When I was younger I was trying to do what I wanted to do, not what the game wanted me to do.

What makes the difference between a great player and just a normal player is dedication, work, commitment.

Sometimes in football you have to score goals.

I can't understand why Scholes has never won the player of the year award. He should have won it long ago. Maybe it's because he doesn't seek the limelight like some of the other 'stars'.

There are many things I want, and the only way I will get them is to keep my head down, listen to the right people and work hard

I always think about what I missed, and I think that was my driving force - never be satisfied with what I've done.

The moment I've got a ball at my feet, I'm happy.

In football you always get judged on your last game. Whoever you are, or how amazing you are, it's the last game that everyone has seen.

I’ll never forget the club or him I don’t see Arsenal without Arsene Wenger

You kind of never leave Arsenal. How many comebacks do you make? At one point it will turn out to be a bad move. We all love the first Rocky but I'm not too sure about the last one.

I can't stay in the box and wait for the ball. I can't - I would die.

People in the midst of losing their patience are certainly experiencing as aspect of dukkha.

The Lord forbid that I should be out of debt, as if indeed I could not be trusted.

Translation is at best an echo.

I fully endorse the millennial goals to make (hunger) history, ... Those are big goals, but it's do-able.

A lot of people have said that I've got a voice that speaks to children. I think I've got a natural naivety to me. I'm childish.

I was 12 when my parents told me we were moving to Lebanon. I remember thinking, 'Leba-who?' I had absolutely no concept of the place.

Academics were not a challenge when I was fifteen in college. The challenge was figuring out how to fit in socially.

Knowing and understanding the people we love most is a process that continues well beyond their deaths... and is never complete.

Cardinal arithmetic will be quite important for us, so we spend some time on it. Since, however, it tends to be trivial, we shall not need to spend much of this time on proofs.

I practice staying calm all the time, beginning with situations that aren't tense.