I stopped playing football because I'd done as much as I could. I needed something which was going to excite me as much as football had excited me.

You can feel very quickly as a prisoner of your past, of the memories.

I know that I have a face, a look, people aren't used to seeing. A presence.

I don't play against any team in particular. I play to fight against defeat.

I don't care about the past.

You can change your wife, your politics, your religion, but never, never can you change your favourite football team.

Messi, he's exceptional. When you watch him, you feel there's a child inside him and he is making some childhood dream come true. He's a Great Player, not only for today but also tomorrow.