An artist is someone with the gift to light up a dark room.

When the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea.

You can change your wife, your politics, your religion, but never, never can you change your favourite football team.

When I think football, I think Manchester United. I still support United and always will. I will die with them in my heart.

You may find another Beckham or Ronaldo, but never ever will you find another Sir Alex Ferguson.

I don't play against a particular team. I play against the idea of losing

I'm so proud the fans still sing my name, but I fear tomorrow they will stop. I fear it because I love it. And everything you love, you fear you will lose.

Sometimes you surprise the goalkeeper and sometimes the goalkeeper surprises you. In my career, I tried to do more of the first than the second.

My best moment? I have a lot of good moments but the one I prefer is when I kicked the hooligan.

The ball is like a woman, she loves to be caressed.

I play with passion and fire. I have to accept that sometimes this fire does harm.

Culture is like water in the sea

Without my dad, I wouldn't be here.

Say goodbye to golden yesterdays: or your heart will never learn to love the present.

The wind in the grain is the caress to the spouse; it is the hand of peace stroking her hair.

I never think that anything I'm writing is bluntly political in any way. I'm not going for commentary.

Religion should be a source for reconciliation, for tolerance and for empathy.

We can leave our legacy only if we are willing to change - to go beyond partisan labels, and to solve the problems facing Washingtonians.

Sometimes little things can prolong an experience in a way that you run over budget. It's very scientific; a lot of people don't understand the science that goes behind making a film.

One nice thing about growing up Catholic is it makes you open-minded about other people's religions, since ours is nuttier than yours.

We'll look at the japanese launch as a model and aspire to have things go as well as they did over there.