Speed is often confused with insight. When I start running earlier than the others, I appear faster.

If you can't win, make sure you don't lose.

However good an English team is, they will always have an additional advantage. It is that European players know that their English opponents will come at them in the belief they will win, and they can always be guaranteed never to stop fighting. They have a natural aggression that they are born with. If it ever goes, English football will lose its most valuable dimension.

If you play on possession, you don't have to defend, because there's only one ball

One trophy is good, but two are better. That way, when a hero wears his medals on his chest, at least his steps are level as he walks by.

In small space a player has to be capable of acting quickly. A good player who needs too much time can suddenly become a poor player.

There’s only one moment in which you can arrive in time. If you’re not there, you’re either too early or too late.