Messi is on a different level. The fact he is doing what he is year after year says that he is the best of all time.

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.

In asserting that people don't change, what she means is that they don't change for the better. Whereas changing for the worse, that goes without saying.

Good judgment comes by way of experience, which comes of bad judgment.

Things have got to be wrong in order that they may be deplored.

We are given in our newspapers and on TV and radio exactly what we, the public, insist on having, and this very frequently is mediocre information and mediocre entertainment.

We are not the healers, we are not the reconcilers, we are not the givers of life. We are sinful, broken, vulnerable people who need as much care as anyone we care for.

I'm probably the worst person for 'Men's Health' to interview.

Johnny Unitas was my hero.

From the wrestling of his own soul with the great enemy, comes that depth and mystery which startles us in Hamlet.

I am moving deeper into my own brain.

Modern education develops the intellect and imparts skills, but does not promote qualities in any way.