I know as soon as a game is finished if I have done well. I don't need people to tell me. I want to achieve perfection.

When you are a footballer, you eat, sleep, and breathe football. If I have a bad training session, I can go home and do whatever I want, but you still feel an emptiness.

I can still take the hits; it's not a problem for me. I accept the blows. I can take the punches like a boxer.

If my wife was to say, 'Honey, I'd like you to go to PSG', I would have to take it into account.

I was born in Belgium. I went to school in England and in Switzerland, then I came to America, so I really feel like I am a citizen of the world.

I was terrified the first time that I had a big problem in my business. I was obviously terrified when they diagnosed me with cancer in 1994. I was terrified when my son used to drive too fast. But I...

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Out of all the clubs who were interested, I got the feeling that, deep down, Chelsea showed that they really wanted me. There were lots of reasons I came to Chelsea. They showed a real desire to get...

I want to work with the best coaches in the world.

My son loves the Hotel du Cap, in the south of France.

I am really looking forward to being present in my first three-week race, the Giro d'Italia, a huge and prestigious event that captures one's imagination.

Central defence is my favourite position.

The cell, over the billions of years of her life, has covered the earth many times with her substance, found ways to control herself and her environment, and ensure her survival.

I only started playing top football when I was 17 and a half.

I have lived difficult moments, but it's in times like those that you learn the most.

Hollywood does seem like the holy grail. Not to diminish anything from other countries, but it's the most mainstream and hardest to be a part of because there are so many people in it.

Growing up in Belgium, I played football all of the time, in the garden, on the street.

When I start a book, it's every day. There is no Saturday, no Sunday. It's every day, because if I stop one day, I'm afraid of losing the book and losing the energy.

It's a fact that Anglo-Saxon supremacy impacts other cultures. That is plain and simple.

It's simply amazing to have the chance to play for PSV.

All my family look Irish. They act Irish. My sister even has red hair... it's crazy. I'm the one that doesn't seem Irish. None of the kids in my family, my siblings, speak with an Irish accent......

The pace is unbelievable in the Premier League.

Rafa is the toughest opponent to start a campaign against.

Simplicity and sexiness, that's what people want. At a price that's not outrageous.

I have had so many fine moments in Naples, but the first that comes to mind is when I signed the contract. I immediately loved this city and these wonderful people.

I find football much more powerful than what grown-ups want it to be. It's a community to me; it's something very meaningful in the life of many, many people and especially the youth. And, therefore,...

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Young people want to work.

I didn't feel like my English was very good until my sophomore year of college.

It's not easy to be on a diet when you play for Napoli - the food is really good.