I don't consider myself a star.

If you win without sacrifice you enjoy it but it's more satisfying when you have struggled.

Some people like you, some people don't. In the end you just have to be yourself.

There are moments when the human body can overcome things you would never expect.

Perfection doesn't exist.

There is no rule that says a footballer needs to be 'this high' and 'this wide.'

I'm back? I never went away.

Every player wants to be as complete as possible and goals for a central midfielder are very important.

What I do when speaking in public is trying to do it as best as possible and trying to make everybody comfortable with my words. Sometimes getting this is very difficult, but I try my best.

If there is one thing that all players have in common it is that winning, competitive gene; the ability to overcome obstacles and fight for what you want from your career.

La Masia is a place where lots of people live together but you are on your own.

The world will always try to lure us away so that it can infect us with sin.

Growing up is hard, love. Otherwise everyone would do it.

When nature gave us tears, She gave us leave to weep.

One of the drawbacks of English is you can't spell things by hearing them.

What's the sense in having an eclipse if you can't look at it? Somebody in production sure slipped up this time!

How smartly September comes in, like a racing gig, all style, no confusion.

There is a universal need to exercise some kind of power, or to create for one's self the appearance of some power, if only temporarily, in the form of intoxication.

We shall immunize every child in Africa to get rid of this terrible disease forever.

It's a god-eat-god world.

I heard stories from my mother's mother who was an American Indian. She was spiritual, although she did not go to church, but she had the hum. She used to tell me stories of the rivers.