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Every season is a new challenge to me, and I always set out to improve in terms of games, goals, assists.
I never promise anything. I don't promise anything to my mum. I don't promise anything to the supporters.
I have had disagreements with journalists, but they annoy me so much when they don't talk about football.
It's so important to have manners and treat people from all walks of life the way they should be treated.
The strikers are the first defenders. And the first defender is the first striker to build from the back.
I have a tremendous respect to all French Federation of Football football teams, players, and supporters.
My goals in Holland were known as 'stiffies', which means something quite different in England of course.
I'm happy here, and why change when you love the club and the club's in a really good position right now.
You go around the world, and you say, 'I'm the top scorer for the Argentina national team.' I liked that.
I want to broaden my horizons, speak a new language, meet new people, and experience a different culture.
Louis van Gaal is one of the most incredible coaches who's done a fantastic job in clubs all over Europe.
I can be a new Di Stefano, but I can't be a new Pelé. He is the one that goes beyond the limits of logic.
As players, you've got to keep improving, keep learning, keep playing well to get your place in the team.
It is about winning a trophy. It doesn't make any difference to me who lifts it; I would just rather win.
Manchester City are built on sand and I don't mean that because their owners are from the Arab countries.
They are not your players, they are loaned from the club. You just wheel them out for a game for England.
At Barca we trained every day with the ball. I hardly even took a step running without a ball at my feet.
Some people play best when they're frustrated and mad. I play my best when I'm happy. I really, truly do.
I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match.
I don't want to sit and look at all the trophies. I don't want to live in the past -- I want to live now!
Having 18 or 20 class players is a luxurious problem, and it doesn't mean that you have to play them all.
At the start it felt strange to wear the Chelsea shirt, because I had never imagined I would leave Barca.
Brazil, always they buy from the United States. The first who was sell to the United States was football.
I really like Gaitan. He has a lot of creativity and has the quality to play for a club like Real Madrid.
I'd hate to be the sort of player who people just regard as being tall and only good for winning headers.
Clubs like Manchester United or Barcelona have a system, and then you hire personnel who fit this system.
Was Effenberg a leader because he projected presence or because he had a presence? There is a difference.
You are neither better nor worse than anyone else. I learned at a young age how to maintain this balance.
He'll take some pleasure from that, Brian Carey. He and Steve Bull have been having it off all afternoon.
I worked under Jose Mourinho, a manager who taught me new things and stressed I should believe in myself.
The goalkeeper position is not an easy one. You can only speak about it if you are a goalkeeper yourself.
I just try to stay as focused as I always am, relax and make sure I can help the team out whenever I can.
I won't be chasing down players who have retired. I only want players who are 100% committed to Scotland.
You don't criticise Totti in Italy. There might have been reasons to, sometimes, but you don't touch him.
But, at the moment, when I step on the pitch, when I have the ball I know it's mine. It's just a feeling.
I can't pretend to be enjoying this. I can't pretend I'm enjoying going out there and playing this style.
My idea of a vacation is staying home and doing short day hikes, floating the river and things like that.
You have to first be a writer and somebody who loves to write. If I couldn't travel, I would still write.
I enjoy being at Real. The club atmosphere is - even if some do not want to believe it - very tight-knit.
I wouldn't undervalue my year under Pep Guardiola because I think I made a big step forward in that year.
You must not only have competitiveness but ability, regardless of the circumstance you face, to never quit
I think, as you grow older, you have figure out the best way to utilize not only your body but your skill.
I played against the Brazilians in '82, who were definitely the best team never to have won the World Cup.
I think when people talk about ambition and talking to him, it might have seemed that he wasn't ambitious.
I have had interviews and got close to taking a managerial job. I would consider going back into football.
I always get made fun of by my teammates for my huge calves, but I'm like, 'they make me strong and fast!'
I've never told anyone, but my ambition is to become the leading all-time scorer of free kicks in Serie A.
I've achieved everything in my career that I set out to - with the Champions League as the crowning glory.
It does not make a goalkeeper look good and, after it, I did not want to celebrate out of respect for him.
I have to thank the coach for looking after my fitness and allowing me to feel my way into the tournament.