I stopped playing football because I'd done as much as I could. I needed something which was going to excite me as much as football had excited 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.

I swearwe'd lose ourhearts ifthey weren'twith elasticand butterflypinclasped safelyin.

The book of Jonah becomes an embarrassing and public reading of your family business. (page iii)

You have to get up and plant the seed and see if it grows, but you can't just wait around, you have to water it and take care of it.

I've always been a big thinker that the more international competition that we create through sports the better relationships we'll have with countries.

In this age of video games and cell phones, there must still be a place for knots, tree houses, and stories of incredible courage.

Mr. Doctor, that loose gown becomes you so well I wonder your notions should be so narrow.

It's a unique experience when you're doing an independent film where you have one person who puts up all the funds to make the film.

Solving a problem created by debt... by creating more debt is a fool's errand.

Connect, create meaning, make a difference, matter, be missed.

There's no end to the absurd things people will do trying to make life mean something.