We have tried to get closer to them, but we never copied anybody, we always tried to play our football

What motivates me is an ideal of thinking about how football should be. And to try to get near this way of playing. And to try to improve all aspects of my personality that can help me get near this ideal way of playing football.

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

Sometimes now, when I watch continental games on television, I'm a bit bored. I ask, 'where is the intensity?'

If you buy a man who is half dead, everybody may be happy off the field, but on the field you'll have major problems

You weren’t world-class when Arsenal signed you.

If somebody stamps on your head in that way, you wouldn't say, 'Thank you very much, can I turn the other cheek'. Only Jesus Christ did that.