Football can generate excitement and bring people together.

Everyone knows Cristiano Ronaldo is better than Messi, not only me, but for some it's hard to recognize that.

I have won many trophies in my time, but nothing will ever top helping win the battle for peace in my country.

I believe a lot in destiny and I think that if something didn't happen, it was for a reason.

Our number one opponents are not Liverpool, Arsenal or Manchester United. It is ourselves at Chelsea.

People have an opinion of Africa and it is not so good, but we have to let sport unite us all.

When I arrived in France, it was very, very difficult. Not because I was in France - I could have been anywhere - but because I was so far, far away from my parents. I missed them so much.

In football, the good thing is things can change in a second.

Coaches can teach you two things: confidence and technique.

When you don't win games, yeah, you lose confidence. That's normal.

All the fans know my love for Chelsea and I hope to be back here in the future in another role.

It is difficult to have faith when our hearts are consumed by fear, but it is when we are afraid that we need to hang onto our faith the most.

Life is simple and short but love is infinite and eternal. So give it away, as much as you can, without judging anyone.

I think we can all use a little more patience. I get a little impatient sometimes and I wish I didn't. I really need to be more patient.

I am who I am: an Irish Catholic kid, working class from Long Island. And I made it big.

The colors of light are infinite through refraction, yet they all come from the same source. Thus I cannot detach myself from the wickedest soul, nor fail to identify with the most virtuous.

London is like a girlfriend I loved, then really fell out with.

Spend your energy on things that make a difference.

Wealth and poverty; one is the parent of luxury and indolence, and the other of meanness and viciousness, and both of discontent.

I see myself as an arbiter of taste.