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 don't like journalists and I hardly ever talk to them.

I don't follow politics; it doesn't interest me. So why should I vote?

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.

There are few people with such talent, so there are few able to judge what I am doing.

I don't celebrate because I'm only doing my job. When a postman delivers letters, does he celebrate?