I like to take on challenges.

As a player, I've always been interested in understanding the coaches' minds, in seeing how they made a group function.

Many times, my role was to work as a link between the coaches and the players; it was to be a leader. That was something natural for me.

Unfortunately, the life of a player is not forever.

Having the opportunity to join the FOX family as a soccer analyst in their Moscow studio for what will be my third World Cup is amazing.

It has been an honour to defend the colours of a historic club like Deportivo.

Madrid is a club with very high demands.

If you are lucky, you go to a team like Porto to mature. And if things don't go well for you, others take your place.

Everyone dreams of playing for Madrid, but we all know that it can be life or death.

I had a great time with Botafogo, and I am sure they will acquit themselves very well in the Libertadores.

Football is part of my life, but it is not all of my life.

I wish I could hug all the fans one by one.

My last game, scoring a goal, was incredible.

I am very satisfied with what I've done in my career and with what I managed to do with Botafogo.

I have spent half of my career at Milan.

To make a difference within the football environment means to make a difference in the world.

My humbleness and the work I do each day speak for me.

You cannot leave the pressure and responsibility on young people in general. Young people must enter a safe and protected environment to be able to pass and fail so, little by little, they can adapt.

If a club has the cups it has, you have to think that Real Madrid is always capable of reaching the final and winning it.

What I always say is that young people need older people to develop their game, grow as people, and understand what Real means.

You can not always think about winning everything and forever.

When you play against Barcelona and other great teams in the world, you can lose. It happens.

When I make criticism, it's constructive. It's not right only to focus on the negatives.

When the results start to come your way, the confidence rises, and we start to play better.

I think about Milan from morning to night, and there is certainly no lack of effort and desire on my part.

All the games we play are worth the same because we can aim to get points in the league. Milan wants to fight until the end in the league and wants to compete with everyone until the last match day.

I was born a trequartista, and have adapted myself to playing in other roles.

The DNA of AC Milan is something I have inside me.

Coming back to AC Milan was like I'd never been away, actually: you know everybody; everybody knows you.

I have the quality and the experience and can give that little bit extra to the squad.

There is no racism in Italy.

Bolatelli is an exciting player, but his stupid attitude sometimes attracts attention from the crowd - nothing more, nothing less.

I believe in a European League. I would like to see more quality in the game, and fewer games mean more quality.

People don't come to the stadiums for every match because if there is a game every three days, it is difficult. You need to make games more exclusive and make them more special.

Why does everyone love the Champions League? It's because it's exclusive. Even if you win it, you only play 13 games in that competition in a season.

I'm sure I will win a title with Inter.

Rijkaard was my idol, but we have different qualities, even if at the beginning we played in the same position.

When I am in Holland, I feel negative feelings. That must change.

I would love to play in the Premier League; which player wouldn't? I am happy at AC Milan, but never say never.

Great moments of entertainment, great football, unforgettable evenings. I think that's what it's all about: experience, emotions, and the special touch that the Champions League brings on and off the field.

Everyone dreams of winning a European Cup final, and I was lucky to do it at just 19.

Scoring goals comes and goes with time, but the most important thing is that we continue creating chances. The entire team must work, and we then have to score goals.

My dream is to get the young people off the streets, to make it possible for them to play football in the stadium instead.

I've been playing football for 23 years and with more than 30 nationalities; that has been a pleasure.

Globalisation has changed the world, and football is the perfect instrument to set an example and to help adapt to this new world.