For goal-scorers and centre-forwards, confidence does play a big part.

I speak five languages: English, Swedish, French, Italian, and German.

I hope this match never ends. When the match ends, the memories begin.

You can't predict anything in football, particularly in the World Cup.

It's not my place to say if performers of quenelle should be punished.

It's the Champions League that really gets the Barcelona fans buzzing.

I'm a gym rat; I love my hour-long afternoon sessions with my trainer.

I'm on television, ticcing and twitching. I think that's kind of cool.

I'm a footballer through and through. It's all I've ever wanted to be.

Obviously Manchester United's tradition and history speaks for itself.

With Bayern Munich, we had a lot of problems against Dortmund, always.

I love football, I've never really taken an interest in anything else.

I am not the first player to have sworn on TV and I won't be the last.

There are evil people, and I don't even want to hear those guys speak.

If you want to have a great party at Wembley, don't invite the Germans.

I'd like to play in English football, especially for Manchester United.

When you've played at Manchester United, it's hard to go anywhere else.

Defenders don't really get any sort of notoriety or anything like that.

Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.

We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.

If you count your chickens before theyve hatched, they wont lay an egg.

I won't have plastic surgery. You either take me as I am, or you don't.

I'm a good crazy. A crazy good guy. Someone who makes the most of life.

Since Abramovich took over, look at how many trophies Chelsea have won.

Money is not a motivating factor. I do what comes to me at that moment.

It was very hard to go through life as a small boy supporting Atletico.

He does great things on the pitch but the coach Van Gaal was a bad man.

I want to be remembered for my football and the pleasure I gave people.

He is a goal scorer, not a natural born one - not yet. That takes time.

Coaches will eventually notice a great attitude, and they respect that.

I have no personal beef with Brandi Chastain. There's nothing personal.

I know him. He's a hot chilli pepper, just like me! (on Valeri Bojinov)

You often see shocks in the League Cup, even when you don’t expect them

I have had so many team-mates who have been technically better than me.

Football is a game of mistakes. Whoever makes the fewest mistakes wins.

Football is simple but the hardest thing to do is play simple football.

Mark Hughes at his very best: he loves to feel people right behind him.

Hungary is very similar to Bulgaria. I know theyre different countries.

From the age of three, I played every day-morning, afternoon and night.

When you feel you've done something wrong, you should apologise for it.

I'm used to being the main goal scorer, but I also always like to help.

You can plan, but what happens on a football field cannot be predicted.

I am not a person who is going to convince players to stay or not stay.

Experienced national players deserve at least some respect and loyalty.

This match is about sport and I separate that completely from politics.

Hopefully everybody will just let me get on with my life. I'm going to.

I will always be a Barcelona supporter, no matter what finally happens.

Pele doesn't die. Pele will never die. Pele is going to go on for ever.

I'm lucky: whatever I eat, I've never wavered from just under 14 stone.

With all due respect, I have nothing to prove about my worth to anyone.

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