Ramires is involved in everything he does.

I'd very much like to create my own style as a photographer, even if it's just for myself.

We spent a lot of time on the beach when I was young so I'd also take pictures of seaweed and crabs.

Why go now? That is the question people asked when I announced I was retiring. A combination of things made me feel it was all drawing to a natural end.

The opening ceremony was good, although I missed it.

What it all boils down to for me is having the enthusiasm to do something for enjoyment and being stimulated by what's around you. That's what photography does for me.

In the last year my wife has noticed me struggling to get downstairs on a Sunday morning. I've two young children and football has been so good to me over the years I don't want to spoil it.

I've never put myself in the mindset that I'm actually any good at taking pictures, I just love to shoot things that catch my eye, whether it's landscapes or just my kids.

When you're walking onto a bus and trying to get there before the person in front of you, that's a different level of competition than playing in front of 80,000 people.

You need to be an adrenalin junkie when you travel with kids.

My wife Mariana is a good photographer too and, like me, she just picks up a camera and takes a picture when she sees something, rather than looking too deeply into it.

We are what we are. If you are different, it's because you are special. Don't let anyone tell you differently.

Effective networking isn't a result of luck - it requires hard work and persistence.

Children and mothers never truly part--Bound in the beating of each other's hearts.

I paint as I feel like painting; to hell with all their studies.

If you look at the banking business over many years, it's always been a huge user of technology. This has been going on my whole life, that people have been adding technology, digitizing services.

It is a lot harder when you are 4-1 down than when you are 4-1 up.

I am a session guy and a studio musician and whatever you need me to do I will do it.

You just hear this constant whining, complaining about a loss of competitiveness, America in decline

I rejoice when I meet gifted young people... I feel the future is in good hands.

I believe that my whole creative life stemmed from this magic hour under the stars on that hilltop.