Some things is made by destiny, yes, other things by hard work, but quality you don't learn. Quality you are born with.

Messi does not need his right foot, though. He only uses the left and he's still the best in the world! Imagine if he also used his right foot... Then we would have serious problems!

We usually say that you cannot become a legend before death. But I am a living legend

He's a lucky guy Cristiano, he always gets first row tickets to see Messi win his awards.

Arsenal could have happened, as everybody knows, but I would not do a trial. Who do you think regrets that more - Arsene Wenger or Zlatan?

Kosovo is Serbian, only if my mother is a Virgin

I like being the one who makes a difference. On the pitch, I always try to create a special situation.

Arsene Wenger asked me to have a trial with Arsenal when I was 17. I turned it down. Zlatan doesn't do auditions

I think I'm like wine. The older I get, the better I get.

Wherever I go people recognize me, call my name, cheer for me. But there are names no one cares to remember, that no one cheers for: the 805 million people suffering from hunger in the world today.

I like Balotelli: he's even crazier than me. He can score a winner, then set fire to the hotel.

Maktub" (It is written.)

Every bonsaidreams of being a tall tree - until the wind blows

A man acquainted with history may, in some respect, be said to have lived from the beginning of the world, and to have been making continual additions to his stock of knowledge in every century.

So I feel like success is opportunity plus preparation, so work begets work, and as long as you're prepared it's going to continue to come your way.

There is a devil, and he knows my name.

The hopeful part about that is when you do have that help, you will feel better. It still doesn't make this easy. Nothing makes this easy, but you can make better decisions.

There is no escape from the vast imbalances in international trade and finance. They will be corrected, sooner or later, by the inexorable principles that govern human action.

I regarded our progress merely as an invitation to do more - as an indication that we had reached a place where we might begin to perform a real service.

I am crazy for dessert. I eat everything. No one should be denied anything... just don't eat the whole thing.

Your music has been a powerful vehicle for your philosophies.