I was the kid who always liked to take the ball down to the school even in my free time, kick it against the wall, juggle it in the front yard and so….

If someone states that Ajax played a negative game then maybe we are smarter than Manchester City..

If you like your soccer cerebral, and the triumph ultimately to be wrung out of staying power, Milan was the place to be. If you love the uncertainty….

We have demonstrated that we are the best, I'm also happy because everyone seems to enjoy our football, whether or not they are Barca fans. All over ….

Barcelona is my life. They have brought me to where I am today. I could not leave, I don't want to leave. I know the Premier League is very good. But….

I am the same person as always and I have the good fortune to play in a great team. It was an historic year for Barca and for me but it's thanks to t….

For me, it's important that a fan can buy something that is related to me. Like in soccer, you buy a shirt and it's got somebody's name on the back. ….

Sure, the home-field is an advantage - but so is having a lot of talent..

Home advantage gives you an advantage.

The team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion..

There are soccer athletes that are known the world over except in the U.S. Thierry Henry, for example..

Give the opponents more than one reason to stare at your feet..

I can't even spell spaghetti never mind talk Italian. How could I tell an Italian to get the ball - he might grab mine..

Moreano thought that the full back was gonna come up behind and give him one really hard..

One of the reserves came up to me and said 'I'm finding it a bit hard, it's the first time I've ever been dropped'. So I told him to do what Nick Fal….

Acne is a bigger problem than injuries..

Obviously the fans are very important to me, in fact they mean everything to me and they are the people I try to please when I play..

I think if you're put on a team as a child, like you are in soccer and other sports, I think the children are going to stay in the sport and have mor….

How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser..

It is a game before a product, a sport before a market, a show before a business..

I share their frustration at times and I get down just like them when we suffer a bad result..