When you are 14, 15, 16, you can train every day in France, and sometimes you can train twice a day.

I am grateful to be here, and I will always be grateful for the opportunity Manchester City gave me.

You can never turn the clock back and, since we're talking about mental health, I would stress that.

When the chips are down, you see who the real fighters are. That is the beauty of Manchester United.

You know when you play for Arsenal, if you want to play for Arsenal, you need to be very, very good.

Mbappe always performs whether that's in Ligue 1, Champions League or with the France national team.

CR7 is the best player in the world, we’re lucky to train with him every day and to have him with us

Glen Johnson is an England international in the making. Although he has already played for England .

If you have control of the midfield, you have control of the game, and you have more chances to win.

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

It is important to have tough and strong players to win back the ball and give consistency to a team.

The first half was end-to-end stuff. In contrast, in this second half it's been one end to the other.

Paul Scholes is just fantastic. When you play alongside him, you realise what a special talent he is.

If you only sign the players of one FIFA agent, sometimes you can make the deal, sometimes you can't.

As a footballer, you have to be confident you can win all the time so it does not come as a surprise.

I think I'm more than capable of playing in positions such as right-back, centre-back and centre-mid.

All the top clubs want to sign great players, but if you want a great player it costs a lot of money.

Liverpool is a great club and I always enjoyed playing at Anfield because the fans are so passionate.

If you want to build a good team, you need to spend a lot of money, especially in the Premier League.

I was one of those players who loved to train and tried to enjoy every day, every session, every game.

It's a privilege to be a football manager, even when you've been beaten or you're bottom of the table.

Life isn't just about football. The adventure starts when you finish, and I'm looking forward to that.

I surround myself with family. I have got the most incredible wife in the world and unbelievable kids.

No matter what techniques I use, I still want to go after the eternal, meaningful aspects of painting.

I have been racially abused by fans and players, but sometimes it's just a way to get under your skin.

One of my strengths is focusing on football, and even in the summer, I try not to switch off too much.

If I'm on my way to play a round of golf there is an anxiety in me, a feeling of 'I can't lose today.'

If you like being patted on the back for the good times you have to be prepared to take the bad times.

It's normal to win the championship. It's Manchester United. We don't have the right to make mistakes.

If you’re chopping and changing the team you don’t get that word I can’t pronounce beginning with ‘C’.

I am not a man of many words, but I can honestly say playing football is all I have ever wanted to do.

For the last decade, the last 50 years, Barcelona dominate football matches. I love the way they play.

I enjoy every day in Manchester. I am confident we can make a step forward to make people proud of us.

There's no doubt: nobody can argue that Manchester United is not the biggest club in the world. It is.

Revie said there was nothing between me and Ray yet he never gave me a chance to show what I could do.

When you are an ex-footballer you want to stay with the one team and one club, and Arsenal is my club.

We need the right attitude and the right motivation - that can decide the match above everything else.

When we don't win, we have to draw conclusions and assess our mistakes. Things can always be improved.

I blew the lot on vodka and tonic, gambling and fags. Looking back, I think I overdid it on the tonic.

I like being the one who makes a difference. On the pitch, I always try to create a special situation.

I like fireworks too, but I set them off in gardens or kebab stands. I never set fire to my own house.

Every player wants to be as complete as possible and goals for a central midfielder are very important.

When I admitted to myself I was ill, it was tough to accept. I didn't want my family to worry about me.

If you are in the team, there is always going to be someone biting away at your heels trying to get in.

You can only beat the opposition that's in front of you, you can only win the trophies that you go for.

I do have to pinch myself at times when I look back at some of the things I have achieved. I really do.

David Silva at Man City was my favourite player to play with; we had a good understanding on the pitch.

I'm experienced. I've played at the highest level for a long time and done a lot of things in the game.

We don't man-mark anybody. I have never, ever done it in 27 years as a manager and I would never do it.

The way the Premier League is now we have a lot of foreign players. A lot of very good foreign players.

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