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I question the premise that digital is necessarily the enemy of traditional media. In many ways, it presents us with enormous opportunities.
I would not swap the World Cup title for any accolade. But I could imagine that quite a few would swap every accolade for a World Cup title.
For those of us playing in a foreign league, it's always nice to spend a few days with family and friends who we don't get to see every day.
I was extremely competitive, so for me becoming a footballer was not necessarily because it was about being the best - it was about winning.
We don't know something called elections in Libya. We are a muslim country. We don't know something called colonialism and political parties.
Pregame, I eat pancakes for a meal. I always do mental visualization before the game to prepare myself. Postgame, I typically take ice baths.
Because I don't like to play on a full stomach, I try to eat a bigger meal in the morning and less throughout the day leading up to the game.
As players, whenever the manager gets the sack, you have to look in the mirror and say it's not always the manager. It's down to the players.
I do not speak very often to the press. I just have it in my head. I do my talking out there on the field, which is the most important thing.
I always kind of struggled a little bit with being captain sometimes, because sometimes you feel like you have to be someone that you're not.
Anything you want to do is possible; fear is not meant to prevent but to motivate your heart into the life you naturally think is improbable.
There are people out there who hate me and who say I'm arrogant, vain, and whatever. That's all part of my success. I am made to be the best.
If you lose a title, perhaps it's because your rivals are better than you are. But to be demoted from the top flight is really heartbreaking.
From my playing experience in Qatar, I know that it is a country and a region which will host a spectacular and passionate World Cup in 2022.
I wouldn't want to go out six nights a week and watch somebody's reserves playing to check out a footballer to see if we're going to buy him.
When you join this club as a young player you know you've got a mountain to climb to get yourself into the first team. (on Manchester United)
My long hair and the sideburns made me stand out, really, because my hairstyle was completely different to the other footballers of that era.
With Messi, we're talking about the best player in the world. It doesn't matter if he's a little bit injured: he can still change everything.
Cristiano is an unbalancing player. His confidence allows him to pull off the plays he does. He naturally always looks for the best solution.
If I went to Spain and lived there for five years, I'm not going to play for Spain. For me an English player should play for England, really.
There is always going to be competition. When you play for a top club, you're going to attract top players. It's part and parcel of football.
What is speed? The sports press often confuses speed with insight. See, if I start running slightly earlier than someone else, I seem faster.
Italians can never win from you, but you can lose to them. (when asked about Ajax's chances in the 1995 Champs League final against AC Milan)
Of course, people are going to criticise when things aren't going well. As players, we have to take on responsibility and prove people wrong.
Obviously, my daughter's my priority, so if you want to have plans with me and then my daughter calls, then I'm going to have to go with her.
The Barcelona youth program is one of the best in the world. As a kid, they teach you not to play to win, but to grow in ability as a player.
I sent my Christmas wishes to him, but he didn't answer. He's the world's best coach, but as a man he still has to learn manners and respect.
My iPod's unbelievable. Seriously. The kids have put most of the music on it but there's a complete mix of 80s rubbish and current day stuff.
If your own fans didn't want you, there is no point to carry on working because you are going to damage first of all your company, your club.
Some guy in Germany has my face tattooed on the back of his calf. That was wild. It was a decent tattoo job, but that's kind of weird for me.
Nowhere is the same as England and that's why so many players want to come over here. That is why I would like to finish my career over here.
I played futsal growing up in Baurd. In futsal you need to think quick and play quick so its easier for you when you move to normal football.
When I first started playing, the only time you knew you would get photographed was if the paparazzi were outside a smart restaurant in town.
It's obvious that I'd like to keep the captain's armband. The job gives me a great deal of enjoyment. Why should I then give it up by choice?
It's true I'm more widely recognised now and get invited to take part in all sorts of events and projects but as a person, I haven't changed.
Many players want to make as much money as they can and change teams for ten grand. How is that going to make much difference to their lives?
You know if you go far in the World Cup you are away for almost two months and I think it's against human nature, not to have families there.
Stanley Kubrick went with his gut feeling: he directed 'Dr. Strangelove' as a black comedy. The film is routinely described as a masterpiece.
My biggest concern and main engagement with UNEP is focused on endangered species and illegal wildlife trade - mostly elephants, rhinos, etc.
Whenever people say 'women's soccer,' I want to correct them to say 'soccer.' Every girl has had their sport diminished because they're girls.
Life is like the dice that, falling, still show a different face. So life, though it remains the same, is always presenting different aspects.
My family is happy in Manchester, so I just try to give everything and put all my strength and effort to keep deserving to play for this club.
I spent the afternoon of Sunday 9 July, 2006 in Berlin sleeping and playing the PlayStation. In the evening, I went out and won the World Cup.
There are so many different factors - luck, being in good shape when it matters, the draw. For these reasons, it's hard to win a European Cup.
I would like to thank everyone who supported me to be fit for the Euros. I had some fitness problems before the tournament, but I am here now!
Just because I give you a piece of me doesn't mean you get it all. There's very few people in my life who get it all, and that's sacred to me.
Rarely was a distinction deserves as the Oscar for best supporting actor, who went to the late Heath Ledger. His 'Joker' is really incredible.
Some days I am the flower beneath the machine. And the machine rolls slowly on, blocking the sun, without a care for what it tramples beneath.
It's a great honor... and it's an honor to be with her majesty, obviously... I'm very honored to be given this honor. (upon receiving the OBE)
I never expected my graduate degrees to give me all the practical how-to's that can perhaps only be learned through the school of hard knocks.