“I’ve always taken things very seriously, since I was very young, and that’s reflected in my career.”

In study, like in sport, to win you need determination, commitment, and preparation.

If you think you’re perfect already, then you never will be.

For the people that I love I only have one face but for some people we can’t have one face.

I don’t have to show anything to anyone. There is nothing to prove.

Family Time is the best time.

So proud to reach 1000 official games in my career with a very important victory that put us on the top of the table again!

Without football, my life is worth nothing.

Workout to improve mind and body.

A difficult game but a very important point. Keep on fighting until the end.

I know I’m a good professional, I know that no one’s harder on me than myself and that’s never going to change, under any circumstances.

When you lose a person you love so much, surviving the loss is difficult.

It’s always good to start the season with a win!

These are challenging times. Let’s make sure we stay on top of our game so we can all come back stronger.

When we become patient and consistent, we find the way to get through the difficulties.

I want to be remembered as part of the group of the greatest players ever.

I will never reject an autograph, hug or photo. I was also a fan of football.

When you have a passion for something then you tend not only to be better at it, but you work harder at it too.

I’ve always been aware that the image you patiently construct for an entire career can be ruined in a minute. It scares you a bit, but that’s the way things are.

Mercy,’ I love conceptually because I feel like you can either think about it as if it were a girl – which it sounds like it could be about a girl – but I like to picture it as ‘pleading for mercy for my career’ type of thing.

Just write every day of your life. Read intensely. Then see what happens. Most of my friends who are put on that diet have very pleasant careers.

You rarely come across the complete footballer, but Scholes is as close to it as you can get. One of my regrets is that the opportunity to play alongside him never presented itself during my career.

You can’t make somebody understand something if their salary depends upon them not understanding it.

I wanted to be an actor, like, so, so bad. I took acting classes, I auditioned for Disney, and then I realized how nervous I got with remembering lines.

One of my big, big strengths I think early on in my career was that I could learn very quickly. You wouldn’t have to tell me the things 10 times or 50 times until I would understand them. You would only have to tell me two or three times.