I have this thing I say to myself that 'tomorrow can be better.' And I remember that period in my life where I never felt like tomorrow could be better. It was always dread for the next day.

My goal is to try to avoid a regular job.

I am nowhere near my limit. I just want to see if there are such things as limits. I want to go and find out.

I was, without exaggeration, a delinquent teenager.

You've just got to play complementary football; you've just got to wait your time.

Football means everything to me. It's been my life from four years old onwards. It's given me the best moments of my life and the lowest.

On television, I have watched countless athletes from different countries, sports and Olympics stand proudly at the top of the podium and shed tears. They symbolized the Olympics for me because Olympic medals represent all of the hard work and sacrifices made by the athletes as well as the people who helped them reach the top of their sports.

I've played basketball, and I've stood at the free-throw line with a tie game and 0.2 seconds left. But there is no feeling in the world like being in that ring when they close it up and ask, 'Are you ready?'