"Our strategy [at Chelsea] is to bring up our own players through the academy, which we have invested a lot in, and hope it gives results"

“Lead me from death to life, from falsehood to truth; Lead me from despair to hope, from fear to trust; Lead me from hate to love, from war to peace; Let peace fill our heart, our world, our universe”

Source : Prayer for Peace (1981; adapted from the Upanishads)

“Tactics, fitness, stroke ability, adaptability, experience, and sportsmanship are all necessary for winning.”

“Oh, my goodness, when you're a mother and you just give birth to a child with spina bifida and - or Down's Syndrome or cerebral palsy, there's a bit of a shock you're going to have to go through, a bit of an adjustment curve.”

“A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated.”

Source : "Words for Teachers to Live By". Book by Mary Engelbreit, 2002.

“I stared at her black hair. It was shiny like the promises in magazines.”

“If you wish to enrich days, plant flowers; If you wish to enrich years, plant trees; If you wish to enrich Eternity, plant ideals in the lives of others.”

“At this point in my career I feel that the Tour takes priority. There may come a time at some point down the line where other races may take preference, but for 2015, it`s the Tour.”

Source : "Team Sky's Chris Froome confirms he will ride the 2015 Tour de France" by Ed Aarons, www.theguardian.com. December 2, 2014.

“I do not seek the good of others as a sanction for my right to exist, nor do I recognize the good of others as a justification for their seizure of my property or their destruction of my life.”