To me, teamwork is the beauty of our sport, where you have five acting as one. You become selfless.
Football is like a religion to me. I worship the ball, and I treat it like a god.
Football is simple, but it is difficult to play simple.
Football is a game you play with your brain.
In football, everything is complicated by the presence of the opposite team.
The only way to succeed is to make sacrifices.
I learned all about life with a ball at my feet.
What is the most important thing in the world? It is people, it is people, it is people.
Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win.
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.
The ball is round, the game lasts ninety minutes, and everything else is just theory.
I've never scored a goal in my life without getting a pass from someone else.
It's not about the name on the back of the jersey; it's about the badge on the front.
The rules of soccer are very simple, basically it is this: if it moves, kick it. If it doesn't move, kick it until it does.
Football is a game of mistakes. Whoever makes the fewest mistakes wins.
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.