I’m being driven crazy by people who are obsessed with limiting the scope of government, but feel perfectly free to demand that government get involved in women’s most personal choices.

I’m obsessed by the idea of making my mark on history. And Arsenal is my paradise

People are obsessed with actresses being hairless, fatless Barbie dolls.

I’m kind of obsessed with food – I really am.

Nastia Liukin, I was obsessed with her. And I say was, but really am obsessed with her. She’s just so amazing.

I can’t put my mind to anything else. I’m not interested in hanging out or partying. For me, it’s all about the pitch: training, playing. But even when I go home, afterwards, it’s football the whole time. I think I’m obsessed!

A civilization begins to decline the moment Life becomes its sole obsession.

At university, I had been obsessed with reading about the lives of Rimbaud and Baudelaire, and I was steeped in the crazy poets, and I came to view my early subjects through that prism.

I believe in working harder and putting in the time – being completely obsessed. And, yeah, I think that’s life.

I feel it when I need to train and I do what I feel like I need to do. I don’t get obsessed with one style or one skill.

People are never more insecure than when they become obsessed with their fears at the expense of their dreams.

Don’t be obsessed with tactics but with purpose. Tactics have a half life.

That’s one of my biggest obstacles. I’m afraid of failure. I want to succeed so bad that I become afraid of failing.

On working with Martin Scorsese in Gangs of New York (2002): He’s a perfectionist, obsessed with detail. That’s why he went over budget and over schedule.