Playing football was like being trapped in a rhythm, and my whole career was like that. You have very little time to switch off.

Other clubs never came into my thoughts once I knew Arsenal wanted to sign me.

I really like Arsenal. But you, do you like Arsenal? Or just Arsenal with Trophies?

Behind every kick of the ball there has to be a thought.

I love playing football, being out on the pitch with a ball, and I will be a little sad when that ends.

You have to shoot, to want to score goals no matter how. Just score that goal! You can't be afraid to miss.

It will be a hard game if you think about winning a championship. We need to think about our own game at the moment and focus on getting good results especially over the Christmas period.

People can say the money doesn't really matter but it does show you how much a club respects you.

A lot of people say you always come back to what you are good at. Football has been 25 years of my life, so maybe I'll come back to it in some sort of way.

My goals in Holland were known as 'stiffies', which means something quite different in England of course.

I just wanted to get back to playing attacking football after my time in Italy. It was a little difficult at first but the atmosphere and the fans were just fantastic.

loneliness is a great teacher and a master test of character

Dogs have more love than integrity. They've been true to us yes but they haven't been true to themselves.

Our new vice president, Mike Pence, is one of the most blatantly anti-LGBT politicians in the country, and most, if not all, of Trump's cabinet is anti LGBT equality as well.

My bacteria glow in the dark - no human being doesn't like that.

If you love your community, then you need to be insisting on justice in all circumstances.

Devotion is a disease. And you catch it from those people who have it.

The one real goal of education is to leave a person asking questions.

It does seem true that a lot of people will do anything, however humiliating, for fame.

God has given me the grace to see some of the seeds that I have sown bear good fruit, and I am so grateful.

I really don't look at my life as being an accomplishment. I'm just very thankful for what I've been given.