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It's a huge honour to wear No 7 at Liverpool. I think about the legends: Dalglish, Keegan and that Australian guy.
I know I have a left foot that was probably gifted to me by God, or someone up there, and I can always rely on it.
Sometimes you can say it is boring being in goal, but what is important is I am in communication with the defence.
As players at Bayern, we're not interested in any boredom - we're interested in picking up three points each game.
I love the Latin neighborhoods in Los Angeles. It's like traveling all over Latin America without ever leaving LA.
The vision of a champion is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when nobody else is looking.
I learned a long time ago that there is something worse than missing the goal, and that's not pulling the trigger.
You always need time to adapt to a new manager. But in football if you don't get a result, you are under pressure.
I did not win anything at Leverkusen so to win six titles in four years with Bayern shows the move was worthwhile.
The Champions League is more interesting to watch than international football and the quality is superior as well.
If a FIFA World Cup tournament had been held every year between 1982 and 1986, France would have won two or three.
I can't be compared to Pele. I need to do so much more to be compared to Pele. Pele is fantastic. And he's unique.
In Spain you can't do anything. If you drive, everyone recognises you; at a restaurant you have paparazzi outside.
I played at full-back for 10 years, I enjoyed it, and I had success there, so I can never regret being a defender.
Samuel Eto'o I know well. We see each other often; we send each other messages, and we call each other. It's good.
If you start thinking about stats it can get too complicated and you just have to go out there and play your game.
You are never quite sure how it will go, and even after a thousand games or so, that tense feeling is still there.
The impact of Luis Enrique has been very positive. He has very clear ideas about football and we've absorbed them.
All Premier League fixtures are tricky, you always need your wits about you whether you are playing top or bottom.
I think Eden has the qualities and talent to play in England. On his day, he can make the difference for his team.
Competition can only make you as an individual better and let you perform better, it can only be a positive thing.
Football is all about winning things as a team but it's also important to pick up individual awards along the way.
It was fantastic for me to see the cheering and clapping and it showed maybe not all of them want me out of a job!
Everybody wants to be winners - you have to trust that God has a greater plan for this even when you can't see it.
I would say Pep Guardiola's No. 1 quality is that he sees the technical and tactical aspect of a game really fast.
I have cried twice in my life watching a football player; the first one was Maradona and the second was Ryan Giggs.
I think it's important to keep things positive. Sometimes you don't win, and that sucks, and you work on improving.
Really, off days for soccer players are just recovery days. You're trying to get off your feet as much as possible.
Tom Finney would have been great in any team, in any match and in any age, even if he had been wearing an overcoat.
I always look in the Sunday paper to see where Everton are in the league - starting, of course, from the bottom up.
If I had an argument with a player we would sit down for twenty minutes, talk about it and then decide I was right!
Love is a pig dressed as a clown sitting in a bath full of beans: pretty much amazing, once you get over the shock.
Leo Messi is a little football God. I love playing alongside him. We understand each other without needing to talk.
Rosewood has always been one of my favourite scents, as has the pink grapefruit and pepper we've also put in Homme.
To win the league, you don't just need great players, but you need players who have the mentality of title winners.
I sometimes lose my calm for a moment, but only when I notice that an opponent is deliberately trying to injure me.
Ronaldo certainly scores goals, but I do too. He certainly scores more than I do, but we don't have the same style.
For present buying, I go to Harrods because there are great personal shoppers, who point me in the right direction.
That's the dream. Being on the U.S. National team and winning the World Cup. I'll take the win anyway I can get it.
I feel the pressure but I embrace it. Whatever I have to do to make the sport catch on to other people, I'll do it.
English football is different: always on the attack. Although one thing is clear. The best football is the Italian.
To be in the national team is wonderful in it's own right. For me, playing against Brazil or Venezuela is the same.
England's is a very solid squad, but I can't name a particular player; a team is all the players, and they're good.
I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
There are some agents who do a good job looking after players but there are others who stifle and mollycoddle them.
I'm more of a player that listens and focuses on myself in the dressing room; I don't talk much before the matches.
Thomas Gravesen thinks he's broke his hand, but I told him that you play football with your feet and not your hand.
If you have people invested emotionally in the success of their team, that usually translates to strong attendance.
As athletes, we all have egos, we all think we can help, and when you're not given that chance, it's hard to watch.
I like the style of football in England and the style of Arsenal, and I'm very happy to play in the Premier League.