“Being seen as the best striker in Europe doesn't spur me on—it's helping my team to success. That's my only aim.”

“It's all about the balance of the team. That's the most important point, nothing else. For that reason, it's easy for me to adapt to several different styles of play. I know I have to adapt and play for the good of the team. For me, being a strong striker is not only about being a good goalscorer.”

“Dennis is the best player I have ever played with as a partner. It is a dream for a striker to have him in the team with you.”

“I know my best team, but my best team has got 15 players in it.”

“I've seen my own death in dreams like this and it's helped me appreciate life more. I've also seen my own life in dreams and it's helped me appreciate death more.”

“My aim is to do the best. Doing my best is just a tool.”

“The secret is to work less as individuals and more as a team. As a coach, I play not my eleven best, but my best eleven.”

“It's not about me, it's about how I can help my team to achieve more. And I do that through scoring goals.”

“I think, team first. It allows me to succeed, it allows my team to succeed.”

“My aim is to understand love. I know how alive I felt when I was in love, and I know that everything I have now, however interesting it might seem, doesn't really excited me.
But love is a terrible thing: I've seen my girlfriends suffer and I don't want the same thing to happen to me. … Although my aim is to understand love, and although I suffer to think of people to whom I gave my heart, I see that those who touched my heart failed to arouse my body, and that those who aroused my body failed to touch my heart.”