Every time Maradona speaks it makes life difficult for everyone and there are those of us who don't agree with that, not when he talks about football, but rather about people.

One of my biggest goals is to not be remembered as just a footballer.

I would be absolutely delighted if I were to have a career similar to that of Schweinsteiger, both at club and international level. We all know what he has done for German football. It is an honour to be likened to him.

I can't even count to five when I say my proper friends in football.

I have changed quite a lot since I came to Milan and I think I have become a more all-round footballer.

Sometimes when you stare adversity in the face you've got to go back to those basic principles of football and do them right.

It's football. There's emotions.

Football is a game, and people have to be cunning.

I missed out on my teenage years. I led a sheltered life. I was practicing scales instead of playing football.

I was one of those girls in class who always had her hair in plaits, was always with the boys, always playing football in the street.

There was a point in my life where I had enough of football.

You can't run a football club as if it was a supermarket.

I'd love to play at Wembley. It's special for Barca - and for everyone in football.

O.K., my family isn't, like, stupid-wealthy. But I'm coming from a place where if football doesn't work out, I don't have to work at McDonald's.

Being in a football environment is where I'm most comfortable. I only feel excited and motivated when it comes to crucial, difficult, important matches.

I always have a football handy at home, and I'll play with it. Sometimes it'll get on my wife's nerves. But the moment I've got a ball at my feet, I'm happy.

Since retiring I have spent a lot of time with my family, on my boat, and playing football.

It's difficult to get away from the media, from social media. It's a big thing in society and in football, in particular.

I don't get involved in football! I haven't got a sporty bone in my body.

I wish I had some strapping football player husband. It would be such a dream to be 'normal' like that, but I'm just not.