The talent God gave me is beautiful and wonderful, but it is difficult because you are always facing other people keen to judge you. There are few people with such talent, so there are few able to judge what I am doing.

It surprises me how much children like me, you know? If they look at me as an example, I have a big responsibility.

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 lose my temper it's because I decide to. If I do something it's because I want to do it.

You speak bad of me, I score goals.

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.

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.