"I am the same person I have always been."

"I am more worried about being a good person than being the best football player in the world."

"The truth is that I don't like being compared to anybody."

"Sometimes you have to accept you can't win all the time."

"I never think about the play or visualize anything. I do what comes to me at the moment. Instinct. That's what has always led me most of the time."

"The important thing is to have respect for your teammates."

"There are more important things in life than winning or losing a game."

"I always thought I wanted to be the best, not the richest."

"The best decisions aren’t made with your mind, but with your instinct."

"Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power."

"Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within your control, and some things are not."

"Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do."

"He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has."

"Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him."

"When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger."