Yes, I think I am a genius, but not a rebel.

I don't celebrate because I'm only doing my job. When a postman delivers letters, does he celebrate?

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

People who know me, love me. People who don't know me love me too... or they hate me.

I sent my Christmas wishes to him, but he didn't answer. He's the world's best coach, but as a man he still has to learn manners and respect.

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

I will not accept racism at all. It's unacceptable. If someone throws a banana at me in the street, I will go to jail, because I will kill them.

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.

When I score I don't celebrate, its my job, does a postman celebrate when he delivers post?

You can't delete racism. It's like a cigarette. You can't stop smoking if you don't want to, and you can't stop racism if people don't want to. But I'll do everything I can to help.

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.

Always stand up for Truth regardless of who steps on it.

Britain wouldn’t have won the war without its eccentric geniuses.

I personally don't believe people really grow. They just learn stuff when they were a kid, and hold on to it, and that affects every relationship they have.

He has the lucidity which is the by-product of a fundamentally sterile mind.

To discover a system for the avoidance of war is a vital need of our civilisation.

It's fun for someone to poke fun at himself.

I used to go to these old tent revivals and listen to the gospel singers. If you think rock and roll is energetic, it pales in comparison to a Pentecostal tent revival.

My definition of God is the ever-present essence of love.

There is only the actuality of what happens in life. The rest is just a story, no matter who's telling it.

There are three things to remember when teaching: know your stuff; know whom you are stuffing; and then stuff them elegantly.