So I took it as a very positive sign that the club came to me rather than the other way round.

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.

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

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.

Ravings, in short, jealousy of the past, the worst kind of all.

We were birthed with one soul to take care of, and we must take care of it.

We need missionaries to match our message.

As a student of enlightenment your attitude should not be to become enlightened. It should be to learn.

Nothing beats being really honest about who you are and what you need. All the rest just works itself out.

When you save a girl, you save generations

Ah, the first step in humility: Listening.

Nothing cannot exist forever.

Make sure they remember you.

The West Wing seems to be feeding the myth about how presidential politics are.