I know the importance of the number 10. In Brazil, the one who wears 10 constructs the attacks.
In Italy, you must think faster than defenders. It is a tough school.
The main factor in joining Arsenal was meeting with Arsene Wenger and to hear what his plans were for me.
As far as the fouls go, we are not going to rely on anyone else to make the calls for us.
When you play a match, it is statistically proven that players actually have the ball 3 minutes on average ... So, the most important thing is: what do you do during those 87 minutes when you do not have the ball. That is what determines wether you're a good player or not.
We discussed buying a defender. The view was the priority at that time given the way we were playing was that we needed support up front and that is why we bought Louis Saha.
For Argentina I'm a central midfielder. Always have been and always will be.
To win Ligue 1, you have to win each weekend. Every game is important.
I enjoy watching football on TV. Many times I can visualize the whole field, even on the TV screen, because I still know enough about what the teams are doing.
I think there's a lot of different ways to score points and win football games and be efficient offensively, just like there is on defense and special teams. That's what makes this great game so special.
In the Champions League, you can focus on a single game and play in exactly the style you need.
A few goals is the way soccer is meant to be played.
It's a different playing style than at Monaco; there were two of us in midfield there, and here at Liverpool, there's three.
If teams keep playing us this way, it's going to be like this.
I've played under different managers, different styles, and most of my career, I was asked to play long.
Being the Barca coach is different to being the coach at another club because you have to adapt to the philosophy of the club. At other clubs, maybe you have the freedom to adapt the team to your way of thinking. Here, that's not the case.
Good players win you games, good formations stop you losing them.
Obviously, if you are playing against a guy who is known for an up-tempo offense, you'll probably tailor your practice a little bit to say, 'Hey, let's get a couple of fast-paced plays back to back to back to try to simulate that.'
One thing I know is if I have my best player, I'm not going to let another team take him out of the game so I can throw to somebody else. I'm going to find a way to get my best player involved so they can't take him away.
I know if I'm playing centre-back, there are certain places where you don't give your full-back the ball - because I've been the full-back!
I started out at youth level as a holding midfielder.
To play Holland, you have to play the Dutch.
Peter Moores has been very popular in the England dressing room. He's got a very good record of developing players but I felt that in some areas of international cricket he is a little bit exposed, around tactics and strategy.
What I always do is just look at the players, look at the best 11 they can put on the pitch.
The coach is the one who eventually decides who makes the starting XI.
