Sports & Competition quotes

Sports have the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire, the power to unite people in a way that little else does.

I went to a strict elementary school with nuns, and uniforms that I'm pretty sure were made out of sandpaper. It was an academic, sports-oriented place. I liked to read, and wanted to act, and didn't try out for volleyball. I was weird. The other girls would dip my hair in ink and stuff.

There are perks to being the partner of a professional athlete - we were invited into beautiful homes, enjoyed stunning sponsor cars, got special treatment at restaurants, and attended many exquisite functions.

If you are too nice, you will just get eaten alive. The football world is not always a nice place.

When I started to play football, when I was around 15, 16, I remember the players that played on the national team and noticed that it was only typically Swedish guys.

I want to be remembered as the football player I was. The private person is nobody's business.

At Barca, players were banned from driving their sports cars to training.

That's my hunger. If I start to relax, and I lose that, then I had better stop my football. I need that hunger. I still feel I need to do things 10 times better than other players. Just to be accepted and to improve myself.

Obviously fashion is a completely different world from football.

Music was important. Football was the easy part.

I was lucky to come from a difficult area. It teaches you not just about football but also life.

I was lucky to come from a difficult area. It teaches you not just about football but also life. There were lots of kids from different races and poor families. People had to struggle to get through the day.