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

I think we live in a very competitive world, and I love competition.

The moral values I've learnt in my life I've learnt through football.

It's like a child who is used to having ice cream whenever he wants. When it doesn't come when he asks he tends to get confused and nervous.

The real revelation of a player's character is not in his social life but in how he plays. In my social life I can hide my real personality.

Sol has experience, pace and physical power, which nobody else has together.

Gerard Houllier's thoughts on the matter international football echo mine. He thinks that what the national coaches are doing is like taking the car from his garage without even asking permission. They will then use the car for ten days and abandon it in a field without any petrol left in the tank. We then have to recover it, but it is broken down. Then a month later they will come to take your car again, and for good measure you're expected to be nice about it.