“I accept I am going to miss playing because it's such an important par...” — Xabi Alonso Quote

I accept I am going to miss playing because it's such an important part in my life. It's going to be difficult to fill that gap. Life goes on.

I don't think I will stop learning about football. There are certain parts we will never understand, like what happens in the brain of a player or makes a team fear.

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.

Mesut is one of those unique players you see every once in a while. He has the gift of a perfect touch in tight spaces that makes him special.

Everything can change in the Champions League.

I make it a point to have my meals after every two hour gap and am very particular about it.

I was born and raised in Orlando, where the economy and culture has been powerfully shaped by tourism, and so I've long been interested in how we narrate the places we visit, how the gap between what we see and what we know manifests when we're traveling.

I try to deal with the poverty gap - to do policies for all of us rather than only for the wealthy.

There is a huge gap between what students want for their future and what their schools are offering.

It's the gap in the teeth. My friends say I look like Shrek - some of my friends - and you can't choose your friends, so what can I say?