The fans are especially amazing in Mexico. You look out your window, and there are fans that stay out there all night long.
Every time I step on the pitch, I feel proud to play for my club and my country, so to get to show this pride through my boots has meant a great deal to me.
Never been crazy enough about soccer to say, 'I'm a Madrid fan until death.'
The most important people at Liverpool Football Club are the people who want to be here.
When I was younger, soccer was my life. I always wanted to play.
It is a very, very difficult thing to get into the Brazil national team, so when you achieve that, it makes you really happy, and you want it to continue for as long as possible.
Everything in my life - family, friends, even my fiance - are all second to soccer. And I've won every tournament where I haven't had anyone there. It just seems to work for me. I don't think I'm going to change that.
I was the kid who always liked to take the ball down to the school even in my free time, kick it against the wall, juggle it in the front yard and so it was kind of a perpetual state of playing soccer for me.
Having a family has helped a lot with my partner, my son. It helped me focus on soccer.
I think Falcao is one of the best strikers because of the way he plays, more than simply being a player with a lot of class, to define a game, a style of play. He's proven that he's a player who works hard; he's very strong both tactically and technically.
I like to be important for the team. That's it: to try and help my team Southampton to give fans pleasure to enjoy.
My relationship with the national squad is a separate thing; I've always been lucky in that, for Argentina, I've always performed well, independently of what's been going on at any club.
Some people tell me that we professional players are soccer slaves. Well, if this is slavery, give me a life sentence.
Ndamukong started out playing soccer, like his sister before him. She excelled at it, played for Mississippi State, made the Cameroon national team.
I gave up on the delusion that these players enjoy soccer as much as I do, that they play for the love of the game.
