If it is the case that you need just a first 11 and three or four more players, then why did Christopher Columbus sail to India to discover America?

The lesson to learn is to pay attention for 90 minutes because in front of you are great champions.

Buffon is a gentleman thinking only of the ball [after Gianluigi Buffon's strong tackle on Andy Carroll during a friendly with Newcastle

One beautiful day, a radiant day, Mr Roman Abramovich introduced himself to me and said I should put a shopping list together.

Damien is Damien. When I don't put him in the squad my mother, who's 84, asks 'why isn't Damien playing?' She kills me about it and that's true

In Italy the Coach is a paratrooper who jumps out of the plane but doesn't know if the parachute will open or not.

We were very nervous at the start, we didn't play our game at all.

You cannot make mistakes in the Champions League.

In my view, fitness training isn't that important in England, as they all train with such intensity anyway and have a competitive edge when just sprinting. The matches are all hard-fought, too.

The idealist hopes. The romantic sees doom. The postmodernist sees doom and hopes.

You are always attracted towards what you can't be or what you are not or what you will never be.If you don't know who you are, just know who you aren't. Simple Introspection.

I love bad boys. They're the most fun to play.

Love finds an altar for forbidden fires.

Learn everything you possibly can, and you will discover later that none of it was superfluous.

You don't have to fight dragons to write books. You just have to live deeply the life you've been given.

Remember. Every day, some ordinary person does something extraordinary. Today, it's your turn.

Social conservatives say who drives the bus.

In conlusion, there is no conclusion. Things will go on as they always have, getting weirder all the time.

Remember to connect with people now and then. In fact, pick up the phone, right now, and call a friend for no other reason than to say hi.