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One thing is for sure, a World Cup without me is nothing to watch so it is not worthwhile to wait for the World Cup.
I always want to become better. If never being satisfied is a problem, then I have it. At least it's a good problem.
If you play for Barcelona or Ajax or for any top team or top side, they want to see the top players excel every week.
You don't want to play one year in the Champions' League and go out. You don't then establish yourself as a big club.
I played street soccer; that's where I started. If you look at South America, that's why they have technical players.
I have always said that management is not something I fancied, but it's suddenly, naturally started to enter my head.
Removing myself as a footballer, I watch the Premier League. It's a great league. Fantastic football is played in it.
In my opinion, I think loans are for younger players trying to improve who have got the whole world in front of them.
Any manager will tell you that they would rather win one and lose two than to draw three, because you get more points
You hear all these people saying, 'Oh, Pep, what a good manager he is.' Forget about it. Cruyff was the best, by far.
Kenny Dalglish was absolutely right: anyone that doesn't want to be at Liverpool can leave. Players will come and go.
Fans should remember Thierry Henry when he joined Arsenal. He didn't score much before becoming an icon of this club.
Team spirit is paramount - each of our own egos has to take a back seat. That applies to me as well as everyone else.
When the team's not playing well offensively, it's always a problem for me because I'm not an individualistic player.
I have different qualities and no problem with that. Of course, my style of football is not like Messi's or Neymar's.
I stay in contact with friends I have in Liverpool. It's not a normal club; it's so special and very important to me.
One time I got dressed in all black, Rambo-style, and took a massive pair of bolt-cutters and nicked a military bike.
Being a goalkeeper is like being the guy in the military who makes the bombs - one mistake and everyone gets blown up.
If you can't find it in your own heart to be compassionate look in someone else's before giving up on love altogether.
It's just determination, working hard, and keeping my feet on the ground in training and keep on proving people wrong.
I'm a versatile player, can play in numerous positions, and I have a good football brain, even if it is getting older.
You can't help but be creative, we all are unique beings and have a unique story to tell from different walks of life.
I could never have dreamt of the kind of career I had, but I was always happy with the ball in my hands or at my feet.
First and foremost, I am concentrating on staying fit. If I'm fit, I can challenge. If I ain't fit, I can't challenge.
It hurts me that Puyol is leaving Barcelona, and I wish him well. For me, he was always the fire that the team needed.
Everyone's expecting you to be playing fantastic football, winning every game, and course it doesn't happen like that.
To captain Liverpool in any game is special, but to do it in a final, would be one of the proudest moments of my life.
Normally in the past whenever Everton have beaten Liverpool, the accusation was that they wanted it a little bit more.
We were in an awkward position against Yugoslavia in that in order to win we needed to score more goals than they did.
For my whole career, I concentrated on that cycle of games from August to May and being mentally and physically ready.
It's natural for players to be relaxed, so you have to be there to say, 'You have to do it again and again and again.'
My mother really wanted me to go to school and to university, but I was adamant that I wanted to be a football player.
I lost a lot of finals, so it was difficult. It's sad, and that sadness stays with you, but I always enjoyed the game.
The best thing to do is to find the type of play to make Italy win the World Cup, and maybe Baggio be the best player.
I grew up a lot as a professional and as a person in Liverpool, and I have very strong links to the club and the city.
I was 11 years old and was racially abused on the pitch. It was obviously disappointing to hear it at such a young age.
Things happen on football pitches. Once the game is finished, you don't need to talk afterwards. That's just how it is.
I said to the players before the start, 'Just go out and give it 100 per cent. I am not asking for any more than that'.
I accept that I didn't play very well in Italy for the two years. It was lower than my Ajax standard. I don't know why.
I think playing international football burns players out, but I was in and out of the England squad so never felt that.
As a Chelsea fan I always want the team to be in the best possible hands, as they are right now with Roberto Di Matteo.
I never blame the refs as I know how tough it is, how fast the play goes, how difficult it is to keep up with the play.
Every professional footballer should seek to play at least one game at Celtic Park. I have never felt anything like it.
To compete with the great teams in Europe, you have to invest money. There is no other way to reach that kind of level.
A cup final is all about seizing the moment. You cannot put right a mistake or a missed opportunity the following week.
There are hundreds of players who are trying to be a Beckham or Cantona but do not have the personality, and they fail.
We are trusted, loved and wanted in direct proportion to how we trust, love and want those with whom we come in contact
Everyone benefits from a strong Paris Saint-Germain - the club itself, the French league and also the Champions League.
When you want to be a good player in next years worldcup you wanna be in good shape to appear strong at the tournament.
It is difficult to copy Real Madrid, as not every team has those players who can run with such explosion, like Ronaldo.