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I've been the captain at Ajax and once for the national team - it's nice and makes you an important player.
The FA Cup is the oldest cup competition in the world. Players are keen and willing to play in these games.
You want to build your own team for the highest level, and that happens more with teams that stay together.
I obviously think I should always be picked. Every player thinks he's good enough to be playing every week.
We take the plaudits when things are going well so you have to take the criticism when it's not going well.
In the past, you would have been classed as a sweeper if you were put in the middle of a three-man defence.
When it's over I just want to be able to look in the mirror and say, 'Well, you were a half-decent player.'
In some ways, I admire the principle of a manager who is determined that his team must play their own game.
I don't understand the lack of respect for amazing players when people say they are not good enough for me.
There are similarities between business and sport, in the pressures involved and in the fitness aspect too.
I'm going to get criticism in the future, I've had criticism in the past. Honestly, I genuinely don't care.
If you were in the Brondby dressing room right now, which of the Liverpool players would you be looking at?
Van Basten went directly to the national team without coaching any other clubs. It's not the norm in Italy.
Too often in life we pass by important things. Let's pause, change perspective and see things more clearly.
I don't care whether I play on the right or in the centre. All I want is for the coach to have faith in me.
I tend to wear the moulds in training, but I'll always wear studs in games, as I feel like I get more grip.
Darren Fletcher is the type of player who would walk over hot coals to play for his country, and he has done
Role models are fine. Roll models are better. Anyone who can do a forward roll is pretty awesome in my book.
I want people to take me seriously as an artist and to hear that I have something to truly say and to offer.
If you've got aspirations to be a manager or coach, obviously coaching your country would be a great honour.
Goal scoring is a recurring theme. If you aren't scoring then you aren't going to win games. That's obvious.
Nobody could say it is not gross misconduct to fight on the pitch with team-mates and get yourself sent off.
I think I'm very calm in adversity, always remaining calm, and I don't panic. I think that's the main thing.
When managers have got decisions to make, whether it benefits me or not, I have to be man enough to take it.
I think he [Sir Alex Ferguson] may have even surpassed the achievements of Matt Busby for Manchester United.
In Louisiana, we don't bet on football games, we bet on whether a politician is going to be indicted or not.
Messi is unbelievable, but Ronaldo does it on his own. In Madrid, he has to score the goals and create them.
Rafael Benitez is the best coach I have had. I don't know if I'd have joined Napoli without him being there.
I consider Liverpool my home, and it will always be like that. It's what they say: once a Red, always a Red.
Even when I went to Aston Villa, it was very important that I was not in competition with Manchester United.
I know the English fans will treat players as they deserve, and I'm not worried about that in the slightest.
Louis van Gaal and I have a relationship that goes beyond that which is normal between a player and a coach.
Every good, successful player, especially an attacking player, has a well-developed sense of space and time.
That's how it is with the English: if you score against them you're a good player; if you don't, you're not.
All I want to do now is prove my temperament is not a problem and get people talking about my football again.
Everyone knows Cristiano Ronaldo is better than Messi, not only me, but for some it's hard to recognize that.
When you change team, and you have the right mindset and a coach who respects you, everything becomes easier.
It's best that I hide my real personality. I cannot tell you what it is because I don't want to go to prison.
My ambition is to go back to Spurs and Rangers in some capacity and give something back that they gave to me.
I think a big part of success in football is mental, not physical. How you are inside your head matters more.
It has been so long since Liverpool won the title, I was a 12-year-old Everton fan the last time it happened.
The buzz we had in 2000-01 was unique. We played 34 matches between January 1 and May 19, but lost only four.
If you want trophies, they don't get given to you, you have to earn them, you have to play well in big games.
You talk about results being more important than performances but, ideally, you want to put the two together.
I can now rejoice even in the falsification of a cherished theory, because even this is a scientific success.
Maybe in a few months I can start to daydream if we are still top of the league. That is the main one for us.
The national team was like a second family for me. I will always carry those 13 years of my life in my heart.
Inspirational leadership connects to a highly motivated workforce which, in turn, means inspirational results
When I see Messi play, in my opinion, he should win the Ballon d'Or every year. He is an unbelievable player.
People can call me arrogant, but why should I lie? Of course I feel strong, and of course I am proud as well.