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.

Is instinct in the head or in the heart? Off the field, I follow my good instincts which steer me in the right direction. Sometimes on the field my head leads me astray. That's what I believe.

Yes, I think I am a genius, but not a rebel.

I am proud to be Italian because I was born in Italy, I grew up in Italy, I went to school in Italy and I have worked in Italy. I'm Italian.

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.

When I score I don't celebrate, its my job, does a postman celebrate when he delivers post?

They say that abandonment is a wound that never heals. I say only that an abandoned child never forgets.