Young players need freedom of expression to develop as creative players... they should be encouraged to try skills without fear of failure.

People who work make the world live better and to reward these people well is normal. Yet they are not the people who are the wealthiest.

Who is the Best Player in the World? Leo Messi. Who is the Best Player Ever? Leo Messi!

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

I take pride in the fact that people go home having felt that for 90 minutes today, life is beautiful - and that's it, basically. That's why professional football exists.

It is one of my biggest regrets that Niall Quinn was not here during my time... I felt he was an intelligent player. It would have been a good combination with Thierry Henry. What I like with Quinn is if you look at the player who played next to him, he always scored 40 goals because he had a hand for his head and he just put the ball where you were. He was a team player. A top-class player makes other players look good and he had that player.

A football team is a like a beautiful woman, when you do not tell her, she forgets she is beautiful