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I was asked a question: 'Would I want to play for Madrid?' It's like anyone asked if they want to change jobs and move to a bigger company.
As a young player, I played up front, on the wing, in midfield, and when I started in the reserves at Standard Liege, I played centre back.
When I am out in Liverpool, the fans come up and talk to me. But I cannot take in everything they say because I don't understand all of it.
Basically... I think moving abroad would be good for my professional and personal well-being. Eventually, I'd like to leave the Bundesliga.
As a striker, what you got used to on a daily basis, it is to be applauded when you score goals. When the opposite happens, it's difficult.
I've always been lucky enough to have made the right decisions, if I can say that. I've always felt that I've had good fortune in that way.
Great teams are not made up of many well-rounded players. Great teams are made up of a variety of players, each having their own strengths.
I love people. I wanted to be with the people. I wanted to give something back what I get from football, because God gave everything to me.
The biggest family in the world is football, because football has more associate - and FIFA, for example - has more associates than UNESCO.
I'm sure sex wouldn't be so rewarding as this World Cup. It's not that sex isn't good but the World Cup is every four years and sex is not.
A smile can express more than a thousand feelings, but to me The Unknown, its the deadliest weapon i was created with and have control over
In all things, you need a good organization. You can have the best player in the world; if you do not have the best team, you will not win.
A lot of people criticised me when I opted to leave Italy for Russia. However, I'm convinced that I made the right decision to leave Inter.
I have always said there are just two people who could make me change my decision to stay at Barcelona. One of those two people is my wife.
Ancelotti speaks a lot with his players, creates a very close-knit atmosphere, and the Real Madrid dressing room was very sad when he left.
When you have lived through something as magical as the 2014 World Cup final, you want to relive that experience as many times as possible.
Having different people come together and be on a team and win a world championship is literally, I think, the definition of being American.
When you can score three goals without the most prolific scorer in the world, you know you have a lot of depth, and it gives you confidence.
It's an obstacle being a girl when you move all over and don't have half the things you need. It's like everything is wrinkled in your life.
I know the trend I would love to bring back is floral. I think that it's just so much fun, whether it's with shoes or outfits or even pants.
Everyone is an athlete. You want to go hiking, you want to go biking, you want to go jogging or for a walk? You're automatically an athlete.
I think my confidence came when I turned 30. I don't know, something about turning 30 has been unbelievable. I just feel a sense of freedom.
When I was in Spain, I always thought about the best teams in the world, and maybe the biggest and most-supported club is Manchester United.
Even during a sprint, I can occasionally still accelerate. I am so fit that I can accelerate during a acceleration, like making a new start.
I need everyone else around me to be impactful in my life in some way, and I think my fans need that, too. And I choose to accept that role.
American leagues - baseball, ice hockey, American football and basketball - you are the best. But in a global sport like soccer, you're not.
I don't want to be known for someone that's good-looking. I want to be known as someone who is one of the best midfielders. That's my thing.
There are three sportsmen: Tiger Woods, Roger Federer, and Lionel Messi. They perform with excellence, like most of us could never dream of.
I'm at peace with what I've been able to accomplish, not only domestically but abroad, and what I was able to do on the international level.
If the US is the country that most contributes with greenhouse gases, in the world, it should assume more responsibility to reduce emissions
When a club legend becomes your manager, he automatically gets the attention of the players, purely because he had been there and done that.
Kante is a good player. For me, it is good because he speaks French. We know he is a fantastic player; he runs a lot and works for the team.
People are so quick to say someone is a fantastic player and deserves to win the Ballon d'Or after just one good year. I disagree with that.
I'll always have a winning mentality in me, and I want to transmit that. I equally feel what the players are feeling and I know them as men.
Obviously, everybody has their own expectations of you, but you have to have your own expectations for yourself. For me, I'm right on track.
I received many offers - namely from Real Madrid, Manchester United, and Milan - but I preferred the tranquillity of playing for Fiorentina.
Liverpool is a club where you need to be there to enjoy it. It's not worth owning Liverpool if you are going to always be 20,000 miles away.
Football generates a lot of money, but there has to be a social responsibility that goes with that. It can positively affect people's lives.
There's always pressure. People's happiness depends on you; they suffer with you. You get used to it, but you have to know how to handle it.
I'm from Georgia and grew up eating Chick-fil-A. I'm obsessed with all forms of fried chicken, like chicken briskets and chicken sandwiches.
I am proud to be Italian because I was born in Italy, I grew up in Italy, I went to school in Italy and I have worked in Italy. I'm Italian.
If you win, of course celebrate and show the fans you're happy - it's fantastic - but when you win a trophy, when you win something special.
If you are a manager at the top level, there is pressure, but you have it because you want to be there. If not, you would do something else.
I have both Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as my idols. If I can take a little of each player's game and make it my own, I would be very happy.
I believe that when Fifa hands out an award, it should not be a marketing prize that solely honours the protagonists of a media-crazy sport.
I have said in the past that I dream of playing in Spain, but Dortmund has become my second home. I love this club, its fans, and this city.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and I know that my career is up for public judgment, but I also know that in football, things change.
Within 24 hours of my departure from Everton, I had already received the first offer. Then they kept coming, but I keep it all away from me.
When you have been lucky enough to move up the ladder, all you see, really, is the slide back down. You don't see the further steps upwards.
I experienced great sadness with our elimination from the 1990 World Cup, with many penalties. I still have that feeling of injustice in me.