Writing isn't only about a completed piece of work. It's about the writer you're becoming while writing.

Look, there’s no rule in soccer against biting your opponent. There’s not even a rule against eating your opponent. The only rule in soccer is that you can’t use your hands.

That's the mentality - don't just play it, win it.

I worry when I can’t help the team with everything I have to offer.

We don't even get food for 2 times a day, still I didn't give up and continued to play football

It's a huge honour to wear No 7 at Liverpool. I think about the legends: Dalglish, Keegan and that Australian guy.

I lost my balance, making my body unstable and falling on top of my opponent. At that moment I hit my face against the player leaving a small bruise on my cheek and a strong pain in my teeth.

I know what my strengths are and what theirs are and what the three of us do is play for the good of the team.

In Latin America the border between soccer and politics is vague. There is a long list of governments that have fallen or been overthrown after the defeat of the national team.

I'm paying for a mistake I made

In the Premier League you never really know what is going to happen. There is very little between the teams.

YOU'RE ONLY PUTTING OFF THE INEVITABLE, he said.That's what being alive is all about.

The most terrible fear that anybody should have is not war, is not a disease, not cancer or heart problems or food poisoning - it's a man or a woman without a sense of humor.

The sweetest sound I know is the Muslim call to prayer.

Don't screech like that. You'll wake the dead.

I'm actually quite self-sufficient, so it might look as if there isn't room for anyone in my life. That isn't entirely the case.

Morality is doing what is right, no matter what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, no matter what is right.

The most unique thing about music making is sharing.

There's nothing like a shovel full of dirt to encourage literacy.

Press on. Obstacles are seldom the same size tomorrow as they are today.

Your first encounter of the day has a more direct bearing on your attitude for that day than your next five encounters.