Occasionally, you feel like the only person able to win the match. So you take all the responsibility, you do too much, and you do something bad.

My public image is absolutely not a fair reflection of who I am.

I want to be the strongest player in the world and score a lot of goals. To do that, I have to improve in every area.

I know I have a responsibility as a role model to children and I try to fulfill that.

I believe I am more intelligent than the average person.

Sacrifice counts for a lot in sport. From a young age, I couldn't do the normal things that the boys of my age get to do. Maybe you have a nice car or a nice house, but at times you just want to be a normal guy and you can't.

When I wasn't famous, I had a lot of friends, almost all of them Italian. The racism only started when I started to play football.