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Everyone tells me to play as long as you can. Sometimes, it goes in one ear and out the other.
I don't want to be remembered as a good goalkeeper. I want to be remembered as a great person.
I don't care if what we do makes a profit; I care whether we get somebody out of a wheelchair.
I will play for my country until my legs won't allow it or the national coach doesn't call me.
When you are nervous, then you can rush things, and you don't do things as well as you'd like.
I'm very close to Sir Alex and have a lot of respect for him, and a lot of respect for myself.
Romance, eternal love, exists in very few cases. And that's a reality you just have to accept.
When you have a way of playing or a mentality of playing, it's difficult to do something else.
When you are young and you join Arsenal, the communication with the manager is very important.
In England, football is a religion. In France, football is not a religion. It's wine and food.
Will I become a coach in the future? No way. I'd never be able to put up with someone like me.
In my private life I do what I like. The night is my friend. If I don't go out, I don't score.
We must take on each match as best we can and try to recover from each as quickly as possible.
I like to read the papers. I make my living from football, and I like to know what's going on.
I'm like Muhammed Ali. When he said he would knock someone out in the fourth round, he did it.
When people criticize me, instead of putting my head down, it gives me energy to do even more.
I want to be remembered as the football player I was. The private person is nobody's business.
When they used to come to Tottenham we'd play Who's Gonna Drive You Home? Just to wind them up.
It's not nice going into the supermarket and the woman at the till is thinking: 'Dodgy keeper'.
All the fans know my love for Chelsea and I hope to be back here in the future in another role.
I am delighted to have signed for Manchester United, one of the most famous clubs in the world.
I am not worried about being a legend, like Solskjaer; you do your bit, and that's what counts.
It's great to have people talking about the club again, to reinvent and get to know Ajax again.
I used to say I preferred midfield because I enjoy trying to make goals, and scoring is a buzz.
It's a great honour that someone like Sir Alex Ferguson goes out of his way to mention my name.
I don't really know football from the Seventies and Eighties. It's all myths and legends to me.
We'd like to apologise to the fans, the chairman, the staff and everyone connected to Newcastle
At the end of the day, West Ham are a Premier League football club and that's all that matters.
People have to realise we are footballers, we are targets but we have got to protect ourselves.
There's no better way for me to end my time with the German team than by winning the World Cup.
Liverpool are a team that is essentially very defensive; caution is at the heart of their game.
In the Champions League, you can focus on a single game and play in exactly the style you need.
I do wonder whether the bigger the game is, the more the risks that David Luiz decides to take.
I don't think in the big clubs in Europe you can find three strikers with an average age of 20.
In three weeks, you can improve a lot. You can train a lot. You can come up with a proper plan.
If Sir Alex says, 'Listen, I want you to play for my team,' it's very difficult not to say yes.
Often, I allow teammates to take my penalties so they can have goals, but no one talks of that.
As a private person I think I am now totally different from Ruud van Nistelrooy the footballer.
If you start to find that kind of luxury as a normal thing, you don't belong in the real world.
Right-wing, pivot, centre-back, full-back, right, left. I've never felt uncomfortable anywhere.
You want to play in the massive games. We all want to be out there, doing well for the country.
I like Balotelli: he's even crazier than me. He can score a winner, then set fire to the hotel.
I know I'm good enough. I don't need to show it to you. Either you know who I am, or you don't.
I was in Moldova airport and I went into the duty-free shop - and there wasn't a duty-free shop.
I was born and bred in Coventry. I played for the club as well, so that's where my liaisons lie.
I've only myself to blame. It would be easy for me to blame others but I have to look at myself.
I would love to retire at Real Madrid, but I will not make problems if a coach does not have me.
I was an Evertonian as a kid, but I've never hated Man United. I've always had respect for them.
I like to win; I chose Juve to win. I will do my best for the fans, the club, and my team-mates.
A lot of people are jealous about Man United, so they just keep criticising, even when they win.