Paolo Maldini Quotations

We know well the difference between finishing second and third, above all in a summer with the World Cup finals.

My first two-goal game was very satisfying, also because playing central defense it is not often that I have scoring chances,

Now we've already got 76 and there are still three games to play. Just from that you can see what a magical season it has been for us.

He enjoys the game and that is the only thing that you can know about him at the moment, ... If he really wants to be a footballer than he will know how to handle all the pressures there will be for him.

I thought the long summer holidays would have helped me but instead when I started to train I felt worse than before. My idea is to retire when I am at the top and not after spending a season on the bench.

I thought that the long summer holidays would have helped me but instead when I started to train I felt worse than before.

It is not only the final but we have lost to Turkish teams many times. . .we will have to get over it.

My situation has improved a great deal compared to the start of 2006. The injury is still there, but it has been treated and is much better. I am not too worried by it and can live with the discomfort.

That's the secret to getting ahead in a long and difficult championship. The Champions League requires a lot of energy. We can't be afraid to play guys who haven't been used that much.

We can win it again and that is our intention. We've been drawn in a difficult group but if you have ambitions to win the trophy you mustn't fear any team.

We will evaluate month by month. The cartilage, what little remains at least, is OK,

There is so much enthusiasm among us and around us,

We created chances, more than we did in the win over Lyon but we lacked precision. However, you have to remember the tie lasts 180 minutes.

There's not much we can do. Crespo needed to score and is coming into form, but we don't have many alternatives.

The wound is still open but although we can't forget it we must move on.

In the Champions League you must try and clinch a place in the next round as early as possible.

However, you have to remember the tie lasts 180 minutes.

I considered retiring last year and I still have the same thought in this difficult time. I thought the long summer holidays would have helped me but instead when I started to train I felt worse than before. My idea is to retire when I am at the top and not after spending a season on the bench.

And PSV played very, very well (in last year's semi-finals), maybe better than us.

I can say that Thiago Silva has no rival in his position. He is by far the best defender in the world. It’s a compliment for me to be compared to him.

It certainly is a very difficult group,. We're still bleeding after the Champions League final and want our revenge.

I like Pique a lot. He has class. He knows how to defend and also how to score. He is perfect in a duo with Carles Puyol.

If as a child I had written a story, the best story that I could imagine, I would have written as indeed is happening to me.

When I see Messi play, in my opinion, he should win the Ballon d'Or every year. He is an unbelievable player.

Every professional footballer should seek to play at least one game at Celtic Park. I have never felt anything like it.

If I have to make a tackle then I have already made a mistake.