The biggest things in life have been achieved by people who, at the start, we would have judged crazy. And yet if they had not had these crazy ideas the world would have been more stupid.

Any man who concentrates his energies totally on one passion is, by definition, someone who hurts the people close to him.

The score is high and very brutal but does not reflect what we saw on the pitch. The first shot on goal was a goal. The second was an own goal. The third was straight after half-time. They defend like mad and they catch us on the break.

I know how important it is to have a helping hand.

I do not think about the national team too much because footballistically it is not of too much interest.

Sometimes I see it [a foul by an Arsenal player], but I say that I didn’t see it to protect the players and because I could not find any rational explanation for what they did.

Messi is a Playstation.