As professional footballers, we are in a fortunate position compared to much of society. I think it's important we keep this in mind and try to support those less lucky than us where we can.

I do not know if we play the most beautiful or attractive football, but we certainly play more intelligently, more functionally and more precisely than anyone else.

I always say that Juventus should be judged in March and you can see why. We have found a system that gets the best out of the quality we have in the squad and ticks all the boxes.

Juventus versus Milan is always a classic.

I think that Mbappe is better than Neymar because he's more consistent.

I would like to have a managerial career as a director.

Playing as captain of Juve and the national team, with 500 games for Juve and 100 for the national team, it gives you a different serenity.

It is nice to pick a squad or train players for 30 minutes, but I do not like the life of a coach.

A footballer isn't a devil or a saint.

Weaknesses are part of human nature. What matters are the consequences they can have on a squad.

Unfortunately, I didn't get to know Paolo Montero that well. He was someone else who lived like a king at night.

I respect Koulibaly a lot and we got to talk to each other, to understand what kind of person he is.

Suarez and I are similar and I like facing strikers like him.

Have I ever hated anyone? Higuain - but he surprised me after getting to know him. No. 9s are selfish, they do a different job, but he has a generous, playful side. He's a demanding guy because you have to be pamper him, motivate him. He needs affection to feed the incredible potential he has.

When you meet someone who gives you good advice for your own, you must have the humility to listen.

Sergio Ramos is the best defender in the world, but it's not just me saying this.

If you want to go all the way in the Champions League, you're always going to face Barcelona, Real and Bayern Munich in rotation.

It's not easy to change the way you play when you are 30.

Thinking of stopping Kane one-on-one, just me, is not going to happen.

I have always liked to play against the great ones.

Ibra is the best. He has always made a difference wherever he has gone.

There's no pillow as soft as a clear conscience.

Life is too short not to enjoy it.

We didn't have electricity when I was a kid. We had to watch TV by candlelight. No, that's a silly joke.

I've laughed, and I've cried. Laughing has got it over crying.

There's a longing in country music that can soften even the rockiest heart.

Success is not getting what you want, it's enjoying what you have.

Great stories start with great opening lines. 'I'm a lineman for the county' - what a great way to start a song.

It was Dec. 22, 1981. I figured I had messed up enough, and I decided to have a little faith and let God take over. It definitely straightened my act up in a hurry.

I don't have Alzheimer's. I have part-timer's.

I'm a take-me-as-l-am person, and all the rest is water under the bridge. You can't change yesterday any more than you can predict what's gonna happen tomorrow.

I was very candid in my book because I want people to know the truth... and that people can change for the better.

I still love making music. And I still love performing for my fans. I'd like to thank them for sticking with me through thick and thin.

I don't really classify 'Wichita Lineman' as country.

God saved me.

I felt my music wasn't aiming at anybody. Everything I was doing was because it was a good song.

I have been blessed. I really have.

A good song is a good song.

I realize you are going to make mistakes through life. Just don't make any bad ones, you know. Like all of my records are perfect records, but I did make mistakes on them.

If I get a song - a good song - I just sing it the way I hear it in my head. If anybody else wanted to add whistles and bells and chains rattling, that's fine. Just not too much. I actually just do things as straight ahead as possible.

When we cut 'Strangers In The Night,' we did the whole song in two takes.

I'm really not a songwriter, so if I hear a song, I feel it and like it, I'll do it. But I'll make it the way I want to hear it.

We lived on the farm, and our mode of transportation was wagon and team. No electricity. I'm the seventh son of 12 kids - eight boys and four girls. Mom and Dad handled that very well. But I wanted to get out.

I just tell you, the Lord's been good to me. Even if I was a rounder, He's been really, really nice to me.

Music is music. It doesn't matter if I am trying to aim at country or trying to aim at pop.

Honesty I can take. Lies I get upset about.

I guess I'm like Roger Miller who used to say that he didn't have as many jokes as he thought he did.

I like to start the day early, it keeps me out of trouble.

I would have been content to just do studio work, making it on my own never really entered my mind.

Some people have said that I can 'hear' a hit song, meaning that I can tell the first time a song is played for me if it has potential. I have been able to hear some of the hits that way, but I can also 'feel' one.