Often there are players who have only football as a way of expressing themselves and never develop other interests. And when they no longer play football, they no longer do anything; they no longer exist, or rather they have the sensation of no longer existing.

The real fans of football come from the working class. Now they cannot afford to come and watch the game.

Certainly take the advice of others but always, always be yourself.

I think it's better to be involved in one or two movies a year.

An artist is someone with the gift to light up a dark room.

If you have only one passion in life - football - and you pursue it to the exclusion of everything else, it becomes very dangerous. When you stop doing this activity it is as though you are dying. The death of that activity is a death in itself.

When times are difficult, I tell myself, 'I'm just passing through.'