People always see the goals, and for me, strikers are not only about scoring goals.

What makes the difference between a great player and just a normal player is dedication, work, commitment.

Sometimes in football you have to score goals.

I can't understand why Scholes has never won the player of the year award. He should have won it long ago. Maybe it's because he doesn't seek the limelight like some of the other 'stars'.

There are many things I want, and the only way I will get them is to keep my head down, listen to the right people and work hard

I always think about what I missed, and I think that was my driving force - never be satisfied with what I've done.

The moment I've got a ball at my feet, I'm happy.

In football you always get judged on your last game. Whoever you are, or how amazing you are, it's the last game that everyone has seen.

I’ll never forget the club or him I don’t see Arsenal without Arsene Wenger

You kind of never leave Arsenal. How many comebacks do you make? At one point it will turn out to be a bad move. We all love the first Rocky but I'm not too sure about the last one.

I can't stay in the box and wait for the ball. I can't - I would die.

A genius is a lunatic who made it!

Beautiful beginnings are often born from ugly endings.

The test of any relationship is, when the going gets tough, whether your partner stays with you or 'gets going'.

I realized that social media can be powerful force for good in the world and that acts of kindness can be scaled globally.

In [writing] fiction, every sentence is its own reward.

Paul Gleason played the teacher. I just tortured him as best I could. 'Cause he wasn't one of the kids, you know, so it was okay. He was great.

I'm always making Butcher Holler sound like the most backward part of the United States-and I think maybe it is.

In loving one another through our works we bring an increase of grace and a growth in divine love.

I'm the best. I just haven't played yet.

For sure I once thought of myself as the poet who would save the ordinary from oblivion.