Mancini is lucky. He has an owner [Sheikh Mansour] who speaks little and asks only: "What do you need?"

I am different - if you can find another like me, then I will buy you dinner!

There's only one that is a little stronger than me: Messi. All the others are behind me.

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.

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.

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

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