Quotes from Gianluigi Buffon

I believe in doing the right things; that is my character and personality.

To the fans, it does not matter a damn how you are. You are seen as the footballer, the idol, so no one thinks to stop and ask you, 'Hey, how are you?'

Every kid thinks about scoring rather than not conceding.

If I can push myself up to the 2018 World Cup, then I'll go on. After that, I'll close the door and stop playing football.

My first memory of the national team is the 1982 World Cup. I remember those days at our home or at my uncle's house, with all the family and those long dinners watching the matches. But I also remember that, during the games, I went outside or onto the balcony to play.

On the field I defend our colours, love our flag and sing our anthem. I could not be more Italian than I am now.

More than anything else, I'm a very calm person in the sense that I don't worry about the future and what my life could be. I just have to face it, and I'll face it with enthusiasm as well as the desire and curiosity to test myself.

People don't mind you feeling low if you are still performing. But if you've shared too much, and suddenly your performance dips, that's when they start doubting you.

Everyone gets scared from time to time. It's totally normal, and anyone who says otherwise is a liar.

In the end, you need to be a little masochistic to be a goalkeeper. A masochist and egocentric as well.

I started to play, like all kids do, not as a goalkeeper. I liked scoring goals; in the end, it's all about scoring goals.

Even if I were offered twice my salary elsewhere, I would stay at Juve. Doing so would make me proud, as it is a worthy thing to do.

If I do something, I do it with the idea to get to the top - without that, I would stop living.

Maybe I'm the only footballer who isn't interested in cars. My Lancia Y gets me around.

The role of a goalkeeper is difficult to judge, above all if you haven't been a goalkeeper. It's like me giving an opinion on someone's job without having had any experience in their sector. You start to realise how many stupid things are said and written about goalkeepers.

I don't give advice, because I always made my own mistakes and would only be adding further chaos to the situation.

I thought psychologists were people who rob, figuratively of course, money from the insecure. But they are not. They are people who are there to help you, and if you find a good psychologist, they will allow you to talk about everything and open up, without the slightest of fears, and that is no easy thing.

No record belongs to just one person, and there are no number ones outside of a group.

Don't be a keeper.

Messi is an alien that dedicates himself to playing with humans.

Up to 30 years old, I was carried by natural talent, combined with a good level of professionalism. But since turning 30, I've gained a desire to sweat in the real sense of the word, to understand where I need to improve. Competitiveness, now, is essential.

Often, there are fallacies when a journalist or a fan and sometimes even a coach who has never been a goalkeeper sees a cross in the six-yard box and says he should come out.

When you go somewhere and think it will be your last time there, you always appreciate the beauty of it even more and want to crystallise emotions that you will keep with you forever.

Pogba is one of those players who leaves you speechless.