I have never imagined doing anything other than football, but now, thinking about it coldly, if I hadn't been a footballer, I would have been a musician.

No matter who you are it's the simple things in life that lead you to believe that you can achieve anything.

God gives gifts to everyone, some can write, some can dance. He gave me the skill to play football and I am making the most of it.

I learned all about life with a ball at my feet

Our confidence comes from our preparation.

Football is about joy. It's about dribbling. I favour every idea that makes the game beautiful. Every good idea has to last.

I am ugly but what I do have is charm.

It is not just about the money, it is about what you achieve on the pitch.

I have the chance to do for a living what I like the most in life, and that's playing football. I can make people happy and enjoy myself at the same time.

Paolo Maldini and John Terry are two of the toughest men I have met on the field.

I am what I am thanks to my mother, my father, my brother, my sister... because they have given me everything. The education I have is thanks to them.

Wisdom is the most important part of happiness.

In truth, women are the strong ones.

When commenting on the turmoil and disorder of the world, If the other planets are inhabited, they must be using this earth as their insane asylum.

We lose all that time which we might employ better.

Friendship's said to be a plant of tedious growth, its root composed of tender fibers, nice in their taste, cautious in spreading.

In this life, such things as service in the Church, including missionary service, all of this is available to anyone who is true to covenants and commandments.

Obviously I am not happy but they can throw what they want at me, I will come back stronger.

My vanity is not dead. I laugh when I see pictures of myself as I am now-maybe so I won't cry, but just because it is really funny how much I've changed.

To approach the spiritual in art, one will make as little use as possible of reality, because reality is opposed to the spiritual.

Why does a public discussion of economic policy so often show the abysmal ignorance of the participants?