Andres Iniesta

“I think Coutinho's a great team player with a huge amount of talent. He can use both feet. He scores goals. He links play well and gets between the lines in attack.”

“Every player wants to be as complete as possible and goals for a central midfielder are very important.”

“It's true that time is against me, and I am closer to hanging up my boots, but one thing I have clear is that I will be involved in football. I don't know how, but I will be related to football. It's my life.”

“Most things come from inside; they're intuitive. That's the way I am.”

“I don't consider myself a star.”

“I want to extend my career for as long as I can.”

“I want to be remembered as a great footballer and a great player. When our football days are over, that's all we are - people.”

“Perfection doesn't exist.”

“Small players learn to be intuitive, to anticipate, to protect the ball. A guy who weighs 90 kilos doesn't move like one who weighs 60. In the playground I always played against much bigger kids and I always wanted the ball. Without it, I feel lost.”

“There is no rule that says a footballer needs to be 'this high' and 'this wide.'”

“Some people like you, some people don't. In the end you just have to be yourself.”

“There are moments when your mind is very vulnerable. You feel a lot of doubts.”

“People see footballers as different beings, as if we're untouchable, as if nothing ever happens to us, but we're people. Of course we're privileged, but in the tangibles, we're the same.”

“La Masia is a place where lots of people live together but you are on your own.”

“My father has made a museum with my cuttings and photographs.”

“A great deal of who I am is down to Barca and La Masia - I am very thankful to them.”

“If you win without sacrifice you enjoy it but it's more satisfying when you have struggled.”

“When you need help, you have to look for it: at times, it's necessary. People are specialists; that's what they're there for. You have to use them.”

“I get the feeling people respect me and that there is affection for me. That makes me happy.”

“If there is one thing that all players have in common it is that winning, competitive gene; the ability to overcome obstacles and fight for what you want from your career.”