I've now been in this country for thirteen years, since I was seventeen. So this is my second home.

It's not up to anyone else to make me give my best.

In many ways, my job in soccer was like my job in basketball now. I had to protect the goal. That was the name of the game, not letting the other team score.

I'm the kind of person who always wants more.

The key to fashion is, you don't want to look like you're trying. You've gotta be natural.

God comes first. Paradise is not cheap.

Allah says in the Qur'an not to despise one another. So the criterion in Islam is not color or social status. It's who is most righteous. If I go to a mosque - and I'm a basketball player with money and prestige - if I go to a mosque and see an imam, I feel inferior. He's better than me. It's about knowledge.