I personally think that we can win the World Cup. We are improving with every game. With such a young average age in the squad we can only carry on improving.

But really, I can only be dangerous for the team in one place, and that is in the box.

I feel very strong as an individual, but as a famous footballer I know I am prone to certain things. All the media have a continuous interest for me. It varies from once a year to every day interest.

I let people say and write what they want.

As a private person I think I am now totally different from Ruud van Nistelrooy the footballer.

Losing is not in my vocabulary.

We have to be thankful to the Czechs that they did their duty. The Czech Republic won, I can't believe it. It was a huge party with all the people here.

The club [Real Madrid] has a fantastic set-up with marvellous people. The atmosphere at training is perfect - it's just wonderful

Every day I work my guts out in training, every match I play my heart out.

People say it is part of the game. You win some, you lose some. But not for me.

Messi is on a different level. The fact he is doing what he is year after year says that he is the best of all time.

Our life is just as long or short as our remembering: as rich as our imagining, as vibrant as our feeling, and as profound as our thinking.

Success is the greatest teacher for future success.

When I was young, we always had mornings like this.

Don’t go looking for trouble; it’s already looking for you.

Confess and be hanged.

a person who was clever ought to be clever enough not to be unjust or deliberately unkind to anyone.

Giving up my scotch? My Macallan 18? That was hard for me! Though now that doesn't even sound good, being pregnant. You crave other things. A big thing of water sounds great!

Comedy is truth. We should not apologize for it.

You have to learn to balance work, family, a personal life; it is a part of life.

Politics, like theater, is one of those things where you've got to be wise enough to know when to leave.