If there is one thing that all players have in common it is that winning, competitive gene; the ability to overcome obstacles and fight for what you want from your career.

If you win without sacrifice you enjoy it but it's more satisfying when you have struggled.

Some people like you, some people don't. In the end you just have to be yourself.

There are moments when the human body can overcome things you would never expect.

Perfection doesn't exist.

There is no rule that says a footballer needs to be 'this high' and 'this wide.'

I'm back? I never went away.

Every player wants to be as complete as possible and goals for a central midfielder are very important.

What I do when speaking in public is trying to do it as best as possible and trying to make everybody comfortable with my words. Sometimes getting this is very difficult, but I try my best.

La Masia is a place where lots of people live together but you are on your own.

The Celtic fans are very special and the club and players can be very proud of them. They are the best I have ever heard.

We sat in the car & the night droppeddown until the only sounds werethe crickets &the dance of our voices& for a momentthe world becamesmall enough toroll back & forth between us.

You are the ocean, let the rivers come to you. You are the flower, let the bees come to you.

One has no room for vengeance, ' says Shara, 'when the eyes of the world are watching. We must be judicious, and bloodless.

Be the same still mountain self and mountain peace no matter what the external conditions.

Tyranny and anarchy are alike incompatible with freedom security and the enjoyment of opportunity.

I've done a lot of costume drama and theatre - the National Theatre and In fact, most of my work at the theatre, at the National Theatre anyway, was period.

On the whole, the world was friendly. It chiefly depended on whether one were good or not.

A lack of realism in the vision today costs credibility tomorrow.

I used to be, when I was young, I used to be extremely regular and very organized.

It is your decisions, and not your conditions, that determine your destiny.