I was always being creative. I could never have played a defensive role because I would have been forced to destroy the other player's creativity.

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.

Cowardice is the most terrible of vices.

Freedom cannot be labeled nor won nor envied. Only when one doesn't realize what freedom is, is one truly free.

I'm a student of world religion, so to me, it's hugely important to have knowledge and to understand what people are doing.

I named all my children after flowers. There's Lillie and Rose and my son, Artificial.

The wine-shops breed, in physical atmosphere of malaria and a moral pestilence of envy and vengeance, the men of crime and revolution.

A state's potential power is based on the size of its population and the level of its wealth.

Converse with men makes sharp the glittering wit, But God to man doth speak in solitude.

I try to forgive her for my father's sake. But to be honest, I'm not the forgiving type.

Something I learned early in college (is) to not worry about what I can't controlBut what I can control is my attitude, my effort, my focus every single day and that's what I'm trying to worry about.

He doesn’t scowl, but his mouth is so tense that I know he’s angry with me. 'Don’t be an idiot,' he says. 'An idiot?' Is he talking about the blanket? 'You were lying.