Damien is Damien. When I don't put him in the squad my mother, who's 84, asks 'why isn't Damien playing?' She kills me about it and that's true

The lesson to learn is to pay attention for 90 minutes because in front of you are great champions.

If it is the case that you need just a first 11 and three or four more players, then why did Christopher Columbus sail to India to discover America?

Buffon is a gentleman thinking only of the ball [after Gianluigi Buffon's strong tackle on Andy Carroll during a friendly with Newcastle

One beautiful day, a radiant day, Mr Roman Abramovich introduced himself to me and said I should put a shopping list together.

In Italy the Coach is a paratrooper who jumps out of the plane but doesn't know if the parachute will open or not.

We were very nervous at the start, we didn't play our game at all.

You cannot make mistakes in the Champions League.

In my view, fitness training isn't that important in England, as they all train with such intensity anyway and have a competitive edge when just sprinting. The matches are all hard-fought, too.

You can’t argue with facts. You’re not entitled to your own facts.

This market way of life promotes addictions to stimulation and obsessions with comfort and convenience.

It all goes aroundIt all goes aroundThe planet goes around the sunIt all goes aroundMy mother said it all goes aroundIt all goes aroundThe ship goes around the station

The truth is that the more responsible the media outlet, the more responsive they are to constructive criticism.

My entire life has been devoted to breaking down barriers, to finding common ground.

I never watched a frame of the film until it was finished.

Once again we're talking to Brian Kenny, a man of many traits, a master of nothing.

God's trustiest lieutenants often lack official credentials. They may be professed atheists who are also men of honour and high public spirit.

Purely sensual love is never true and lasting, for which reason first love is, as a rule, but a passing infatuation, a fleeting passion.