Carles Puyol

I could never have dreamt of the kind of career I had, but I was always happy with the ball in my hands or at my feet. ”

Sometimes I played as a goalkeeper with my brother and his friends - they were all older, and nobody wanted to go in goal, so it had to be me! ”

Champions League is a very tough competition. ”

What matters most is that the team always comes ahead of the players. ”

Development has to start from the base; the kids need to be playing, and the institutions have to come forward. There needs to be focus on grassroots. ”

World Soccer Stars presents a great opportunity to celebrate the arrival of football, and from what I know, football is the next emerging sport in Pakistan. ”

For me to be able to play football was a gift. ”

For me, it's hard to separate being a fan from the feelings you have for some of your team-mates. ”

My job will be to transmit - using my experience, my knowledge - with the intention of making the player more professional. I want to be a 'life-coach' who helps them to think, to make decisions, to manage their emotions with intelligence in difficult situations. ”

I'm not a big fan of revolutions. People nearly always call for them when a team that's triumphed a great deal goes a year without winning anything. For me, however, the experience gained in previous victories is important. ”