Football is a team sport and not an individual sport. We win as a team, and every individual is better if we are part of the team.

If football was a drug, I would have died from overdose.

Purpose without virtue is vanity.

I always live in the present. I never dream about what might happen. Why? It might not.

I've always been a sad person. I'm a happy person too, but it's a thing in my brain or my spirit or something, I'm just sad and really acutely aware of mortality and loss.

I don't know what to say about myself. I don't know myself (laughs). People say my humility but I believe we're all humble in our own way. I try to stay close to my family and friends.

I know my statistics have not been the same as in other years but I'm fighting to get back to those statistics.

When I retire, the only thing that concerns me is that no one can say that I was a bad team-mate or disrespectful or self-important.

Liverpool is a fundamental part of my life. They don't remember me that way, but time will change that. I could not have chosen a better place to go when I left Atletico.

If I score against Liverpool I will not celebrate.

I like changing my hairstyle, much to my mother's annoyance. It depends on my state of mind.

Poetry [is] more necessary than ever as a fire to light our tongues.

If a craftsman wants to do good work, he must first sharpen his tools.

The person who exudes a love of life, infused with charm and a smile, this is the person of value.

Kenneth Cooper's research shows that low to moderate intensity exercise is just as beneficial as high-intensity exercise - but without the rigorous wear and tear on the system.

No matter how grouchy you're feeling, You'll find the smile more or less healing. It grows in a wreath All around the front teeth - Thus preserving the face from congealing.

There are so many people who are so much better qualified to write about politics than I am.

I think there's more of opportunity to win games in the National League than the American League because there are more decisions to make.

Could it be that my circle is largely black and that it is why I am influential in black circles but not in white circles?

The important thing is to teach a child that good can always triumph over evil...