After the wheel, the PlayStation is the best invention of all time.
Andrea Pirlo
Messi is always compared to Maradona, but he needs to win the World Cup because if you don't win the World Cup, you can't be up there with the very best.
I spent the afternoon of Sunday 9 July, 2006 in Berlin sleeping and playing the PlayStation. In the evening, I went out and won the World Cup.
On the first training session Pogba had with Juventus, the players were laughing. We were not laughing for any other reason than we were just in total disbelief that this player with so much obvious ability was able to leave the club the size of Manchester United for free - and I think Juventus are still laughing.
Swearing's my release. It's the one weapon I have to defend myself against destiny when it elects to strike without pity.
To be useful in defence, to win back the ball, you don't always have to go sliding into the tackle. It's also about your positioning; sometimes all you have to do is take a step back.
I've learned lots, obviously - the first thing being never to forget to be grateful. The second is not to bear grudges, because in football, luck does not exist.
Being a philosopher is to think, seek wisdom, and have principles that guide and influence what you do. It's to give meaning to things, find your way in the world, believe that in the end, in every instance, good will overcome evil, even if there's a bit of suffering along the way.
I stick to a Mediterranean diet with fresh produce and olive oil. On a normal day, my diet is divided into the three main meals. I don't eat any other snack between meals during the day.
If I look in the mirror when I get up or before going to bed at night, I see a man of average ugliness with stubble, an unruly mane of hair, a squint nose, slightly protruding ears, and bags under my eyes. But I also see a man who's completely happy with the figure staring back at him.
In football, like in life, there are always millimetres which can change things - the course of a goal or of a life.
There are many talented midfielders but not the kind of playmaker I am.
The Ballon d'Or has never been something that I've missed.
In order to go all the way, you need everyone's contribution.
One part of my job I'll never learn to love is the pre-match warm-up. I hate it with every fibre of my being. It actually disgusts me.
Until I was 30 years old, my body was used to my routine of eating pasta every single day.
You give any team Pogba and Zlatan in one window, and they are capable of special things.
When someone decides to come to the U.S., he knows what he's getting into.
When you start to achieve success, you want to get more.
As a player, you get to the stage where you realise that you are not 25 anymore - and can't play the way you used to. The intelligent players adapt - and Steven Gerrard has the ability to do that. He is an excellent passer of the ball, possesses an intelligent football brain, and has great vision.
I've never told anyone, but my ambition is to become the leading all-time scorer of free kicks in Serie A.
One of the biggest misconceptions is that players care about transfer fees. For a player, they do not care at all. They do not care if they move clubs for one million, 10 million, or 100 million Euros. That is just something a player leaves to his agent and the clubs.
Messi is the best player in the world; he is amazing.
I've never needed to play for money. I play because I love football.
I'm not one that cares for publicity.
I think if somebody knows how to play the game, he or she can play anywhere. You know how to fit in.
As the years go by, you have to realise when it is the right time to do something different.
There are so many different factors - luck, being in good shape when it matters, the draw. For these reasons, it's hard to win a European Cup.
Sometimes a pinch of sadism is the ingredient that makes victory taste that little bit sweeter.
Scoring from a dead-ball brings me massive satisfaction. It sets me up as an example for other players to follow, copy, and perhaps even emulate over the course of time. For them, I'm a Juninho Pernambucano 2.0, a Brazilian with a Brescia accent.
I've always been used to playing 60 games - one every three days - and I've played on artificial turf. There is artificial turf in Europe as well in some places. There is heat as well. And if it's hot for me at 110 degrees Fahrenheit, it's hot for the others as well.
I'm a bit of a wandering gypsy on the pitch.
Not to feel important, be important - that's the most important thing.
Surely it was the best decision of my career to sign for Juventus.
There were times we were kept in our dressing room until late at night because it wasn't safe to go home. Our bus would get attacked, the tires slit.
For many years, Messi and Ronaldo will be the two best. After them, there is Xavi, Andres Iniesta, and others. I hope to be in the top ten.
Madrid is Madrid. There's nothing more to say. It's the biggest team in the world.
Each free kick carries my name, and all are my children. And they have South American roots.
As a player, you just want to be at a club where you can achieve everything you want to.
To get onto the Maracana pitch is the dream of every child.
When I do retire, I am going to go back to Italy.
I am extremely lucky - I met Antonio Conte. I had so many coaches to compare him to, and he is the one that surprised me the most.
I want to help the MLS grow and play well.
I used to watch Juninho's free-kicks without being able to figure out how he hit them. I tried and tried until, eventually, I came up with my own way to strike them.
It's clear that anyone who plays in Belgium or another league with less quality still has a chance of making the Champions League or the Europa League.
I always play to win. I always have big targets in mind.
To be honest, I don't see anyone out there who plays the way I do.
My passion is always the same. In fact, with a new adventure, the passion always grows.
If you look after yourself and are willing to adapt - there is no reason why you can't play at the top level until your late 30s.
It would actually be a dream way to end my time in Turin, by winning the Champions League.
