Italy and Spain really are not my countries.

But really, I can only be dangerous for the team in one place, and that is in the box.

I feel very strong as an individual, but as a famous footballer I know I am prone to certain things. All the media have a continuous interest for me. It varies from once a year to every day interest.

I let people say and write what they want.

As a private person I think I am now totally different from Ruud van Nistelrooy the footballer.

Losing is not in my vocabulary.

We have to be thankful to the Czechs that they did their duty. The Czech Republic won, I can't believe it. It was a huge party with all the people here.

The club [Real Madrid] has a fantastic set-up with marvellous people. The atmosphere at training is perfect - it's just wonderful

Every day I work my guts out in training, every match I play my heart out.

I personally think that we can win the World Cup. We are improving with every game. With such a young average age in the squad we can only carry on improving.

People say it is part of the game. You win some, you lose some. But not for me.

To the very last, the desire to challenge oneself and understand more. And to the very last: doubt.

I've never thought of describing her beauty as delicate, because delicate just isn't a word that fits June... but here, now that she's sick, I realize just how fragile she can be.

It is by doubting that we come to investigate, and by investigating that we recognize the truth.

Some men were nothing but overgrown boys who never got over the "fun" of teasing girls, just to get noticed

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a spy detective or a rock star.

There are people who are always anticipating trouble, and in this way they manage to enjoy many sorrows that never really happen to them.

The hallmark of religion is to distrust claims made for mortal men. It is in ages of great religious faith that great skepticism can find expression.

I don't believe in providence and fate, as a technologist I am used to reckoning with the formulae of probability.

Be different - without concern for what others think.

Compassion and justice are companions, not choices.