I really did not think much about the size of the transfer fee when I left Barcelona because it was all down to market forces, not me.

I have a fantastic wife, and not only in terms of external beauty. Her priority and mine is our children. That is our choice.

To play for Barcelona, means to have an opportunity for a brilliant career. But to reach the top of it, you have to play for Real Madrid.

The mistake is to imagine that perfection is possible when the very idea is unthinkable.

If the most important thing for your project is to put on a circus, then you have less chance of winning things.

As a professional football player, I have known perfectly well from the day I started playing that every day I have to fight for my place.

In football, day in day out, you always have to show your worth.

I'm star-struck when I see Paul Scholes because you never see him. On the pitch you can't catch him. Off the pitch he disappears.

There are some things Ronaldo can do with a football that make me touch my head and wonder how on earth he did it.

I think he [Raul] is the greatest player to have ever played the game. He walks on the turf and astounds. It is utterly amazing.

There was interest from clubs in Italy and England, I believe. But I've never been attracted by the way they play in Italy. Staying in Spain was always my preference.

With every choice you create the life you’ll live

Tyranny of freedom is do what you like. There's a world gone crazy, cause it can't say no.

I definitely grew up on a lot of American bands. I didn't really know that there were any decent Australian bands until I was around 20.

Stop worrying and start living.

Everyone's got to be for a child to have a home and love. I mean I don't know anyone who would be against that.

Don't downgrade your dream to match your reality. Upgrade your faith to match your destiny.

It is sometimes easier to form a party than to attain by degrees the head of a party already formed.

My kids love Ibiza and we feel committed to it because we keep coming back to the same area. People recognise us in shops now and we have a social life here. We cook at home and have friends around.

Anything said off the cuff has usually been written on it first.

And so, I will be probably, since I am not involved in all the activity, I will have some spare time to devote to document all this busy part of the flight.