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For sportsmen or women who want to be champions, the mind can be as important, if not more important, than any other part of the body.
I'll retire at Barca. I don't know when - the older I am, the better. I'm sure about that; I can't see myself wearing any other shirt.
Growing up, I felt insecure about my build. I didn't feel very feminine. But as time went on, I learned to completely embrace my body.
All of a sudden, when you're injured, you realise everything revolves around your core. It's crucial for balance and absorbing impact.
It doesn't matter who you are, football's a business. At some stage you're going to have to leave a football club, that's just normal.
I have just been a bit inconsistent when I have played. That happens in football, especially when you have been out for a long period.
I like the Common Goal initiative, the vision of football as a tool for social change and the power football has to improve the world.
It is a bit surreal for me because I have been a lifelong Birmingham fan, so to be inducted into the Hall of Fame is a massive honour.
As a spectator, you get to watch everything, but I'd much rather be playing than watching. I'll have time to watch later in my career.
For my part, I try to do my bit to make people's lives more bearable, in particular children across the globe who are having problems.
People ask, 'How can you let a defeat hurt you so much?' But it comes back to the effort you have put into your career as a youngster.
Food is a passion for me, especially Italian cuisine. I prefer to have somebody cook for me, but I can do some very nice pasta dishes.
Schalke are my club. I used to stand on the terraces as a fan, and I've realised my dream of making it as a pro right here at my club.
When I lived in rural Oxfordshire, I was walking home across a field when I stroked a cow. The damn thing butted me in the orchestras.
At 36 years old I can look back on a long and wonderful time in professional football, which I could never have dreamed of as a child.
I don't want to pack everything into one year and then do nothing the rest of my life. I think it's important to do things bit by bit.
I vote for who I think it deserves it. I already voted for Cristiano Ronaldo in 2014 [when he won his 3rd bdo]. I don't see a problem.
Everywhere I looked life seemed to be full of problems and they were just going to go on and on. It was never going to get any better.
I represent Brazil all over the world. Wherever I go I have to do my best, to not disappoint the Brazilian people. And that I've done.
He is the greatest player in the world right now, without a doubt, he is the player who gives Brazilians the most joy. (on Ronaldinho)
When you build a house, you have to start from the floor. You have to start from the bottom, the defence, and then you fix the attack.
A final is a final, a trophy is a trophy, a cup is a cup. Whatever cup you play, you want to win it, especially when you are a player.
My parents would make the journey across the border to Norway to buy butter and flour, staples that were cheaper there than in Sweden.
I have the possibility to watch Messi in training each morning, and because of what he demonstrates he is the best player in the world
That's the easy part, to continue to do what you love, to focus, to train, there's no extra motivation that needs to be added to that.
My mum was always more pushing me towards the academic side; she wasn't really interested in me having a professional football career.
True strategy is about placing bets and making hard choices under conditions of uncertainty, not about assuming plans can remove risk.
I always practise penalties, but what people don't understand is that you can never recreate that pressure situation that you're under.
I'm not Zidane and not Rui Costa, but I have qualities - I can create assists - but I have to step up a level to become like those two.
Sleep doesn't come easy when a broken twig conjures images of a hulking mental patient snapping the arms off children, over by the bin.
A national team is a reflection of its country's football, and both Brazil and Argentina have earned respect for what they've achieved.
I'm not silly enough to think I'm going to change the whole culture ... but I do have a belief that soccer can go to a different level.
I never do anything half-heartedly. I will continue to work hard and play hard and do everything I can to be successful, whatever I do.
To spread a nice and good message to restore confidence among the fans around the world, because the fans are the most important thing.
A World Cup would only be a true experience if I were wearing the Brazilian shirt. Otherwise, it would just be like playing for a club.
While the coach is entitled to celebrate the team's victories, there is a manner and a way of doing so without aggravating the opponent
If every player is on the left, and I am on the right, you need to trust me that I have seen something the other players have not seen.
If I ever leave, it'll be after winning a championship. You need to go out on a high so that people remember you for the right reasons.
Individually, I am very happy because I can play in every game. I can be on the pitch and do what I like to do, which is play football.
I can imagine staying in Munich after the end of my career. I have bought a very nice house, I feel good here and I like the mentality.
My managerial ambitions were the same as I had as a player: to become as good as possible and to join the big teams in the big leagues.
If I leave Chelsea, I would be unprofessional ,just because I am not playing does not mean that I don't love Chelsea. I am not leaving.
We just want the sport to be taken seriously and given the best possible chance for current and future players to be the best they can.
A woman in my local area decided to put on an opportunity for girls to come and play football for £2 each Sunday. That's how I started.
I played on the boy's teams until I was 12. I just loved it and had a passion for it. You couldn't get a soccer ball away from my foot.
Bayern are a club where success is demanded, and second place isn't particularly appreciated. We have a history and culture to respect.
The calmness and confidence I take into matches has an effect not only on our rivals but also on my team-mates, who are counting on me.
I have always been interested in finding new ways to play and have looked at handball keepers and ice hockey goal-minders. It helps me.
I'm someone who likes new things, likes change. But I also like challenges. I was a little bit of a prisoner to my challenge each time.
You have to realise that players change every year, just like we change because every year is different, as things happen in our lives.