I sometimes lie awake at night and wonder why I am still so popular and, to be honest, I don't know.

Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do

Success isn't determined by how many times you win, but by how you play the week after you lose.

Football is the only sport where you put people together, it doesn't matter if you are rich, or poor, or black, or white. It is one nation. This is the beauty of football.

The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.

There is always someone out there getting better than you by training harder than you.

A team is not made up of isolated individuals. Always stay in the game. Don't be passive. Football is a team game. No one plays alone. Success depends on your whole team being a single unit.

Great teams are not made up of many well-rounded players. Great teams are made up of a variety of players, each having their own strengths.

The head talks to the heart and the heart talks to the feet.

Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string.

I was born to play football, just like Beethoven was born to write music and Michelangelo was born to paint.

Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to eat for lunch. Freedom comes from the recognition of certain rights which may not be taken, not even by a 99% vote.

Yes, it hurts to fall— ache, tenderness—but each scar is a sign your system is working.

Love may start out as a good feeling, but to love someone long-term is an act of the will.

I'm great at lying to myself.

Make your life the greatest story ever told!

When you start thinking about leaving, choose your moment carefully. Go out while you’re still on top, not when you’re no longer in control of events.

The last few years have been pretty hectic.

Ten million years will not put a strain on the clock of eternity.

The trouble with free elections is, you never know who is going to win.

Effective leaders of change must serve equally as agents of change and protectors of continuity.