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I am very happy to be signing for the best team in the world and especially proud to be the first Portuguese player to join United.
I have got this obsessive compulsive disorder where I have to have everything in a straight line, or everything has to be in pairs.
I know that I will always regret it later in life if I had turned down the chance to play at another great club like Real Madrid...
I am feeling razor-sharp. Training sessions are really good. I feel that I am in peak condition. I know that I am ready for action.
Nature is good for all of us. When we're exposed to trees and other natural settings - even within the city, it fosters creativity.
Teachers and administrators sleepwalk through their responsibilities, dulled and discouraged by the endless pressures and problems.
You are not going to see me puffing around the pitch. There is a saying in Bulgaria that great quality doesn’t require much effort.
I always tend to think my goals are beautiful goals. That is what I want to score - beautiful goals - and create beautiful chances.
My son is a Liverpool fan, and he was already kicking a ball before he was one. He was born in the football city, he had no choice.
My son is a Liverpool fan, and he was already kicking a ball before he was one. He was born in the football city; he had no choice.
I think about all my successes and failures, and sometimes the failures stick in your head as much as the wins. But you do move on.
I lived and breathed football. Now I have difficulty walking because of that: because I gave much more than I actually had to give.
From the FA to UEFA and FIFA, there's a naivety, a lack of knowledge and understanding and packed with people who are out of touch.
When you're playing for a great team like Madrid, with a lot of pressure because you have to win every game, it's a difficult life.
I don't know about anyone else, but if I had problems or issues maybe I wouldn't feel as comfortable talking about them in a group.
You want to play in the best stadiums against the best players - your Real Madrid's and Barcelona's - you want to play those teams.
If there is one certainty in soccer, it is this: The quickest road to becoming a winning soccer team is to have a great goalkeeper.
I want to be a positive influence. I want to be someone who they want to call in and want here consistently, regardless of my role.
Sometimes, my kids say to me, 'Ah, you played with Maradona; you played with this, or you played with that.' And they are so proud.
As a manager, you always want as many players available as possible, but injuries are a part of football, as it is a contact sport.
A Germany team should not be afraid going into a tournament. History shows that we can raise the level of our game when it matters.
Brazil's always had great players, both at home and abroad, but we need to put all that talent together and mould a team out of it.
I try and play as clean as possible and not commit fouls. But in my position it is not easy to play without giving away free kicks.
I am very proud of my years spent at this club, giving it my heart and soul. I finished my time at Real Madrid giving it all I had.
Those who have achieved success in football have a degree of responsibility to be open and honest about our 'calling,' our passion.
Everyone is free to express their opinions, but I think that journalists should do it with more responsibility. They lack accuracy.
If you ask my one regret, it is that I could not bring those City fans a trophy. That's the only thing that leaves me a little sad.
I am passionate about music - and people think because I go to places where I can enjoy music I have to be partying. It isn't true.
I don't want my fans to have the same disappointment as me when I was refused by some players to sign my notebook when I was young.
If you win the Carling Cup, it can give you confidence, and sometimes, when you haven't won a trophy, you become scared of winning.
There is only one Jose Mourinho. I have played under a lot of great coaches, but there is no other character in the game like Jose.
I first came up under Joe Royle and when Keegan took over it was even better for me because I felt his style added more to my game.
If you come away with a 1-1 result, that's obviously a disappointing feeling. You start to look at what you could have done better.
Being seen as the best striker in Europe doesn't spur me on-it's helping my team to success. That's my only aim. I'm not a machine.
For me it was massive there was interest from Manchester United. To sign for such a club was important to me in my football career.
It's important to get a good start at a top club like Real. When things are going badly, you can overcome it quickly at a top club.
Our daily work ethic - that need to always do better and top our last performance - is what makes USWNT football players who we are.
It was the proudest moment of my career to lead my team out at the home of English football. I never, ever dreamt that would happen!
Paul Jewell's sides are always hard to break down, although Manchester United have a habit of breaking his sides down pretty easily.
Looking back now at my first World Cup experience, I didn't know what was going on. I was a newbie and I had no idea what to expect.
I've got friends in the different teams I've played for, but family is the most important thing to me. That will always be the case.
I love scoring goals for England and playing for England. That's one of the reasons I didn't retire - I love playing for my country.
Painting is a means of saying something about one's self in a beautiful or powerful way that people would like to see, but not hear.
I don't like to criticise referees because I believe it is a very complicated job, and what they do is very beneficial for football.
I was waiting for my teammates to embrace me and no one came, ... I told them, 'Come hug me or the referee isn't going to allow it.'
I like English football, always have. It's just that people go on about the World Cup in 1986 and then I'm seen as the real bad boy.
When I retire, the only thing that concerns me is that no one can say that I was a bad team-mate or disrespectful or self-important.
I'm not the kind of player to see out my time and sit with my bum on the bench too much. I want to be involved. That's my character.
When you look at the caliber of players in the England squad and their ability, why should we go into the tournament fearing anyone?
Wouldn't it be lovely if death gave us a day's notice so giants like George Michael could see how much they were revered and adored.