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I was born to play football, just like Beethoven was born to write music and Michelangelo was born to paint.
What Cristiano does is beyond compare. He has an unbelievable record and he's the best player on the planet.
Manchester United is a very big club, one of the biggest in the world, and I am so happy to wear the jersey.
When I came to Arsenal years ago, I saw things from Dennis Bergkamp and Thierry Henry I'd never seen before.
Playing for a Champions League place is not enough. It is not my target, but it is a target we have to take.
No matter who you are it's the simple things in life that lead you to believe that you can achieve anything.
If I feel I'm not influencing games, not scoring goals or making goals, then that's the time I'd pack it in.
I spent 13 years in Spain, and when you spend that amount of time somewhere, it has a deep influence on you.
David Beckham, for me, every time he came to England camps he was an extremely professional football player.
If I woke up and didn't have Tourette's syndrome, it would feel weird - not better or worse, just different.
When you play against top players, sometimes you can play - you can play your utmost and you still get beat.
Whether I play five or 10 metres forward or back does not change my way of playing, to be on the ball a lot.
I have a unique ability to predict the flight of the ball, and my teammates have a unique ability to find me.
Messi is the real deal when it comes to Number 10s. He represents a type of football that transcends borders.
I could always score goals. I loved that feeling of having your team look to you, that feeling of leadership.
Arsene Wenger's style of play is the sort of style the Chilean national team has. Therefore, I am used to it.
When you've got certain people like Jay-Z wanting to work with me, then it makes you think people do love me.
We all carry extreme heartache and demons. Instead of pretending like we don't, I like to be honest and real.
St. Louis has a super-rich history of soccer, so I was very fortunate growing up to have coaches that played.
I can see myself staying at Blackburn for the rest of my career - unless I move to another club at some stage
I was in the game for the love of football - and I wanted to bring back happiness to the people of Liverpool.
If you have a dream, it's definitely achievable through hard work, through dedication, sacrifice, everything.
Winning the Champions League is a very particular feeling, but it's really the journey that makes it special.
I don't have time for hobbies. At the end of the day, I treat my job as a hobby. It's something I love doing.
I was, I am and I always will be a drug addict. A person who gets involved in drugs has to fight it everyday.
Things are neither clear nor clean in the world of football right now and many people recognise this reality.
I wanted to win trophies and play for the biggest club, and the biggest club in England is Manchester United.
I wouldn't say I have felt troubled here at United. I am not troubled. I am lucky. I have loved my time here.
I am happy with my form; I just need to score a couple of goals. I want the ball. I want to create something.
If I can make an impact, I want to help some kids and bridge the gap between soccer and celebrity in America.
If I could have been anyone in the world, it would have been Ronaldinho. He's fantastic, I love watching him.
A lot of players in Europe aren't as tall as the other guys, so they have to be stocky to physically compete.
I honestly didn't expect this much attention, but it just keeps happening so I must be doing something right.
Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win.
The nice thing is that when people come up to me, it's the football they remember, not all the other rubbish.
Edgar was named as one of the players involved, but he was in my room, discussing religious subjects with me.
You have to look beyond race because as a human being you have to experience the person from the inside first
No one wants to lose, period. It should hurt, it should sting, and you don't want to feel that feeling again.
As I say, you get labeled. To stop all that, I've got to win things - that's the only way you make your mark.
People ask me why I keep getting injured but I have just had to accept it is one of those things that happen.
From a personal point of view I want some medals because that is what you aim for when you start out playing.
Over the long haul, salespeople come and go, but having top-shelf management in place is the ultimate answer.
YOU NEED BOTH QUALITY AND RESULTS. RESULTS WITHOUT QUALITY IS BORING; QUALITY WITHOUT RESULTS IS MEANINGLESS.
As a player, you want to win every game. That's what footballers do: they want to play, and they want to win.
We should teach kids, whether you're on the varsity team or not, that movement is a great thing in your life.
For a player it's an amazing experience to be at Real Madrid. I matured a lot there, principally as a person.
As a manager, you always have a gun to your head. It's a question of whether there is a bullet in the barrel.
Being named among the best at something is special and beautiful. But if there are no titles, nothing is won.
I am obviously a striker who likes to score a lot of goals and have done that in every team I have been with.
I am pleased for Poland as a country, that new motorways are being constructed, new businesses, new stadiums.