If you make up your own mind, you can only blame yourself.
The best thing about being a dad? Well, I think it’s just the thing that every man wants – to have a son and heir.
Don’t die like I did.
Everyone went crazy over Wayne Rooney, but I get more excited by Cristiano Ronaldo.
I was born with a great gift, and sometimes with that comes a destructive streak.
I must be the only person in the world who’s looking forward to going into hospital. I can’t wait to get it over and done with.
Even at the height of my fame, 50 per cent of the people who saw me wanted a fight; it’s the downside of being a star player.
I want to be remembered for my football and the pleasure I gave people.
People say I slept with seven miss worlds, I didn’t. It was only four, I didn’t turn up for the other three.
Football is a sad game.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s was the most exciting debut I’ve ever seen. There have been a few players described as ‘The New George Best’ over the years, but this is the first time it’s been a compliment to me.
I’m OK. Much better than on other occasions. It’s true that I’ve made lots of mistakes but I’ve never tried to bother anyone. I want to stay alive, preferably in peace, without seeing every one of my mistakes in the papers, and on many occasions, even stories that are lies.
That’s what children do – throw food. That’s not fighting. We were real men. We’d have chinned them.
When they first installed all-seater stadiums everyone predicted that the fans wouldn’t stand for it.
I even found it difficult to watch myself playing on TV because I couldn’t identify with the person on the screen. I couldn’t get to grips with it. It was as if it was all happening to someone else.
That thing about being an icon, the fifth Beatle, I just found it so freaky.
Robert Redford used to be such a handsome man and now look at him: everything has dropped, expanded and turned a funny color.
I definitely don’t think that money can buy you love. It can buy you affection but certainly not love.
I will respect this liver. After all, it’s not mine.
I don’t recognize myself in the players I see today. There’s only one who excites me, and that is Thierry Henry. He’s not just a great footballer, he’s a showman, an entertainer.