Where I grew up, people obviously knew my dad because it's a small place and he was the top player for Swinton - they'd go and watch him play, see him in the papers, so they knew he was black.

I'm not comfortable being photographed, though I accept it is part of the job.

When Cristiano Ronaldo gets the ball, you can just leave him to it while he beats player after player.

Every footballer wants to play forever. And if you are going to keep on playing - to enjoy it to the full - you want to win games, and as a result, trophies.

I hope this match never ends. When the match ends, the memories begin.

As a footballer I can't imagine life without the use of one of my legs... Sadly this is exactly what happens to thousands of children every year when they accidentally step on a landmine.

I have played with some great players during my time at United but I would have to put Paul Scholes down as the best.

As players, you just play for the club. I love Man United, I'm going to play for Man United, and that's what my focus is on.

You get yourself prepared for a big game, you get yourself up for it. Then afterwards you don't sleep or eat properly.

There's never been completion in my football career because I've always been striving for that next thing.

If I feel I'm not influencing games, not scoring goals or making goals, then that's the time I'd pack it in.

Compromise, while at times morally necessary or at least justifiable, is more often only the first permission for a person (or society) to begin a long downhill descent.

Life is sometimes hard, and you have to laugh your way through it.

We have a history of gender and racial bias on our court that continues to undermine the system. Excluding individuals based on race is antagonistic to the pursuit of justice.

I detest war; it ruins conversation

Marriage is like a 5,000- piece jigsaw of the sky.

Once we have accepted the story we cannot escape the story's fate.

Fine dining is an occasional treat for most people.

Never lose perspective on where you are and what you've got. And how you got it.

To strive with an equal is dangerous; with a superior, mad; with an inferior, degrading.