Football lost its excitement for me.

When the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea.

You can change your wife, your politics, your religion, but never, never can you change your favourite football team.

When I think football, I think Manchester United. I still support United and always will. I will die with them in my heart.

You may find another Beckham or Ronaldo, but never ever will you find another Sir Alex Ferguson.

I don't play against a particular team. I play against the idea of losing

I'm so proud the fans still sing my name, but I fear tomorrow they will stop. I fear it because I love it. And everything you love, you fear you will lose.

Sometimes you surprise the goalkeeper and sometimes the goalkeeper surprises you. In my career, I tried to do more of the first than the second.

My best moment? I have a lot of good moments but the one I prefer is when I kicked the hooligan.

The ball is like a woman, she loves to be caressed.

I play with passion and fire. I have to accept that sometimes this fire does harm.

The art of teaching lies in communicating the mystery of the universe without taking the mystery out of it.

The tiniest of actions is always better than the boldest of intentions

Business, you know, may bring you money, but friendship hardly ever does.

You're just gonna create somebody who is, I was gonna say, 'toying with his sexuality.' Pardon the pun.

We don't like admitting this, but it is a key component of human existence: the fact that life has the potential for things both wondrous and horrific.

He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife. [He can give little to his servant that licks his knife.]

I didn't know I wanted to be a hairdresser. I was always interested in fashion and imagery in a very naive way, but it was always an attraction, like glitter balls.

I personally think that most people, most of the time, do the right thing. I just believe this. Otherwise, the world would be chaos, and it's not.

I recorded my first jazz record in the '70s.

I hope Gunter Grass will continue helping the SPD in campaigns and that he will otherwise remain with us as a provocative literary figure, as well.