exhilaration of movement.

Religious people find God useful. Gospel people find him beautiful.

Some heat, some spice and plenty of citrus are the building blocks of many north African fish dishes.