I have said in the past that I dream of playing in Spain, but Dortmund has become my second home. I love this club, its fans, and this city.

I started playing with my dad, and football was my dream forever. Step by step, I learnt a lot. I worked really hard, and finally when I was eighteen, I signed my first professional contract.

Rhythm and sounds are born with syllables.

The virtual world is not the enemy. The pioneers invented a world they believed in, but the followers must follow that world whether they believe in it or not.

In the Church, considered as a social organism, the mysteries inevitably degenerate into beliefs.

I spent nine years at Arsenal, which makes the club really special for me.

There are lots of ways to be a feminist. Beyonce, for example, is a beautiful example of feminine sensuality and is still really powerful. My character and my inner essence is more like an awkward...

In modern football, you need to make decisions quickly and play fast.

There is great food in Vegas.

It was the force of the ball. It made my foot bone and ankle come together and cracked. I thought I had just twisted my ankle, but it was a clear fracture.

Many novelists take well-defined, precise characters, whose stories are sometimes of mediocre interest, and place them in an important historical context, which remains secondary in spite of...

People must not lose sight of the fact that football is a game. I would find it healthy that it remain so.

Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor.

We undress men and women, we don't dress them any more.

Do not let it be your aim to be something, but to be someone.

I always play with long sleeves because Beckham always did it. He is my idol. He had a lot of class both on the pitch and outside. Nobody had his right foot. I would love to speak with him, but in...

You can pass on my respects to the grand mufti, but I will not cover myself up.

I never expected to adapt so quickly, but if you are a foreigner it's up to you to adapt to English football because you can't change it. I think I've achieved something in the way I adapted.

I don't know exactly what is my impact, but I can say I am doing fashion my own way.

El Cholo is a great coach: he asks a lot of his players and demands a lot of intensity. If your guard is down even a bit in training, Cholo tells you to put in extra effort quickly.

The attacks of which I have been the object have broken the spring of life in me... People don't realize what it feels like to be constantly insulted.

One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it.

I think when people have pudding and jobs, they vote for you.

I did great things in the theater. I played some nice roles, like in 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly' and 'La Vie en Rose.' And I love my role in 'Frantic.'

We are aware that globalization doesn't mean global friendship but global competition and, therefore, conflict. That doesn't mean we will all destroy each other, but it is no happy global village,...

I find the organic wave much more interesting in America than in France.

I think Martin Keown was the toughest. I liked playing against him in training because I knew it was just like a game situation.

Think about the photo before and after, never during. The secret is to take your time. You mustn't go too fast. The subject must forget about you. Then, however, you must be very quick.

The ministers of kings should learn to moderate their ambition. The higher they elevate themselves above their proper sphere, the greater the danger that they will fall.

There are times in your life where you need to make vital choices.