There is always going to be competition. When you play for a top club, you're going to attract top players. It's part and parcel of football.
The only place you can win a football game is on the field, the only place you can lose it is in your hearts.
I find the growing intervention by the football authorities in strictly footballing matters a rather worrying trend.
You can play pickup basketball, but you can't really re-create football.
If he continues like this then I think Messi will be the best player in the history of football.
We all want to play great music all the time, but if that is not possible, you have to hit as many right notes as you can.
I obviously take a lot of pride in what I do on the football field, because that has the ability to influence a lot of people. That puts smiles on people's faces. That gives people a pep in their step on Monday morning when they go back to work.
Liverpool are currently halfway through an unbeaten twelve-match run
The thing I really look for in this business is there are guys who are into football and there are guys who are in the profession for other reasons.
It is essential to understand that battles are primarily won in the hearts of men.
You know how in football, guys throw defenses, and the defense throws you a look, but the look is not really what it is - it's only made to fool you. It's the same thing with drugs. The drug is only an illusion to draw you in.
Football is pretty much played 16 times a year, where training is kind of a year-round thing.
People are interested in pro football because it provides them with an emotional oasis; they don't want football to get involved in the same types of court cases, racial problems and legislative issues they encounter in the rest of American life.
Football is the last sacred ritual of our time.
In my 20 years in football, I was fortunate enough never to have experienced relegation. And while there is the pressure of expectations at the top of the league, at the bottom it comes in fear and trepidation, which is almost worse.
Schools across India do not have teachers, libraries, playing grounds and even toilets. I do not want to see empty classrooms, empty libraries. I do not want to see cattle grazing on fields meant to be cricket or football grounds.
If you come from Spain, you have to play football.
My wife runs the house much better than I could so I think she could be a linesman or a referee or even a football manager and that's the truth.
I play football, and most football players are camera shy. We just want to be left alone; we just want to stick to what we do.
You need to just understand where the ball is and how to use your body. Timing your jump the right way is crucial. Learn how to use your body to shield the receiver and box him out, again, much like a rebound. Trying to beat a receiver to a ball can be a lot like you're posting him up. Rebounding is great practice because you can employ those skills - body position, leverage, timing - a lot more than you might in a football game or practice if the quarterback doesn't look your way.
