I learned all about life with a ball at my feet.
I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability.
Football is the ballet of the masses.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.
Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win.
You have to fight to reach your dream. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it.
In football, the result is an impostor. You can do things really, really well but not win. There's something beautiful about that.
The ball is round, the game lasts ninety minutes, and everything else is just theory.
I think football, particularly in England, has always been a multicultural and multiracial game. It's always reflected society.
Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice, and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.
Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that.
Football is a game of mistakes. Whoever makes the fewest mistakes wins.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
The goalkeeper is the jewel in the crown and getting at him should be almost impossible. It's the biggest sin in football to make him do any work.
Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication, and respect for authority.