Inter have given me so much and I am very proud.

It's an honour for me to wear the Inter shirt. To have been involved in so many important moments that all of us and our fans will keep in our hearts and minds forever, I feel privileged.

There's no point in dwelling on the controversies created by others.

The guys who play in midfield and up front are the ones who decide games.

I always see Argentina with great players.

I never settle.

I always seek to improve, but I also give a lot of importance to food and sleep too.

Inter is my life.

I never imagined that I would be at a club like Inter, with so much history and success and also as the captain. I can't see myself as a coach, but maybe as a director to give back to the club.

Maldini was a key figure in world football. I have always had great admiration for him as a player and as a human being. I faced him in many derbies - he was tough but always very loyal.

When I was young, as a fan of Independiente, my idol was Enrique Bochini. He was a playmaker and a total legend at the club. He never played for another club in his career. Maradona was a fan of Bochini too. So when I think that I have only played for Inter in Italy, I feel a little like Bochini. Only with far fewer assists!

Destro and Silvestre are two players worthy of wearing the Inter colours.

My relationship with Moratti goes beyond the normal ties between a president and a captain. I was an unknown and he believed in me. It's something that I will never forget. Indeed, I will always thank him for that.

I had chances to leave Inter, but this is my home. I stayed here even in times of difficulty and I was always sure that the winds of change would come through.

I do not like to discuss a game with the other players right after the final whistle.

I took after my father who was a bricklayer and used to build everything step by step, brick by brick.

I am a big fan of Independiente and I played in their youth systems before being released for being too small, so I went to work with my father as a builder. This helped me understand a lot of things about life; it made me mentally very strong and it also pushed me to go and play for another team.

I am a precise person in everything I do.

I want to be useful for the team, depending on whatever position the coach chooses for me. That's the spirit I've always had.

I am enjoying everything football has given me, and I want to enjoy to the maximum every chance I am allowed.

A lot of things, experiences I had, helped me to grow up and mature, both in terms of my football career and my private life too.

I've always believed that our public actions need to take account of our social responsibility.

The opponent I have most admired during my career is Paolo Maldini.

My mother was a cleaner and my father a builder. I watched both of them make big sacrifices for my brother and I to study. This is where I get my work ethic from. This is also the source of my generosity and willingness to help.

To arrive in a city like Milan as a young man was a huge challenge.

Inter is my second home and put their trust in me when I was an unknown.

Sportive fortunes get built day after day, week after week through a healthy lifestyle.

My story is like many other stories. I started very young. As the years went by, I only cared about playing football. I was never obsessed with money or being a professional though.

I was close to joining Barcelona and Real Madrid, but I am happy to have remained at Inter because I knew that sooner or later our moment to shine would arrive, and it did.

For some reason I have always felt at home here at Inter and this is why I have never thought of leaving.

I dreamed of ending my career with the Inter shirt, Inter is my house and I'll try to give my contribution off the pitch as well.

Messi is the best player in the world, the things he does with the ball are incredible. If someone knows how to stop him, they have to tell me.

This is football, and one cannot be distracted at any moment because the opposition can put you in difficulty and compromise a result.

I grew up in a humble neighbourhood in Argentina called Dock Sud. From my house, about 200 metres away was a football pitch. That's where I spent my childhood. It's a neighbourhood where everybody helped each other because there was a lot of difficulties. There, I grew up happily, because I learned a lot of things.

I don't mess around when it comes to fitness.

My secret is to train as intensively as I can, if possible, with the same intensity you experience in a real match.

My team-mates at Inter mock me when we are training. 'Stop running, let us win for a change,' they joke. But as long as my body responds, I will keep playing.

I have always been proud to play for my country and every time I am called up, I play with the same desire and commitment.

Injuries are part of the job.

Messi is an extraordinary player, but your squad is pivotal: at a World Cup, the 11 players on the pitch and everyone else in the group can all play an important role.

If I had a lock of hair out of place then I would not feel OK.

Feeling my hair in place gives me confidence. It's a question of image but also of character.

I liked my father's work. But above all I liked the idea of doing something concrete and useful. Building a house is a metaphor that I like, it's at the core of my life philosophy: starting from the bottom and reaching the top.

You need passion and commitment in your sport or else you will never survive that long. Of course you also have to give it your best shot and be responsible for your own behaviour both on and off the field before you can fully enjoy the game for such a long period of time.

I am very happy working with Inter, helping them build the club's international relationship with both Fifa and Uefa, promoting the marketing side, its social responsibility activities as well as being involved with the club's academy.

It wasn't my target to work as Argentina team manager.

We believe in a better world, an unglobalised world, enriched by the cultural differences and customs of all the people.

When I look back to my childhood, many concrete scenes come to my mind, good ones and bad ones.

Benitez is a coach with clear ideas and lots of experience in football.

Every coach has his own ideas about managing the team and how it plays.