There are very few players who know what to do when they’re not marked. So sometimes you tell a player: that attacker is very good, but don’t mark him.
Sometimes something’s got to happen before something is going to happen.
Without the ball, you can’t win.
Actually I never make a mistake, because it takes a huge effort for me to make a mistake.
I don’t make a lot of mistakes, because it’s hard for me to be wrong.
Ronaldo is better than George Best and Denis Law, who were two brilliant and great players in the history of United.
Coincidence is logical.
I felt sorry for the match ball – it came off the pitch crying.
Surviving the first round is never my aim. Ideally, I’d be in one group with Brazil, Argentina and Germany. Then I’d have lost two rivals after the first round. That’s how I think. Idealisitic.
After you’ve won something, you’re no longer 100 percent, but 90 percent. It’s like a bottle of carbonated water where the cap is removed for a short while. Afterwards there’s a little less gas inside.
Football is a simple game. It’s just very hard to play it simple.
There is only one ball, so you need to have it.
I look at Messi, and he makes me laugh. A beautiful footballer who is still like a kid. A world superstar, but still a kid. Innocent, you know. He just plays.
To play well, you need good players, but a good player almost always has the problem of a lack of efficiency. He always wants to do things prettier than strictly necessary.
I still have a lot of room for improvement.
The most difficult thing about an easy match is to make a weak opponent play bad football.
When you’re playing against a team that has two great central defenders, the best option is to play without a striker.
For the world of football, Messi is a treasure because he is role model for children around the world.
I’m not religious. In Spain all 22 players make the sign of the cross before they enter the pitch. If it works all matches must therefore end in a draw.
If you play on possession, you don’t have to defend, because there’s only one ball.
Football is about having the best offensive play possible. I always like to play offensive football, and nobody will convince me otherwise.