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I enjoyed six marvellous years at Bayern winning many titles, but the fact is I don't plan on playing in Germany ever again.
The truth is, I've been on a team my whole life. I'm the youngest of 7, so I've been training to be an athlete my whole life.
To force a change, sometimes you need to stand up. You know what you're worth - rather than what your employer is paying you.
I think it's huge, especially in team sports, for players to be able to rely on each other and to really trust in each other.
I love to do lunges because I don't want my butt to start sagging. I say that to my trainer all the time; he thinks I'm nuts.
My 20s were really tough, just traveling and living in different countries, and now I feel like I know what I want from life.
Football helped me build confidence on and off the field and taught me to grow through moments of success and disappointment.
On game days, I'm pretty boring: I like to rest and watch TV with my legs up so I'm not on my feet too much before the match.
You have to surprise opponents, keep them guessing. Doing the same thing over and over again without variation will not work.
Every team I'm on, I expect to win. I expect to push my teammates as much as I can, and I expect them to do the same with me.
Forget the Beatles and all the rest. This is the real Liverpool sound. It's real singing, and it's what the Kop is all about.
If you're in the penalty area and don't know what to do with the ball, put it in the net and we'll discuss the options later.
In football, I don't have a lot of friends. The people who I really trust, there are not many... Most of the time, I'm alone.
Even without tactical discipline, what is important for a team is having players with maturity and a sense of responsibility.
If people only knew how much I respect Cristiano Ronaldo. I will repeat it to make myself clear: I respect Cristiano Ronaldo.
There are small things that every coach brings when they go to a new team. Like, you need to press this way or the other way.
Steven Gerrard is the best player I have played with throughout my career; therefore, my ideal player would be very like him.
I was the boy next door who always knew what it meant to have no money. That changed when I turned professional. I was crazy.
They're a very offensive team and even without Thierry Henry they can still do damage to you all over the pitch. (on Arsenal)
Robert Redford used to be such a handsome man and now look at him: everything has dropped, expanded and turned a funny color.
Even at the height of my fame, 50 per cent of the people who saw me wanted a fight; it’s the downside of being a star player.
Nothing goes through your head when you're playing except who you are playing against and what you can do to affect the game.
Sad to hear of Paul Scholes retirement! One of the best midfielders to grace the Premiership! Idolised him for years! Legend.
Some people might say I'm old at 28, but I look at someone like James Milner. He's 32 and playing like he is 25 or something.
There are people who love on weekends to go out when the sun comes out. I just want to lie in bed and watch sports and relax.
My style of play has always been the same. I never tried to develop a specific style. From very young I just played this way.
Every soccer player can be on the edge, at the limit, be the bad guy. We have to get used to it. Sometimes I am one of those.
A keeper has to adjust his game to the team. If the team moves further up, he has to do the same. It's nothing I've invented.
I got my first football when I was two and played my first proper game before I was five. So nothing else was ever an option!
Sometimes I look at myself and ask, 'What is my best position?' But I think it's a defensive midfielder; that's the best one.
I pray almost every day, and you can see that I pray on the pitch. I pray in the dressing room. That is just part of my life.
An emotion that lives with me is a sense of what might have been had injuries not robbed me of my most lethal weapon - speed.
I don't particularly enjoy watching international football in the way that I used to. It hurts me to say that, but it's true.
I hope to continue my work, winning championships with my club. The acknowledgement comes naturally for those who deserve it.
It is really nice to play in the Champions League, because we play against the best teams and the best competition in Europe.
The atmosphere in the Premier League is fantastic, the stadiums are always full and it's an attractive league for spectators.
How can you not score goals in Barca! While defenders have trouble dealing with Messi, Villa and Bojan, they forgot about me.
Mourinho and Zidane are very different, one could say they are opposites. But it's not like one is bad and the other is good.
I could have signed for Newcastle when I was 17, but I decided I would be better off at Carlisle. I'd had a drink that night.
I'll remember my first league title, my first cup, the Champions League. But also the defeats - that's also part of football.
You have to kind of sustain a level of performance in the Championship to be able to come out of it at the end of the season.
My life has always been a series of challenges and I'm psychologically-prepared but this is the biggest challenge of my life.
Sometimes I do things in training and think, 'Ah! I need to do that in a game. If I do I will be close to my full potential.'
I will never forget the affection of the Inter fans who made me feel like one of them and who always supported and helped me.
I come from one of the poorest countries in the world, and Cameroon is also one of the most beautiful countries in the world.
It's not all about the figures. It's about how you play for the team, how you help your colleagues, how you work defensively.
The money I have earned has given me the opportunity to give back to the people who do not have the same opportunities as me.
There were days when my father didn't have money for food, and we slept hoping the next day something could be got from work.
I remember so many times, playing for City in which Man United would give us a whooping, and the fans always stood beside us.
If you let in a goal, you don't sink into your shell, you come out even harder and put people on the back foot, home or away.