That's how it is with the English: if you score against them you're a good player; if you don't, you're not.

Everyone is equal - a strange Swedish mentality.

Wherever I go people recognize me, call my name, cheer for me. But there are names no one cares to remember, that no one cheers for: the 805 million people suffering from hunger in the world today.

It is nice when people recognize me and approach me in the street. Anyone who says they don't like that is lying.

I don't need the Ballon d'Or to know I'm the best. It matters more to some players

You don't need a team leader, you need quality.

When you buy me, you are buying a Ferrari. If you drive a Ferrari you put premium fuel in the tank, you drive onto the motorway and you floor the accelerator. Guardiola filled up with diesel and went for a spin in the countryside. If that’s what he wanted, he should have bought himself a Fiat from the start.