I like playing for the purple and gold. This is where I want to finish up.

Our work is never over.

Derbies are always difficult to play because you have to handle the pressure. There’s no advantage or disadvantage for either side.

There’s many ups and downs in the fight game.

What the ISL has done is create the hype and buzz around football that it very badly needs.

Our vision and commitment is towards the country’s progress, its place in the world and the happiness of its people.

Players who are not from the U.K. have to get used to the winds. I have to adapt my style as a result as well. Often, you are forced to keep things simple.

I think my top salary was maybe in 1966. I made $17,000 and 11 of that came from selling other players‘ equipment.

All an agent is going to do is buy things for a player, damage his eligibility, and make the player dependent on them.

If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.

I like playing basketball and going to the gym. I don’t box, but I’ll ride my bike and go jogging or running in the park. Sometimes my lady and I go hiking.

This desk of mine is one at which a man may die, but from which he cannot resign.

Remember that creating a successful marriage is like farming: you have to start over again every morning.

I am a professional sportswriter, among other things, and I take the games seriously. It is only one of my many powerful addictions, and I don’t mind admitting any of them.

Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms.

What a great day for football, all we need is some green grass and a ball.

Marriage is scary to me, man.

When I say I’m going to take care of a woman, I don’t just mean physically or sexually or romantically. I’m going to take care of her emotionally and spiritually. I’m going to take care of her in all ways. I take a lot of pride in that today.

When we make progress quickly, it feeds our emotions. Then, when there’s a period of waiting or we hit a plateau, we find out how committed we really are and whether we’re going to see things through to the finish or quit.

There have been so many great players that I’ve played with, that I’ve played against over the years.

I don’t really focus on these things – on what tags are given to me or what people think of me off the field – stuff like that. My main focus is always to do well on the field for the Indian cricket team. When people say good things about me off the field, I am more than happy to accept them.

Football is a game you cannot play without making mistakes.

When I signed up for BFC, then-coach Ashley Westwood wanted me to play on the left as an attacking midfielder. I was not sure initially but I believed in his vision. For the first six-seven games, I didn’t really know what I was doing. I was like a headless chicken. But he kept backing me.

I have certain guys who I looked up to. Jordan, Kobe, those guys. Passing that on to doing my part to kind of keep that influence of basketball where it should be is kind of why I play the game.

I’ve always felt toward the slightest scene, even if all I had to do in a scene was just to come in and say, ‚Hi,‘ that the people ought to get their money’s worth and that this is an obligation of mine, to give them the best you can get from me.

Part of me feels you can’t say you were truly in love if it didn’t last. If I end up getting married and having kids, that’s when I’ll know it’s real – because it lasted.

Fame may go by and – so long, I’ve had you.

I am very happy to be signing for the best team in the world and especially proud to be the first Portuguese player to join United.

I do think coaches need to get away from the game more, though. It’s good for them.

I’m committed to the fight game.

I try to encourage all my teammates, and I sure hope that some day all athletes – my kids, high school kids – get the same level of care I get. Because you can play for a long period of time without having knee replacements, without having all the major head trauma that people are dealing with.

How you played in yesterday’s game is all that counts.

All the top players in the world play 45-50-60 games. You need that many games, even the strikers need that many games.

Michael Jordan changed so much in basketball, he took his power to make a difference. It’s so much going on in music right now and somebody has to make a difference.

Commit yourself to a mighty purpose.

I rate Fabien Barthez and played with two great keepers in Alex Stepney and Harry Gregg.

I’m really a normal football manager.

I saw 14 games in two and a half months at Churchill. It was what I really signed for. They were eyeing the championship and also playing the AFC Cup. So I am very thankful for Churchill, the coaching staff and the players.

Bobby Knight told me this: ‚There is nothing that a good defense cannot beat a better offense.‘ In other words a good offense wins.

Volleyball, I could be pretty good. After a few practices I could be that striker, or whatever they call it.

I had a good time boxing. I enjoyed it – and I may come back.

As a coach, one thing that used to frustrate me was one player would make a bad decision, and that’s all you would read about in the papers all over the country. We have so many athletes do so many wonderful things for other people, and you never read about it.

My main concern is meeting with public because my main commitment, main interest is promotion of human value, human affection, compassion and religious harmony.

I was a good football player, and I had a chance to play with some great players.

I used to rush home to see ‚Match Of The Day.‘ Whatever I was doing, I wouldn’t miss it.

One of the most basic factors in sports is that winning becomes a habit, and losing is the same way. When failure starts to feel normal in your life or your work or even your darkest vices, you won’t have to go looking for trouble, because trouble will find you. Count on it.

In England, when an athlete gets to the top, we do our best to destroy him.

In our monogamous part of the world, to marry means to halve one’s rights and double one’s duties.

Talking to a player helps, but in our sport the majority of learning happens from watching another player. You pick up things like being punctual, being nice to everyone, making sure you give your 100 per cent even in training.

As a kid, I used to see how Sachin Tendulkar used to win matches under pressure for India in Sharjah or other places. So I was always keen to repeat the same in similar situations. I don’t take pressure on myself when I am in the middle. I love pressure, and I always believe that pressure makes you more focused.

In my heart, I am always a Raider.

Football changed my life and it gave me a platform to get out my aggression and it gave me a sense of value.

When I won the Golden Gloves in 1960, that made me realize I had a chance. And when I won at the Olympics, that sealed it: I was the champ.

You cannot mix sports with politics.

I am fortunate to have played 15 years for my country.

At the end of 2003, my game was complete. Shooting, defense, using the dribble, transition, midrange stuff was all there. Then it was about fine-tuning and trying to improve in each area.

Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he’s losing; nobody wants you to quit when you’re ahead.

I was a naturally aggressive left-back, a cut-throat tackler.

It’s really annoying for me. That’s not what I’m playing for, to be the face of the NBA or to be this or that or to take LeBron’s throne or whatever.

I don’t want to wake up and be bored. That’s probably my greatest fear is to have nothing to do. What better job is there than to play quarterback for an NFL team, and certainly one that I’ve been on for a long time and had success with? I don’t plan on giving it up any time soon.

The bat is not a toy, it’s a weapon. It gives me everything in life, which helps me to do everything on the field.