I know I am extraordinarily lucky to be doing what I am doing. I have worked hard along the way and I have been blessed too. I have had a great life.

Soccer is a game for 22 people that run around, play the ball, and one referee who makes a slew of mistakes, and in the end Germany always wins.

My eldest son George had acute myeloid leukaemia when he was a tiny baby, he is now 20 and doing very well. He is a mini-miracle in many ways.

Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win.

A handball is when your hand touches the ball.

Every act of kindness is potent and lingers long in the heart of the recipient.

I wouldn't want to go out six nights a week and watch somebody's reserves playing to check out a footballer to see if we're going to buy him.

My fiancee's brother-in-law was recently paralysed in an accident and it really brought home the fact that thousands of young people live with spinal injuries. It's an issue I wish had more coverage.

If someone in the crowd spits at you, you have just got to swallow it.

I am not leaving twitter. If the mindless few defeat the thoughtful majority we are all doomed.

My wife Danielle and I love travelling, different cultures and good weather.

Count your blessings, discount you’re loses

Learn from seeds to rise, no matter how much dirt is thrown at you.

If everyone chose love, this world would be magnificent. Always choose love.

In the order of nature we may behold the ways of the Eternal.

I only want to be associated with music that is high quality. That's my main criteria.

I believe that traditional wisdom is incomplete.

Preventing war is much better than protesting against the war. Protesting the war is too late.

Lithuanian bishops have been heroic!

Don't get attached to anything.

Your life was meant to be epic. Stand up for your best today.