You can feel very quickly as a prisoner of your past, of the memories.

Football lost its excitement for me.

Certainly take the advice of others but always, always be yourself.

I would like to compare football and cinema. I think it's very similar. It's two games... different games. You have to work very hard and find the confidence to enjoy it on the pitch or in the film.

Actually, I wanted to act even when I was still playing football.

I didn't want really to be involved in a normal soccer club.

When I was banned for nine months I had an opportunity to focus on something else and I needed to focus on something else. It's who I am. I admire Miles Davis and Chet Baker a lot and I like this instrument, so I tried and I learned and practised for two months. But I stopped after that.