Favourite stadium? I have good memories of my CL debut at Old Trafford, spectacular atmosphere. The Theatre of Dreams, as they say.

I’d love to be faster. Physically I’m limited, but I’ve survived by using my head.

In the last 15 to 20 years the best central midfielder that I have seen - the most complete - is SCHOLES

There are two types of football - there's physical football and football talent.

Some teams can't or don't pass the ball. What are you playing for? What's the point? That's not football. Combine, pass, play. That's football - for me, at least.

In futsal, you see whether a player is really talented. You notice the small details in quality, class and tactical understanding.

Maybe one small regret is that I never got to play with Paul Scholes - but I was never going to leave Barcelona and he was never going to leave Manchester United.

In football, the result is an impostor. You can do things really, really well but not win. There's something greater than the result, more lasting - a legacy.

I liked the Paul Ince and Roy Keane partnership Manchester United had. They would have been my team had I moved to England.

Celtic, like Barcelona, are more than a football club. Our clubs are a symbol of a culture and community that has not always been made welcome in their respective countries.

To me Paul is a role model. He is the best midfielder I've seen in the last 15 or 20 years.

...his respect, hard enough to earn in the first place, was all but impossible to win back after it was lost.

I've always loved the '40s romantic comedies and the idea of those mistaken identities and lovers' misunderstandings.

"It's a question of discipline," the little prince told me later on. "When you've finished washing and dressing each morning, you must tend your planet."

My voice is soft, but oh, my heart roars!

We have to create that strength, and sometimes we have to reduce bureaucracy. It just gets in our way.

Freedom of speech and of the press are essential to the enlightenment of a free people and in restraining those who wield power.

Truth, not a pet, is man's best friend.

I am no longer sure of anything. If I satiate my desires, I sin but I deliver myself from them; if I refuse to satisfy them, they infect the whole soul.

I still love poetic imagery. I love the idea of using surrealist speak to generate lyrical content and I love the way English can be exciting in and of itself.

Scurrility has no object in view but incivility; if it is uttered from feelings of petulance, it is mere abuse; if it is spoken in a joking manner, it may be considered raillery.