When I arrived in France, it was very, very difficult. Not because I was in France - I could have been anywhere - but because I was so far, far away from my parents. I missed them so much.

Everyone knows Cristiano Ronaldo is better than Messi, not only me, but for some it's hard to recognize that.

I have won many trophies in my time, but nothing will ever top helping win the battle for peace in my country.

I believe a lot in destiny and I think that if something didn't happen, it was for a reason.

Our number one opponents are not Liverpool, Arsenal or Manchester United. It is ourselves at Chelsea.

People have an opinion of Africa and it is not so good, but we have to let sport unite us all.

In football, the good thing is things can change in a second.

Coaches can teach you two things: confidence and technique.

When you don't win games, yeah, you lose confidence. That's normal.

All the fans know my love for Chelsea and I hope to be back here in the future in another role.

Football can generate excitement and bring people together.

Its as if you think you'd never findReason and the Sacred intertwined

The amount of books or films or series which are you going to watch doesn't matter as far as long you understand all of them and keep track of all them.

Nearness to nature... keeps the spirit sensitive to impressions not commonly felt and in touch with the unseen powers.

The misanthrope, as an essentially solitary man, is not a man at all: he must be a beast or a god.

God's grace, quite simply, is God's mercy and goodness toward us.

Someone once said a cynic is just a disappointed romantic. That really, really sums me up.

[If you want to] ask the question what is beautiful? It's the life that you lead. It's the life that all women lead.

One can't live with one's finger everlastingly on one's pulse.

I don't have a sence of style in real life. I'm more like same-clothes-every-day guy. I don't wear jewelry, I don't wear any of this.

Some people cannot see a priest on a mountain of sugar.