Sometimes you feel the emotion. You think this might be my last pre-season or my last Champions League match. But, overall, those thoughts aren't important right now. But the time will soon come

Other clubs never came into my thoughts once I knew Arsenal wanted to sign me.

I really like Arsenal. But you, do you like Arsenal? Or just Arsenal with Trophies?

Behind every kick of the ball there has to be a thought.

I love playing football, being out on the pitch with a ball, and I will be a little sad when that ends.

You have to shoot, to want to score goals no matter how. Just score that goal! You can't be afraid to miss.

Playing football was like being trapped in a rhythm, and my whole career was like that. You have very little time to switch off.

It will be a hard game if you think about winning a championship. We need to think about our own game at the moment and focus on getting good results especially over the Christmas period.

People can say the money doesn't really matter but it does show you how much a club respects you.

A lot of people say you always come back to what you are good at. Football has been 25 years of my life, so maybe I'll come back to it in some sort of way.

My goals in Holland were known as 'stiffies', which means something quite different in England of course.

Nothing is more painful than the loneliness of being with someone who is never completely there.

In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity

When I started editing on my home computer, I said to myself, 'Well, I could be at home studying for a class or I could be at home editing a video.'

Falling in love was the easy part planning a wedding - yikes!

So many people feel that once you reach a certain age then it's time for you to retire from a sport you love. I don't think that's true at all. I think age should not dictate that.

No march, movement, or agenda that defines manhood in the narrowest terms and seeks to make women lesser partners in this quest for equality can be considered a positive step.

I make records so I can buy art.

An amazing observation: it is precisely for feelings that one needs time, not for thought. ... Feelings, obviously, are more demanding than thought.

I don't think he cheated on me. During the marriage, I think he was there.

Resurrection, like politics, makes strange bedfellows.