If you can't win, make sure you don't lose.
Football is a game of mistakes. Whoever makes the fewest mistakes wins.
Italians can't win the game against you, but you can lose the game against the Italians.
He deserves ten out of ten for doing what he does. He is a sensation, but still he can improve. He must know when to move the ball on quickly and when to try the impossible mission. When he learns this, he won't win a single Golden Ball, but an entire collection.
For the world of football, Messi is a treasure because he is role model for children around the world... Messi will be the player to win the most Ballons d'Or in history. He will win five, six, seven. He is incomparable. He's in a different league.
Without the ball, you can't win.
It's all very simple: if you score one more than your opponent, you win.
He has been outstanding. [Manuel] Neuer is an extraordinary goalkeeper, who would deserve to win it.
Italians can never win from you, but you can lose to them. (when asked about Ajax's chances in the 1995 Champs League final against AC Milan)
