If you really want to make a difference you don't do it via Tweet, via Facebook, via Instagram - you get down, you understand what the facts are and then you offer a path forward.

It's true that not every day a little black girl in a low-income family from a segregated steel town makes the runoff to be the mayor of the third-largest city in America.

When I was in my 20s and kind of going through my own coming out process, I feared that I would lose my family. I feared that I would grow old alone. And that was a real part of my struggle.

Being the mayor of the third largest city in the country, that's humbling, but it also gives me incredible hope.

People feel like city government is corrupt. They feel like it doesn't work unless you have clout.

When you decide you're going to be a public servant, you should not be able to take on interests that conflict with the city.

Community isn't something I ever take for granted.

I grew up in a small town in a low-income family and was the only black kid in my elementary school. I felt like an outsider, and since I didn't know of LGBT people - much less LGBT black women - living happy, healthy, and successful lives, I didn't believe I could ever marry or have a child.

Chicago is an incredibly great city, but it was clear to me that greatness wasn't being spread to all our neighborhoods.

I think of being the mayor of a big city with so many incredible things happening - but also so many challenges and opportunities - as really being kind of the chief advocate for the people.

I learned early on about the real meaning of equity and inclusion, and that when those guiding principles are not met, they can have devastating effects on individuals, families, and communities.

I've been lucky and I recognize that, but I haven't lost sight of that girl I was.

Obviously, I believe that Rahm Emanuel's leadership has failed. Obviously, I believe we need change.

What I'm saying is that government doesn't work for people. There is a perception of it and a reality of it.

I live in Budapest and saw how the football helped the Hungarian people to be happy.

I was certainly no Maradona. I was a very fast player. When I saw a space, I used it. When I went past somebody, he didn't catch up with me again. I was a player who came with a run-up. What Maradona could see in a small space, I saw over long distances.

Maradona, yes! Diego was very fast, with good skills and brilliant dribbling. Many players are fast but cannot control the ball, but he was amazing.

People talk about Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, but you need an Iniesta to win the big titles.

I'm actually a very simple person. A very normal man.

Nobody needs to talk about the history of Manchester United because everybody knows it.

To speak of Mexico '86, I can make it short and speak only of Maradona. I never saw a player who dominated a World Cup like he did in '86.

Andres Iniesta is the magic man, not just for Barcelona but also for Spain.

I've played at five World Cups, including one in the U.S. where the distances between the stadiums were also big.

As a player, you'd rather be up against Barcelona, Real Madrid, or Bayern. Big clubs. Great atmosphere. Real excitement.

One day I'd like to show what I can do as a coach in Germany. But I won't bend over backwards for a job in the Bundesliga and lock myself in my house for 24 hours just to win other people's approval.

Both Luka Modric and Ivan Rakitic are classy players, top midfielders. They play for Real Madrid and Barcelona. That tells you everything.

The best day of my career was probably winning the World Cup!

If you concede early against a quality team, you have to play more openly - and can get picked off.

I love Paul Pogba.

You cannot always blame others if things go wrong.

When you have results, you can make a difference, and when you make a difference, you can win the Ballon d'Or.

When Messi gets the chance to go one against one, he is very difficult to stop on his own.

Important in a big tournament is how you start. With a great match at the start, you can distance yourself from the unrest from outside. And it increases the respect among opponents.

Competition is good for any player as long as they react the right way and use it as motivation.

I like football. It's fun winning the ball from someone. It's fun shooting at goal. It's fun hitting a ball over 60 metres that arrives. It's like in golf: if you hit a ball, and it flies and flies and flies, you enjoy it.

I am happy when Bayern win.

Nolito is not a left winger - he is a central player.

I think football is football, politics is politics.

All my family worked for Puma. My mother worked there, and my father was the guy that opened and closed up in the evening. We lived in the neighbouring building - just a couple of steps, and I would be in the Puma factory. All 300 people that worked there knew me; it was my adventure playground. I knew everything, even how to make a shoe sole.

Age is just a number when you possess real quality and a game plan.

Every good German team has strong leadership in the side.

Toni Kroos leaving the German national team would hurt me very much.

I often have the feeling that Ozil does not feel comfortable in the Germany jersey, that he is not free, almost as if he does not want to play at all. There is no heart, no joy, no passion.

Niko Kovac had to understand the system inside Bayern, to realise that this is a very different club to Eintracht Frankfurt, where he was before.

Muller isn't a number seven, a number nine, nor a number 10. He is everything and in between.

I hold Jonas Hector in high esteem, and he is a good player.

Sancho is a player who has everything. He has fantastic speed, great technique, a good eye for his colleagues, and that key pass. Everything he does, he pulls off at high speed at the right moment. For me, he is a perfect player. The ability he has is instinctive, natural. You cannot teach that brilliance.

Football is not only sunshine.

My wife is from Russia. I like the country, the mentality of the people.

Mexico and Italy are countries where you can almost taste the atmosphere from the teeming stands when you're on the field, and that's a real motivation for a player.