I was born in Germany, grew up in Germany, and when I was becoming a professional footballer, I felt like a German.

As a private person I think I am now totally different from Ruud van Nistelrooy the footballer.

I usually sprint for 20 to 30 metres - occasionally 50 to 60 metres maximum. But no footballer ever sprints a complete 100 metres during a game.

Beckham is unusual. He was desperate to be a footballer. His mind was made up when he was nine or ten. Many kids think that it's beyond them. But you can't succeed without practising at any sport.

I understand football's changing and I'm evolving with it but stats are stats. You can run 15km if you like but I'm a footballer.

Messi is the best footballer in the world.

I think I get a raw deal from referees. But as a professional footballer I have to accept it, and that's what I do.

Nobody expects a footballer to have any kind of an IQ, which is a bit of an unfair stereotype.

Being married to a footballer is some girls' dream, but it isn't always like that. I work.

I always said in my career as a footballer, I owe everything to Newell's. But as a coach, I owe everything to Paraguay.

You can't manage every footballer the same. Of course you'd love to, but it doesn't work like that. We're not robots.

Being a manager is so different to being a footballer. It's a very difficult job, but, of course, it's very exciting as well.

I played cricket at primary school but hardly at all at high school. I was more of a footballer.

Yes, I was a footballer, but there's more to me than meets the eye. I've got more levels. So many levels. I'm not going away - and I'm going to keep on talking until things start changing.

If you want to make your mark as a footballer, you think England, Germany, Italy, Spain. Maybe France or Holland. But not China, not the Middle East.

I was a street footballer.

Moise Kean looks like a very good footballer with a lot of different qualities.

If you are a banker... you can do that for all your life, but if you are a footballer once you hit your mid 30s, you have to find something else to do.

If I'm reading a book by a footballer I don't want to read about games, how he scored or played well. People want to read what you thought, not what happened.

I have many footballer friends including I M Vijayan.