At the beginning, you are 20 and you can just imagine... don't get me wrong, but having money. Then you realise that it's not only about you and what you are doing but that you have to give back.

What makes the difference between a great player and just a normal player is dedication, work, commitment.

Sometimes in football you have to score goals.

I can't understand why Scholes has never won the player of the year award. He should have won it long ago. Maybe it's because he doesn't seek the limelight like some of the other 'stars'.

There are many things I want, and the only way I will get them is to keep my head down, listen to the right people and work hard

I always think about what I missed, and I think that was my driving force - never be satisfied with what I've done.

The moment I've got a ball at my feet, I'm happy.

In football you always get judged on your last game. Whoever you are, or how amazing you are, it's the last game that everyone has seen.

I’ll never forget the club or him I don’t see Arsenal without Arsene Wenger

You kind of never leave Arsenal. How many comebacks do you make? At one point it will turn out to be a bad move. We all love the first Rocky but I'm not too sure about the last one.

I can't stay in the box and wait for the ball. I can't - I would die.

A person is what he says and does

Many common lies and hypocrisies are like that, just out of the harmony of the moment.

One can only remember what has been consciously experienced.

For other nations, utopia is a blessed past never to be recovered; for Americans it is just beyond the horizon.

Well, I don't think everything necessarily that I touch turns to gold, but I think I get great joy out of it regardless of whether it is successful or not.

Lead­ers live by choice, not acci­dent.

Every player, every coach doesn't always see eye to eye.

When you emit the perfect frequency of what you want, the perfect people, circumstances, and events will be attracted to you and delivered!

Probably what pushed the Russians over the edge was SDI... They realized they couldn't beat us...

The thing I'm proudest of is probably like any sort of work I've done in the LGBTQ space.