Mandela means a lot to the world. He's something special. There's only a few people in the history of mankind with that kind of charisma.

You know, if you play on home soil sometimes funny things can happen and you have that push of the crowd.

Football develops, it becomes quicker, players develop as athletes.

When I played, I received racial abuse but I was just one of a few black players and we weren't backed up by the authorities.

I am very fit and by playing sweeper I can control the speed of the game.

I've taken challenges with the big risk that it can all go wrong. But that's what I like and I'd rather do that than be safe all the time.

Often there is a wall between the journalist and the star because there is usually not much time to get to know a person, and the star is always asked the same questions, and may be defensive.