If you play for Manchester United, you have to be strong.

If one player does not trust the other players, that player should not play.

My first job is to defend, but I know I have the quality to score.

You can be the best left back in the world, but if you play badly in the final, people will say you're the worst.

It's always a pleasure to be wanted by a club such as Paris St. Germain, especially as I am Parisian.

When I put on a Man United shirt, I will give everything, no matter what my future is.

Winning the Champions League is completely different to winning the Premier League.

You see on the night of a Champions League game. It is magic. It is total magic.

The Premier League title is very important, of course. I always say to play in the league and to win the title is very difficult. It makes you very proud.

You don't need to be criticised to play well or things like that.

I help Alex Buttner every time I can.

A lot of people say I am not tall and I am small guy. But I jump very high. I surprise a lot of people when I go for the corner kicks.

Players who play in the Premiership play everywhere - they are strong, quick, and have good technique. It is the best football.

I always say the biggest opponent for Manchester United is Manchester United. Every year I play for this club, I will say the same.

Sometimes you have good days. Sometimes you have bad.

We want to win everything. That is the Manchester United way.

Here in Italy, football is more like a chess game. You have to think about every move.

It is not easy to be Patrice Evra.

I always say one of the best sensations is when we win at Anfield.

I came to Turin above all for my family, because at Manchester, they had inserted a clause in our agreement which changed the situation considerably. It really annoyed me.

I'm a sportsman who has competition in my blood, and I am not interested in money.

I have a lot to thank Italy for. It's the country that opened the door to professional football for me.

I never forget my first emotions in football, in Sicily.

I was twice voted best left-back in the world.

There are some pundits with whom I will settle my differences... they want to sell a lie to the French people that Evra is disliked. But that is not the case at all.

Messi is unbelievable, but Ronaldo does it on his own. In Madrid, he has to score the goals and create them.

I will love the Champions League for life.

The Champions League, for me especially, is the most beautiful competition.

When you are young, you might be in the wrong position, but you know you are fast, and so you can compensate with your speed.

If you could get all the people in the organization rowing in the same direction, you could dominate any industry, in any market, against any competition, at any time.

Teamwork requires some sacrifice up front; people who work as a team have to put the collective needs of the group ahead of their individual interests.

The kind of people that all teams need are people who are humble, hungry, and smart: humble being little ego, focusing more on their teammates than on themselves. Hungry, meaning they have a strong work ethic, are determined to get things done, and contribute any way they can. Smart, meaning not intellectually smart but inner personally smart.

Success is not a matter of mastering subtle, sophisticated theory but rather of embracing common sense with uncommon levels of discipline and persistence.

When leaders throughout an organization take an active, genuine interest in the people they manage, when they invest real time to understand employees at a fundamental level, they create a climate for greater morale, loyalty, and, yes, growth.

Life is full of surprises: new opportunities come up; that's part of the fun - the adventure of life. The thing is, chaos doesn't allow us to enjoy the adventure.

The majority of meetings should be discussions that lead to decisions.

Team synergy has an extraordinary impact on business results.

Clients don't expect perfection from the service providers they hire, but they do expect honesty and transparency. There is no better way to demonstrate this than by acknowledging when a mistake has been made and humbly apologizing for it.

When truth takes a backseat to ego and politics, trust is lost.

What clients are really interested in is honesty, plus a baseline of competence.

For organizations seriously committed to making teamwork a cultural reality, I'm convinced that 'the right people' are the ones who have three virtues in common - humility, hunger, and people smarts.

The best kind of accountability on a team is peer-to-peer. Peer pressure is more efficient and effective than going to the leader, anonymously complaining, and having them stop what they are doing to intervene.

Whether we're talking about leadership, teamwork, or client service, there is no more powerful attribute than the ability to be genuinely honest about one's weaknesses, mistakes, and needs for help.

Where there is humility, there is more success, and lasting success.

Teamwork is a strategic decision.

If you're not willing to accept the pain real values incur, don't bother going to the trouble of formulating a values statement. You'll be better off without one.

The truth is that intelligence, knowledge, and domain expertise are vastly overrated as the driving forces behind competitive advantage and sustainable success.

There is almost nothing more painful for a leader than seeing good people leave a growing organization, whether it's a priest watching a Sunday school teacher walk out the door or a CEO saying goodbye to a co-founder.

Trying to design the perfect plan is the perfect recipe for disappointment.

At the heart of every great movie is conflict. It's the same with a meeting. There should be conflict and tension.