The people at the top of the league think they need to rein me in so I don't become another Michael Jordan, somebody they aren't able to mold and shape and make their puppet.
I started in a 4-3-3 formation at Ajax, playing in left midfield. There, you need to be just as involved defensively as you are going forward. You attack and you defend, and that allows you to be a complete player.
We need to strengthen basic infrastructure in border areas so that people don't migrate to other places looking for better opportunities.
One thing is undeniable. If we are going to continue to have support for migration, we need to be able to control the numbers.
So we are disappointed that some of our closest allies, including Canada, have not agreed with us on the urgent need for this military action against Iraq.
I think we as a society, a global community, we as governments, need to figure out ways to combat ISIS, not just as a military force but as an idea.
We need to transform our military forces by focusing on force posture, not force structure.
Our military personnel sacrifice for us, and we need to stand up for them.
I don't need to be rich anymore; I don't need to be a millionaire.
Most existing national capital funds have been built up from royalties from oil and other minerals. They need not be limited that way. Most are anything but democratic. That could be changed.
The communications industry has been tremendously successful, but we need to build the railroads and the oil wells and the gold mines of space.
The bitcoin protocol is about mining bitcoin, not pricing bitcoin. There is nothing in the protocol about establishing a market price for bitcoin; you need a market for that, but what if all the exchange markets are shut down?
I think writers need windows on a view to remind them that a whole world is out there, not the minutiae with which they might be dealing on a close scale.
We need more missionaries - more worthy missionaries.
Where the federal government and the taxpayer has had funds misused, we need to use the full extent of the law to get those funds back for the taxpayer.
The threshold question: Will banks continue to exist? The answer is yes, because society will still need the two essential functions they provide: mobilization of capital from providers to users, and facilitation of payments for goods and services.
Governments oppress people, but so do mobs. You need to avoid both to make progress.
We need to be celebrating those who serve us rather than mocking them for the purpose of getting on TV and selling some books.
In computer animation, every detail has to be thought out, designed, modeled, shaded, placed and lit. The more you add, the more computer memory you need.
But we need to show that the EU can modernise itself, can adapt to the needs of its citizens, can take their views into account. That will be our ambition for the UK Presidency.
