I am certainly not the most talented player in the world; there's many a more talented player than me.

Before my mother died, she told me not to leave Chelsea.

Barcelona are my favourite team in Spain, let's put it that way...

I think as far as kids go, you just have to work hard. Work on your skills, keep focused.

Goals never come easy. No one gives you goals.

I can't stress the importance of working hard enough, work on all aspects of your game. If you does that and you have the ability, you'll come through.

I think about all my successes and failures and sometimes the failures stick in your head as much as the wins. But you do move on.

I am a man who likes to play consistently; I always play better when I'm on a run of games.

If I lose the ball, I lose it trying to do the right thing. That's the way it is.

When you take a lot of stick you want to ram it down people's throats.

I have never seen a player as driven and determined as me, quietly determined; that's why I always want to do the best.

True love is supposed to make you into a better person-uplift you.

Having plants and flowers in my space makes me feel very calm and Zen. For me, it's important to meditate every morning to be very clear in the head, and nature really helps me do the same thing.

It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.

Surfing is so much work. It's one of those things that I just love, but it's so hard.

When you please others in hopes of being accepted, you lose you self-worth in the process.

The real difference between telling what happened and telling a story about what happened is that instead of being a victim of our past, we become master of it.

Once you start a war, you have to win.

Repentance is belief in action.

There is no loftier mission than to approach the Godhead more nearly than other mortals, and by means of that contact to spread the rays of the Godhead through the human race.

Sometimes I'm very impatient. I also feel the need to please everyone, which is unnecessary and impossible.