Quotes from Javier Zanetti

I am enjoying everything football has given me, and I want to enjoy to the maximum every chance I am allowed.

Football always gives you a chance to set the record straight. Things go full circle and end up the way they should be.

Inter are one big family to me and the club is like a second home to me.

I'm a fan of Independiente, so I'd naturally like to wear their colours, and I also like Banfield, who gave me a lot as a young player. Either would be nice.

I dreamed of ending my career with the Inter shirt, Inter is my house and I'll try to give my contribution off the pitch as well.

What can you say about Messi? A guy who has won five Ballon d'Ors, four Champions Leagues and has scored 97 goals in a year. There is no need to win a World Cup to certify that talent.

The thing about Champions League football is it can turn on an instant. You can have a very good, solid team over the course of the season, but the Champions League is more like the World Cup, where your fate can be decided in a second and you need a bit of luck too.

I can honestly say that there's nothing more beautiful for a sportsperson that to play for his or her country, regardless of the tournament or the location.

My secret is to train as intensively as I can, if possible, with the same intensity you experience in a real match.

I live every training session to the fullest as if it were a final.

When I was young, as a fan of Independiente, my idol was Enrique Bochini. He was a playmaker and a total legend at the club. He never played for another club in his career. Maradona was a fan of Bochini too. So when I think that I have only played for Inter in Italy, I feel a little like Bochini. Only with far fewer assists!

My only desire was to defend and honour the Inter jersey in any country all over the world.