When you're walking onto a bus and trying to get there before the person in front of you, that's a different level of competition than playing in front of 80,000 people.

I'd very much like to create my own style as a photographer, even if it's just for myself.

We spent a lot of time on the beach when I was young so I'd also take pictures of seaweed and crabs.

Why go now? That is the question people asked when I announced I was retiring. A combination of things made me feel it was all drawing to a natural end.

The opening ceremony was good, although I missed it.

What it all boils down to for me is having the enthusiasm to do something for enjoyment and being stimulated by what's around you. That's what photography does for me.

In the last year my wife has noticed me struggling to get downstairs on a Sunday morning. I've two young children and football has been so good to me over the years I don't want to spoil it.

I've never put myself in the mindset that I'm actually any good at taking pictures, I just love to shoot things that catch my eye, whether it's landscapes or just my kids.

Ramires is involved in everything he does.

You need to be an adrenalin junkie when you travel with kids.

My wife Mariana is a good photographer too and, like me, she just picks up a camera and takes a picture when she sees something, rather than looking too deeply into it.

When, for instance, a highly esteemed professor in his seventies abandons his family and runs off with a young red-headed actress, we know that the gods have claimed another victim.

There's nobody getting rich writing software that I know of.

I have often heard it said that the United States is isolated and is not interested in European affairs. I assure you that this is not the case.

I'm really drawn to European films.

There is nothing new on earth / For a person who lives long and experiences much. / In my years of youthful wandering / I have seen crystallized people.

We take comfort, however, that mystery is not a synonym for contradiction.

Merriment is always the effect of a sudden impression. The jest which is expected is already destroyed.

Leadership is not about being a nice person or not a nice person.

Dear Marco, how do i unwrite the past, how do i undo the mistakes, how do i unlove you?

Innovation comes from people who take joy in their work.