There are no words to describe the Clasico. It is totally different and the most important game in the world.

You want to look back on your career and see what you've achieved, not just have a fancy car and a big house.

Argentina and Brasil are both extremely good south american teams who'll play a central role at the worldcup.

I have won many trophies in my time, but nothing will ever top helping win the battle for peace in my country.

I never wanted anybody to think that I deliberately hurt opponents. The vast majority of players are the same.

As far as I'm concerned, it's just my mum getting it out there saying she wants her son to be England captain.

My reputation will always precede me to the day I die. For some people, that probably can't be quickly enough.

Everyone thinks if they have a problem, the first thing they want to do is play football and enjoy themselves.

Football is like a pyramid. It is easy to reach the top of the pyramid, but to stay there is the hardest part.

I am always loath to assign goalkeepers too much importance, but you have to make an exception for the greats.

In France, it is important to work every morning on the tactical. Wenger worked every morning on the tactical.

To play and to win against England is big news around the world, and footballers are always grateful for that.

The titles that I have won at a young age are a further inspiration to work hard to continue to be successful.

I've had the same hunger, the same desire to win, since I started kicking a football when I was five years old.

Sometimes you want to experience life, but ultimately, you've got to make sacrifices and choose the right road.

It's difficult when you're on loan, especially when you're not a young player who people may have sympathy for.

Some people you struggle to argue with - they've got a lot of strong backing to what they say and what they do.

People say the English players don't come to Italy because they look down on Serie A, but that's just not true.

I do what the manager asks of me to the best of my ability. I'm not saying I'm brilliant or saying I'm perfect.

It has been an honor and a privilege to have had the chance to come back to Liverpool Football Club as manager.

When you play for Manchester United, any year you don't win the title, you feel like you haven't done your job.

Training with world-class players week in, week out has only made me a better player and I'm thankful for that.

We will always have our critics because we are Manchester United. It has been like that since I have been here.

I never watched British television. I bought myself a satellite for French, Spanish and Portuguese TV, instead.

Real Madrid go for everything right from the start of the season. They always fight for the three competitions.

T was a brilliant feeling to make my debut and to hear the crowd chanting my name. It made me play much better.

I still feel I need to do things 10 times better than other players. Just to be accepted and to improve myself.

If UEFA will not embrace video technology, then we need two more officials behind the goals to help the referee.

We had already beaten them 4-0 and 7-0 earlier this season, so we knew we were in for a really tough game today.

Every player dreams of winning the World Cup, and there are very few who are fortunate enough to actually do it.

Messi is just an anomaly: he can dribble, he can score, he can pass, he has the vision, he understands the game.

If you are hoping for a Champions' League final or winning a title, it's the same. You are working for a result.

When I see the kind of passion Sir Alex shows, it is hard to believe he is about to celebrate his 71st birthday.

Everybody makes mistakes, but when goalkeepers make them, it is costly. That's the nature of being a goalkeeper.

The crowd, especially at Anfield, want us to win so much that it transmits itself down on to the pitch at times.

Growing up, David Seaman was a massive role model for me. Peter Schmeichel and him were the ones I looked up to.

If the most important thing for your project is to put on a circus, then you have less chance of winning things.

After the Champions League final in 2007... I would never have thought I would have finished my career in Milan!

You have to bear in mind where Louis van Gaal has worked before. His self-belief is bigger than Jose Mourinho's.

The beach is in our blood. Everyone in our family returns to the beach instinctively, just like the sea turtles.

It doesn't matter if you start the game: as long as you finish it well and the team wins, that's the main thing.

Arsene Wenger asked me to have a trial with Arsenal when I was 17. I turned it down. Zlatan doesn't do auditions

In both games, you have to think fast. In chess you tend to know all the patterns already, just like in football.

It is almost impossible to orchestrate the farewell you desire. That is something only a few people manage to do.

You can be the best left back in the world, but if you play badly in the final, people will say you're the worst.

As a club, there was never any middle ground with Newcastle. They were as high as the sky or in a pit of despair.

To continue playing late into your twenties in the same style that you once played as a teenager is not possible.

I have always said that I do not pay much attention to what is said. Not to the positive and not to the negative.

It is nice when people recognize me and approach me in the street. Anyone who says they don't like that is lying.

Every player needs a little time to adjust to new teammates and the mentality of the coach when you change clubs.

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