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I pretend I'm one of the royal family when I'm in a hotel and that the hotel belongs to me - it is a palace.

If you look at Shakespeare's history plays, what the setting of monarchy allows is this extraordinary intensification of emotions and predicament.

But doesn't it seem like Chelsea's sort of being pimped out in some weird sort of way?

Being a small boy it's very daunting seeing the Queen around and not really quite knowing what to talk about.

If you're not just a little bit nervous before a match, you probably don't have the expectations of yourself that you should have.

If you look at the British royal family and take away the scandals and the goofy stuff that's going on, people love to have this king to look up to - the royals are like celebrities.

To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.

Success consists in being successful, not in having potential for success. Any wide piece of ground is the potential site of a palace, but there's no palace till it's built.

In Dortmund, they say the derby is more important than the championship. You can feel it around the game.

I'd rather live in a cave with a view of a palace than live in a palace with a view of a cave.