I learned all about life with a ball at my feet.
The ball is round, the game lasts ninety minutes, and everything else is just theory.
The only way to succeed is to work hard, stay focused, and never lose sight of your goals.
I spent a lot of money on booze, birds, and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.
Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication, and respect for authority.
When people succeed, it is because of hard work. Luck has nothing to do with success.
Football is a game of mistakes. Whoever makes the fewest mistakes wins.
I am constantly being asked about individuals. The only way to win is as a team. Football is not about one or two or three-star players.
I don't have time for hobbies. At the end of the day, I treat my job as a hobby. It's something I love doing.
Football is a game of opinions, and as a player, you just have to get on with it and take it as it comes.
The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.
Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that.
Football is about joy. It's about dribbling. I favor every idea that makes the game beautiful. Every good idea has to last.
Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win.
Every disadvantage has its advantage.
In football, the hero and legend status is given out far too easily for me. Ex-players become legends when they haven't really done anything.
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.
In football, the worst blindness is only seeing the ball.