Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson says his hunger to succeed is as strong as ever.
Ferguson may be heading towards his 70th year, yet ambition burns inside him as intensely as ever.
He declared: "That old hunger is still there. It always will be. Something like that never goes away.
"And you feel it just being here at Wembley. The Twin Towers might have gone but this is still an outstanding venue for a game like this. In fact, it's the absolutely right place for a final, for a big game. And I like big games.
"What also drives me on is the history of our club. It's one of the greatest institutions in the world.
"I go to our training ground and look at our players and, well, it's easy for me. Now it's Barcelona and all their wonderful players.
"But I'm not sure we could have prepared our lads better for the task ahead. And that's the key thing.
"That and the fact we have built some real unity here with our run in Europe, not just this season but over the last four seasons.
"These players trust themselves and trust one another. And it's those qualities which will serve us so well after what happened in Rome.
"We're very focused this time and, yes, our preparations have been better.
"We also made a couple of mistakes in Rome I know we won't make again. Yes, Barcelona are a great side with a magnificent manager. We understand and respect their qualities. We would be foolish if we didn't. But we will also be focusing on ourselves.
"We have a lot to offer ourselves, you know."
