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I would be ready to become a dad if I was with the right person. I'd like a boy, though. Because they're in charge.
It surprises me how much children like me, you know? If they look at me as an example, I have a big responsibility.
Belief is the most important thing in football. Not quality, running, or being strong but belief, faith, and fight.
We didn't lose a game at home for two years. What are we missing? We have the product on the field. We're exciting.
I sometimes go for drives with my wife around south Wales, and always the people are so friendly and so passionate.
People always ask me: 'When is the new Pele going to be born?' Never. My father and mother have closed the factory.
I think I get a raw deal from referees. But as a professional footballer I have to accept it, and that's what I do.
I have played for the national team many times, so I am used to good things - and bad things - being said about me.
I'm ready to help China realize its football dream. I think China can be a major player on the world stage one day.
In a game I'm, like, 'Rubber Man' or something but, off the pitch, I'm the least flexible person you could imagine.
I always think about what I missed, and I think that was my driving force - never be satisfied with what I've done.
I've been fortunate enough to be headstrong, to be full of self-belief, and those things have never wavered for me.
I grew up an Everton fan, my whole family are Everton fans and I grew up hating Liverpool. And that hasn't changed.
When I was about 16, I got my ball taken off me by the police for playing in the street - which is pathetic really.
We are well aware of the task ahead of us in what will be a very difficult match but which we all dream of playing.
Somewhere along the line you've got to do your apprenticeship. But I'd want half a chance of being successful at it.
Scoring a goal in a World Cup was my dream as a little girl. I didn't really dream of being in 'Maxim' when I was 5.
When Celtic faced closure in 1994. My feelings then were of disbelief and concern for my mates who were Celtic fans.
In football, like in life, there are always millimetres which can change things - the course of a goal or of a life.
When I came to Chelsea and worked with Mourinho, it was my first time abroad, so that was an important stage for me.
The Champions League is very difficult - there are so many big teams in Europe, and one bad day, and you can be out.
When you come out and know you're singing the national anthem, it gives you a buzz and gets you lifted for the game.
I would have played Tom Finney in his overcoat - there would have been four men marking him when we were kickin' in.
My ideal trident would be myself alongside Rooney and Messi. They are the players who make me dream - not Cristiano.
You have to love what you do because it's really, really hard work to get to top and it's even harder to stay there.
The best players want to play for the best clubs in Europe and appear in top competitions like the Champions League.
For me, winning isn't just about lifting the cup, the trophy - it's about giving your maximum, on and off the pitch.
When I was seven I wanted to be a footballer, but when I was 14, I wanted to be a model. Look where it's put me now!
If we think of our heart, rather than our purse, as the reservoir of our giving, we shall find it full all the time!
As soon as I score, my mother texts me, so when I go in the dressing room, her text is there waiting for me to read!
It never became an obsession for me to score at all costs. I've always said that I'm not a big scorer, I'm a worker.
I'm a quiet guy, but on the pitch, it's different. You have to do everything you can to win and help your teammates.
I'm always in contact with my manager at Arsenal, who has been a big part of my career, and I'll always talk to him.
Ronaldo is better than George Best and Denis Law, who were two brilliant and great players in the history of United.
Chelsea is a top club, and I have many friends there, but you cannot turn down the chance to join Manchester United.
For the average person walking down the street, they don't even know a women's soccer league exists in this country.
I find the growing intervention by the football authorities in strictly footballing matters a rather worrying trend.
The more emotional investment we put into the people around us, the more quality of life and longevity surrounds us.
NO MATTER WHAT YOU ACHIEVE, EVERY SEASON IS A NEW SEASON. WHAT YOU ACHIEVED THE SEASON BEFORE IS NO LONGER RELEVANT.
There are people who criticise me, and that's normal because of the way I am on the pitch. I get angry, I get tense.
We know from experience that anything can happen in games against strong opponents; nuances can make the difference.
I think if you're not strong, in life or in football, not every day is going to be going up and seeing the sunshine.
The concept of 'home' is not just where one resides, but where the heart resides; in the purest depths of the soul.♥
All I've ever wanted is to improve myself and become the best, which is the reason I joined Real in the first place.
What is the world coming to when you get a red card and get fined two weeks' wages for calling a grown man a wanker?
I prefer not to return to the Camp Nou wearing another shirt. It would be strange. But if that's what destiny holds.
I have watched many Premier League games and they look very different to the Spanish game, particularly much faster.
At Madrid we are like one big family. We're all united because we know we have to be, otherwise we're going nowhere.
Being Bayern captain feels good and I think it's logical a player from Munich should lead FC Bayern on to the pitch.
It's true that PSG have the ambition to win the Champions League, so they could be interesting for a player like me.