I was so shy when I was younger. When I first went to Liverpool I didn't say a word for a year.

It's best being a striker. If you miss five then score the winner, you're a hero. The goalkeeper can play a blinder, then let one in… and he's a villain.

I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign country.

Moving from Wales to Italy is like moving to a different country.

You've got to have a dream... if you don't have any big dreams, nothing happens.

And the things that we fear are a weapon to be held against us.

I've got tremendous respect for different cultures, for the food and everything.

Playing in Italy was like being in a foreign country.

When Jason Koumas is on form, he's the type of player who calls all the strings

The young players in the Welsh squad aren't young any more

I like the Stereophonics. I know the lead singer, Kelly Jones, and theres the Welsh connection.

Show me a woman without guilt and I'll show you a man

Something this rare... Nobody can have him but me...

Writing a novel in general is like trying to reach a mountain top you'll never quite reach - so you try again and maybe get a little closer.

It's a fun thing to do, to put yourself in the service of something if you think you can add an interpretation. It's no different than any other storytelling.

People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life.

Escapist literature gets a bad rap. But I think escape is important for a lot of people in a lot of places.

Only God’s thoughts, or love, is actually real. So when we separate ourselves from that love, we’re actually not thinking at all: we’re hallucinating.

It stirs up envy, fame does. People feel fame gives them some kind of privilege to walk up to you and say anything to you - and it won't hurt your feelings - like it's happening to your clothing.

Just be nice to other girls because as a force we are a whole lot stronger when we stick together.

The grateful person knows that God is good, not by hearsay but by experience. And that is what makes all the difference.