Racism springs from ignorance.

Racism springs from ignorance.

When people talk about my business, my life, I'm really private. Maybe someone thinks I'm arrogant or something, but it's just me.

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.

Sometimes in football you deserve to win but lose. Other times you deserve to lose or draw but you win. That is the game, and it's why I've always said you should never try to predict anything in football, especially in Europe.

Many stories are invented about me - too many stories; almost everyone uses me, and I'd say about 0.01 percent of the gossip is true.

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