You can spend the money on new housing for poor people and the homeless or you can spend it on a football stadium or a golf course.

Money is not a motivating factor. Money doesn't thrill me or make me play better because there are benefits to being wealthy. I'm just happy with a ball at my feet. My motivation comes from playing the game I love. If I wasn't paid to be a professional footballer I would willingly play for nothing.

For a kid who's lost his mom and all the rage and grief that no one was able to talk out of me football was a very therapeutic sport. Very.

Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?

Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end the Germans always win.

There are the medical dangers of football in general caused by head trauma over repetitive hits.

Football is like life - it requires perseverance self-denial hard work sacrifice dedication and respect for authority.

Now learning a bit more about footballers I think what they need to do well is someone who really wants to stay in the background and just be a strong support.

Football management is such a pressurised thing - horseracing is a release. I'm also learning to play the piano - I'm quite determined - it's another release from the pressure of my job.

There are many ways to grow football-wise. You go slow or are pushed to go faster otherwise you get left behind. For me there would be trouble in stopping learning.