“I love to play in the middle to be in contact with the ball all the ti...” — David Silva Quote

I love to play in the middle to be in contact with the ball all the time. I'm very happy to play in that position.

I don't waste my time doing my head in about stupid things that don't really matter and don't waste time worrying over nothing.

I think that by playing centre midfield in the middle of the park, I'm doing something which comes naturally to me.

The big difference between league football in England and Spain is that more teams compete here. In Spain, it is usually only two teams going for the title, which is not necessarily a bad thing because you get great matches between the two, but I think the English league is better for being more competitive.

Almost one in three Americans has had some contact with the criminal justice system. When you reach that saturation point, people begin to understand, in a very visceral way, the difficulties of reentry.

The first point of contact for radicalisation is almost always a personal one. Prisons and universities, for example, tend to be easily and regularly infiltrated by radical groups, who use them as forums to propagate their ideas.

The most powerful thing in politics is voter-to-voter contact. People take in ideas and formulate opinions by contact with other people they perceive to be trustworthy - other voters, people from their communities.

When I was a child, I grew up speaking French, I mean, in a French public school. So my first contact with literature was in French, and that's the reason why I write in French.