Footballers nowadays are controlling their image through their own Facebook page so its not the club that controls them anymore, they do what they want at anytime.

At Arsenal me and Patrick (Vieira) didn't want to face Scholes. We would avoid him.

If you want to be a professional footballer, you have to respect your profession. You have to respect the people that are making you the star you are. You have to protect the passion every day.

I'd like to be a dog. Dogs are nice. They can sleep any time, they wag their tails and on top of that they can get stroked all the time.

France is hypocritical and cowardly. I sometimes think that, having been invaded by the Germans, we'd be run better today.

I'm convinced, that when you are a footballer you are a symbol. You have to be a superman in some ways, to send messages to people all the time, to the youth all the time.

If I had the choice I would live in London. There are a few things I don't like about England but its just details, I don't really think about them but I really like England and I really like London.

A football team is like a company. All of the people working in a company are not supposed to love each other, but they are supposed to be professional.

Tottenham tried to sign me but I held off and came to Arsenal because Arsene Wenger was here.

People want to be connected to be everyone at anytime. They want to talk about their passions, they want to talk about their private life, they want to have the right to speak.

I want to keep my own guard, I want to keep my secrets, I want to keep my private life for me.

Unfortunately, I also found out the hard way in my youth. But I guess that's how most learning is done, isn't it?

The key to change ... is to let go of fear.

A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.

I decided few years ago to leave the bar to pursue a career in politics because I wanted to make a contribution in Parliament.

I enjoyed my new position as vice president, but it took me a while to get used to the fact that I no longer had the voting privileges I had enjoyed for 10 years as a senator.

I want to be heavily tied to a city that I write for every week, that knows my stuff and I can interact with.

Half of wisdom is learning what to unlearn.

It's nice to have a medal, but we were hoping for a gold.

Don't let anyone see your vulnerable spots. Once they knew how to hurt you, they would do it again and again.

Long as there's a sun that sets, Primroses will have their glory; Long as there are violets, They will have a place in story: There's a flower that shall be mine, 'Tis the little Celandine.