“I don't want to just play well; I want the players around me to play b...” — Xabi Alonso Quote

I don't want to just play well; I want the players around me to play better, and that's when I feel that I have done my job.

I feel very comfortable with the system used by Mourinho. It's a very dynamic 4-2-3-1 that can easily change to 4-3-3 or 4-1-4-1 depending on the moment or the team's needs. He really knows what he wants.

I have improved with time by playing for elite teams in elite leagues and the Champions League and with the Spanish national team in World Cups and European Championships.

There are not many better clubs to play football for than Liverpool.

I have been lucky enough to work with great coaches. My father was also a coach, and my position in central midfield requires tactical knowledge.

Traditional cooking techniques inevitably form a gray band of overcooked meat around the outer edges of a steak. Sous vide, thanks to the gentle heat it uses, eliminates that gray band, producing a steak that's cooked just right from edge to edge.

99.5 percent of the people that walk around and say they are a social media expert or guru are clowns. We are going to live through a devastating social media bubble.

As I traveled around the league for FOX and called games, really good coaches know how to exploit the weakness of an opponent.

Every summer, around late July and into August, I find myself in Europe, performing at any festival that will have me.