Some people you struggle to argue with - they've got a lot of strong backing to what they say and what they do.

That is one thing that is part of Manchester City, which we've taken with us from the olden days. We'll never give up while anything is possible.

Football is a business, at the end of the day.

I played for Man City, and I enjoyed it, and I have done every time I have played for Man City.

We know the beauty of football is that you get another chance next year.

You can't get any better than winning in Europe.

Donnarumma is incredible, full stop.

People say the English players don't come to Italy because they look down on Serie A, but that's just not true.

Not everyone is going to like you, not everyone is going to want to play you, and that's the business side of it, which I've grown into and I'm certainly not going to take personally.

I do what the manager asks of me to the best of my ability. I'm not saying I'm brilliant or saying I'm perfect.

Stuff out of my hands is out of my hands. How people want to play it is up to them.

As far as I'm concerned, it's just my mum getting it out there saying she wants her son to be England captain.

I'm cool with Pep. I think he's a top manager.

I've got quite a few people who I hold close to my heart and I trust, and a lot of footballing opinions that I care about.

I always supported England as a boy; I think it's great to support your national team.

I think it's important to feel good so that the football can take care of itself. If everything else is organised and ready to go, then you're free to play football.

I don't really know football from the Seventies and Eighties. It's all myths and legends to me.

Criticism certainly doesn't affect my life, and whatever the pundits have called me, I'm sure they have been called a lot worse in their day.

I've always found that you can enjoy your life a lot more if you can get on with people. If I don't get on with someone, I don't necessarily go out of my way to be best friends, but you learn as you grow up how to get on with people.

My feelings towards Manchester City will never change; I'm eternally grateful to them as a football club. They took me as a 19-year-old boy from Shrewsbury Town, took somewhat of a punt on me, and I've had some fantastic times.

Good government is one of the most important factors in economic growth and social well-being.

Hours wasted in traffic represent not only lost wages but enormous amounts of economic activity that might have happened. Congestion indirectly increases consumer prices, makes travel times unreliable for commuters and truckers, and precludes many people from accessing jobs in urban hubs.

Engineering is the art of managing scarcity - it's easy to design and build a massive bridge that will last forever if cost is not an issue. Similarly, to build a new company, you must manage scarce resources.

Entrepreneurship is, in large part, about building something from nothing, which means creating a cause.

The human mind and body remains the most complex, powerful machine on the planet, and we will adapt and thrive in a world of accelerating technological change.

In my experience, it's common that deep truths exist at both extremes of a dialectic, and the wisest stance on an issue will incorporate 'both of the opposites within itself.'

Palantir owes much of its success to the amazing talent of the first 30-40 technologists who joined the company, as well as to the internal leadership that helped motivate this core group to achieve its ambitious goals and to continue to attract extraordinary people.

If you can make finance more functional, make it a tiny percent better, you create a great deal of resources, which you can use for other things like education and healthcare.

We created Addepar because we saw a place where a multi-billion dollar global platform clearly should exist - but did not yet - to fix many of the challenges that exist in the finance industry.

I think that the culture at Stanford really shapes how you view the world, and you get a lot more out of an entrepreneurial mindset.

David and Ellen Siminoff are legends in Silicon Valley - they are two of the most influential mentors to top executives and leaders behind the scenes, with long track records of success.

We adapt to technological progress by raising our minimum standards of living and working to stay above this rising threshold.

Many of humanity's most intractable challenges will only be solved through market-driven innovation.

I have learned that if I only see and deeply appreciate one side of an argument, it means I am probably missing something important.

I'm always investing and building things at the same time.

Technological unemployment is scary for those affected - but has always gone hand in hand with economic progress.

Engineering talent is the most precious resource for any technology company - Palantir and Addepar are successful first and foremost because of their top tech cultures, and the same is true for our best portfolio companies at 8VC.

There's no substitute for experiencing ups and downs - seeing how it's okay that things are overwhelming or broken sometimes and how companies recover from mistakes.

A true leader must strive towards a grand vision of human progress, but remember that the minor details of her everyday life really matter to those who look up to her as a role model.

The only way to create prosperity is to do more with less. In economic terms, an increase in productivity is an increase in the amount or quality of output generated for each unit of input. Jobs do not make society wealthier - productivity does.

We use convertible notes a lot at our fund - 8VC - so often that we just call them 'notes' to save time.

Wealth is only ever actually created from the bottom-up, with free people employing their distinctly human creativity and finding ways to serve and employ others.

We want to inspire everyone to recognize the positive social impact they can have if they choose to become technologists.

Innovative cultures transparently document spending, admit mistakes, and ask how they can do better.

Success gives you a platform for further success - suddenly everybody wants to work with you, and your opportunities and possibilities open up. But at the same time, success is also immensely challenging - it ultimately often creates pride, stubbornness, and sloppiness that beget failure, taking down people and organizations.

What would I advise an aspiring young entrepreneur? Certainly I'd say read the works of great entrepreneurs and investors like Ben Horowitz, Peter Thiel, and many others. But what's more important is to get real experience at a great startup.

My experiences building Palantir and running Addepar made me aware of serious problems with government and inspired me to build a non-profit to look into state spending.

A talented executive whose interests are aligned with the firm's and is confident in her role will always recruit stars who exceed herself in various ways, but one who is worried about her value to the firm will not.

My personal experience with companies in the PayPal ecosystem taught me that a superb engineering culture is indispensable to building a winning business.

The reason we have so much talent in Silicon Valley building and investing in for-profit technology companies is that markets richly reward successful ideas, no matter who invents them. But to remain competitive in a free market, companies must exercise discipline to meet quantitative goals and eventually become cashflow positive.