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Street football is the greatest thing in the world. There is just you and your friends against the rest.
Coming back to AC Milan was like I'd never been away, actually: you know everybody; everybody knows you.
We didn't have money put away in the bank for a college fund; soccer was our lottery ticket, our gamble.
Fans insult me and call me 'monkey.' At first, I was quite shocked, but now I do not give it importance.
I have recently started acting lessons in south France, and I intend to commence acting lessons at Rada.
Barça has always given me great affection, and even to this day. I only have words of gratitude for them
Messi scores a goal and celebrates. Cristiano scores a goal and poses like he's in a shampoo commercial.
Chelsea are not made to play football. We're good on the counter, a little bit like Real against Bayern.
It's awesome where I am right now. It's a lot of people's dream. I'm going to take full advantage of it.
Whenever we're playing in front of a Welsh crowd, they really do give you that extra bit to get the win.
We are in the the entertainment business, and we all know if you are top of the tree, you get big money.
One of the best players I've ever seen in my life! Spectacular on training!! Playing with him was a joy!
I've done most of my career with Barca, with the exception of the period I played for Manchester United.
They abandon the Ambrosial Nectar and turn to poison, they earn poison, and poison is their only wealth.
I've had a bond with West Ham since growing up as a kid, going to Upton Park, looking up to the players.
I definitely wouldn't go somewhere just because I'm a homegrown player. I'd want to be wanted by a club.
Physically and mentally I'm stronger right now because an injury is not playing on my mind all the time.
I have been in tournaments before where people would say, 'England should win this game,' and we didn't.
I used to focus more on scoring. Now I take a lot of pride and pleasure in helping someone else do well.
When my son will be born, my first goal will be for him. The rest, will be as always for my grandmother.
Football is like recreation for me. I'd sooner be playing five-a-side than going out to eat or shopping.
They say that abandonment is a wound that never heals. I say only that an abandoned child never forgets.
I was made exactly the way I was meant to be made in who I am and my personality and the way I was born.
Without adversity, there would be no growth, and without growth, there would be no lesson to be learned.
When I arrived at Barcelona and saw Messi's face, and later Luis Suarez, I felt like it was a videogame.
The man who comes to take care of my piranhas told me that if I left West Ham he would kill all my fish.
I'm very happy to have moved to West Ham, because I can play for a better team than Sheffield Wednesday.
I left Barcelona because I was brave. Neymar arrived and I played less. These things happen in football.
We center backs had to cover a lot of ground, and we had to be very physical with the opposing strikers.
Speed is a part of me. I think I was born with that, and nowadays a fast player, I need a fast car, too.
I would not say he (David Ginola) is the best left-winger in the Premiership, but there are none better.
I know where he should have put his flag up, and he'd have got plenty of help. (said at Stamford Bridge)
I don't think you sign a four-year contract in the Premier League and then go to China at the age of 26.
Messi is a god, as a person and even more as a player. I hope that he wins the World Cup with Argentina.
With Barca, we won the Champions League after many years of disappointment, and the fans went delirious.
I don't score many goals or do much dribbling, but I still feel very much an important part of the team.
In any footballer's head there comes a point where he recognises that he needs to be playing more games.
In football there's passion so you have lifelong fans, they bring their sons up, their grandchild comes.
I can’t think of a striker in the world who has scored so many important goals, never mind a midfielder.
What Leo does is so incredible that I have to be careful not to stand still watching him make his moves.
Fur only looks good on its original owner. Be comfortable in your own skin, and let animals keep theirs.
I truly believe that I have been given a second chance at life. I never expected the results I have had.
Four goals in (16) minutes. Literally I don't even know how that happens especially in a World Cup final.
The pressures are intense, because the rewards for success and the penalty for failure are more and more.
The boy can do anything, but to be the star of the World Cup you have got to get to the final and win it!
Playing for the Washington Spirit, the 2013 season was one of the most difficult I have ever experienced.
Nowhere in the world do supporters love their clubs more than in England. England is paradise to play in.
I wasn't shuffling from one sport to the next that much. I had downtime to just be a high school student.
Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that.
This is something that's very special; people saying they watch me play who are now turning professional.