If you train badly, you play badly. If you work like a beast in training, you play the same way.

I strive to live with passion and not to be desensitised to life. Things matter to me. You’ve got to live like that. Otherwise what’s the point? It’s not possible to please everyone and there is no point in trying to be what other people think you should be. For me, it’s important to be who I am, not just to be different but to be as authentic as I can be.

Lahm is the most intelligent player I have ever trained in my career

Messi is an irreplaceable player, today if he was here we would have won 5-0 but he was not and we had to play another in his place.

Put in the superlatives yourselves, I'm running out. It's already been a while now that he has been outstanding. He's more than decisive in every way. That he's capable of doing everything that he does at his age is something impressive, that doesn't make any sense.

There are teams that wait for you and teams that look for you: Espanyol look for you. I feel very close to their style of football.

I see Maradona every time he grabs the ball and accelerates.