If you can't win, make sure you don't lose.

Soccer is simple, but it is difficult to play simple.

It is better to fail with your own vision than to fail with another man's vision.

Players that aren't true leaders but try to be, always bash other players after a mistake. True leaders on the pitch already assume others will make mistakes.

If you have the ball, you must make the field as big as possible, and if you don't have the ball, you must make it as small as possible.

Playing football is very simple, but playing simple football is the hardest thing there is.

There’s only one moment in which you can arrive in time. If you’re not there, you’re either too early or too late.

Every disadvantage has its advantage.

I'm ex-player, ex-technical director, ex-coach, ex-manager, ex-honorary president. A nice list that once again shows that everything comes to an end.

The difference between right and wrong is often not more than five metres.

Why couldn't you beat a richer club? I've never seen a bag of money score a goal.

I want to make love, but my hair smells of war and running and running.

when you shoot for the stars, you can't ever look back.

Writing is draining. Every word is like lifting a stone and levering it into place. Your head aches, your muscles ache and every word you conjure up is heavier than the last one.

Hopefully one day I can be up there with Peyton in terms of history.

Surround yourself with the best people and then get out of their way. Give them a chance to exceed your expectations and they usually will.

[I'm] more German than Irish.

The ordinary operations of algebra suffice to resolve problems in the theory of curves.

Once you reach a certain age, you're either slowly dying or slowly being reborn. I want to choose the latter.

We stone our prophets, then build monuments to them after they're gone.

[Sculpturing] didn't stick with me. I never felt I wanted to go on with that.