“Coming out of a dream or a book, the real world is such a deceptive and essentially miserable place.”

“The essential absurdity of football - that it has become so important - is nine-tenths of the poetry.”

“Barcelona fans labor under the touchingly innocent belief that everyone else in the world, apart from Real Madrid and Espanyol fans, is happy to accept that their club is the biggest on earth and quite simply the bees' knees of the whole footballing cosmos.”

“Dreams are what keep us growing. They are what keep us alive. To give up, is to let our dreams die.”

“Oh. THere goes another one. Just like Achilles.”

“Real change requires you to change your behavior-not just your attitude.”

“Centuries of travel yore suggest that when we no longer know where to turn, our real journey has just begun.”