I wouldn't want to go out six nights a week and watch somebody's reserves playing to check out a footballer to see if we're going to buy him.

Soccer is a game for 22 people that run around, play the ball, and one referee who makes a slew of mistakes, and in the end Germany always wins.

My eldest son George had acute myeloid leukaemia when he was a tiny baby, he is now 20 and doing very well. He is a mini-miracle in many ways.

Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win.

A handball is when your hand touches the ball.

Every act of kindness is potent and lingers long in the heart of the recipient.

My fiancee's brother-in-law was recently paralysed in an accident and it really brought home the fact that thousands of young people live with spinal injuries. It's an issue I wish had more coverage.

If someone in the crowd spits at you, you have just got to swallow it.

I am not leaving twitter. If the mindless few defeat the thoughtful majority we are all doomed.

My wife Danielle and I love travelling, different cultures and good weather.

To be honest, it would have been better to watch it on Ceefax.

You can break a man with hope.

Love lost is better than hate found. True criticism is better than false praise. Genuine enemies are better than counterfeit friends.

I get into the studio and I try to make visible what's in the choreographer's mind. Sometimes a choreographer wants you to have an idea, and sometimes you are the idea.

I am not a long-run actor. I admire actors who can do that.

Je suis venu au monde tres jeune dans un temps tres vieux

They have all different names for music. I think the music I'm going to change the style with is going to be really, really big-years and years after I'm gone.

Don't give in to hate - it puts you off balance

I think of myself as an actor.

But it was equally clear to her that this was her fate, that she had called its name and it had come to her, and she could do nothing now but own it.

[I]t is His good pleasure that we remain always in the holy joy of His love.