I retired at age 40 because my daughters looked at me one day and said: 'Dad, being bald and wearing shorts doesn't look good together'.

I chose Real Madrid instead of Barcelona because I'm a winner, not a loser

No one player is as good as the sum of a team

I don't want to be idolized, I just want to play. And to do that you have to run and sweat.

Scoring goals is like making love: everyone can do it, but nobody does it like me.

Reputations do not win matches and trophies, only goals can do that

A 0-0 is like a Sunday without sun.

The ball gave me prestige, gave me fame, gave me riches. Thank you, my old friend.

Being told you are wrong or insulted, gives you an opportunity to practice decency and having a non-response internally.

I don't want to live-I want to love first and live incidentally.

Modern morality and manners suppress all natural instincts, keep people ignorant of the facts of nature and make them fighting drunk on bogey tales.

People say women shouldn't have long hair over a certain age, but I've never done what everyone says.

The scholar seeks truth, the artist finds.

When you have kids, you see life through different eyes. You feel love more deeply and are maybe a little more compassionate. It's inevitable that that would make its way into your songwriting.

I was writing a chapter of Beautiful Evidence on the subject of the sculptural pedestal, which led to my thinking about what's up on the pedestal - the great leader.

What I can't be is monogamous. That tends to upset people. I just don't like domestic life.

Those who defeat others are strong, those who defeat themselves are mighty.

Why will someone sell you a dollar for 50 cents? Because in the short run, people are irrational on both the optimistic and pessimistic side.