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There is something about a cup final that brings out a different quality in a footballer. Do they have the courage to win a one-off match?
It's not just the manager who makes the decision, it's the player who makes the decision. They both decide fifty-fifty to make a decision.
Arsenal could have happened, as everybody knows, but I would not do a trial. Who do you think regrets that more - Arsene Wenger or Zlatan?
I think I have a bright future. I know I have a problem which is going to be with me for the rest of my life, but it's for me to manage it.
One of the best years of my life was the very last one of my career. Playing for Rangers was my dream and it meant everything to my family.
I let football drive me crazy. If we lost, I would shut myself away for two or three days, not sleeping, torturing myself about what I did.
Seedorf is doing well, and I am happy for him. I hope he stays at Milan so that he can prove how much he really understands about football.
There are people who enjoy the life in England but don't pay a penny in tax, whereas my footballers pay more than half their income in tax.
In some ways, trying to win cups is more fraught than trying to win the league, as one really bad night and everything comes crashing down.
For me, the goals were not important, but instead to lift some silverware at the end of the season. That is the objective for a footballer.
The good thing about playing at home is that the crowd makes you feel that, sooner or later, you can win the game. We feel it on the pitch.
I've still got Paul Scholes' shirt at home, which I swapped with him once. When I was at Liverpool, he was one of the players I liked most.
Guardiola has a lot of knowledge about the game and understands the psychology of the players. You can see all the things he is doing well.
Transplant is a life-changing 'experience. Organ donation transforms lives. It is torture for you, torment for you as an individual in need.
I think in China, they know you have to have a solid nationwide plan. It does not help to have a football hotspot in the north or the south.
I just grew up in Ajax with all the players from Ajax. We only had two or three foreigners, so everyone knew each other and knew the system.
For a 20-year-old kid to be taking on Liverpool Football Club over a contract. To the pit of my stomach that just winds me up, it angers me.
The only way the confidence comes back is by winning games. You grind out a few results and hopefully with each game you get more confident.
If I return to Spain someday, Atletico Madrid would be one of my top choices without doubt. It is a club that I have a lot of affection for.
The Carling Cup may not be quite the same level as the FA Cup, but it is the first trophy of the season, so you definitely want to be in it.
My mates will tell me they saw me in the newspaper linked to this club and that club, but to be honest it goes in one ear and out the other.
Whenever Germany lose or play badly, there are 1,000 reasons. And no matter how many questions there are, we will never make everyone happy.
No matter how strong the storm, how hard the rain and how vicious the wind there is always a gap in the clouds for the light to shine through
The past can influence the future. When you finish one chapter, you open another, which will be influenced by what you've just lived through.
I think it's always unfair, but, if you are Neymar or Messi or Suarez, people expect every week back-to-back goals or brilliant performances.
I like going down to London for a couple of days, but it's a place where I'd never fancy living - too busy, too lively, people on top of you.
Criticism certainly doesn't affect my life, and whatever the pundits have called me, I'm sure they have been called a lot worse in their day.
I was born in Poland, and then I was six years in France. I returned to Poland, and then, at the age of eight and a half, we came to Germany.
I am always flattered to hear my name linked with different football clubs. That is good for your ego, but at the same time, I am happy here.
We try to play football; don't forget it, right. My teams always in my career try to play football. I cannot control the other circumstances.
When you train a massive club or little third division outfit, when you go out to play football in any situation, it is always about winning.
I have had a fantastic career with United, and I owe it to the club, players, and fans to do everything I can to finish on a successful note.
I work on crossing the ball at pace. That's something that is not easy. And my first touch has improved, as has my understanding of the game.
There's no club out there that is really a step up when you play for Bayern Munich. At most, you can join a club that acts at the same level.
When the results are good, everything seems prettier; when things go bad, it seems like all conflicts, personal disputes, and problems arise.
Sometimes I played as a goalkeeper with my brother and his friends - they were all older, and nobody wanted to go in goal, so it had to be me!
That's what makes the Premier League the best in the world: the competitiveness and the ability each team possesses can hurt you on their day.
I've been in the Premier League for 10 years, more, and the money I've been paid is phenomenal compared to your average, everyday working man.
If I look back, I can feel proud of the things I've won in the game, of everything I have achieved. I would like to say thank you to the fans.
When the Champions League is at stake, ... you do everything you can, whether it's called gamesmanship or cheating, to put the opposition off.
People go on about how much players earn in the Premier League but once you've bought a nice house and car, what else is there to spend it on?
Why did I choose to be a goalkeeper? I don't know - it is good question. I have asked myself many times when things have not being going well.
There are millions of Manchester United fans everywhere in the world. A lot of them live by the club. They need to be inspired by the manager.
I think Totti would've had no problem playing in another big club. He's a born hitman, and great players always find a way to fit into a team.
I accept I am going to miss playing because it's such an important part in my life. It's going to be difficult to fill that gap. Life goes on.
The grass, the sound of the ball, the jokes with my teammates - that's what I will miss most. That is what fulfills you most on a daily basis.
Mesut is one of those unique players you see every once in a while. He has the gift of a perfect touch in tight spaces that makes him special.
It was the fault of David Trezeguet, who made me do one drink of vodka after another. I slept in the bathtub. Now I hold my vodka much better.
In my head, I felt if I'd stayed at City and got a chance, I could have done a good job. It was made clear that wasn't going to happen, though.
He [Stanley Matthews] told me that he used to play for just twenty pounds a week. Today he would be worth all the money in the Bank of England.