You simply can't get inside the heads of other people and say to them, 'Look, I went through some rough times.' It's impossible to explain everything the streets taught me, and that was quite a lot.

When you have to play football, you do it in the knowledge that there's a lot riding on the match, be it money, your team-mates, or the feelings of the fans.

After spending eight years in Manchester, I received a very warm welcome to Turin. The people are very easy-going, in contrast to other parts of Italy such as Rome or Naples, where passions run much higher.

In Argentina, I trained in the mornings, and I played a lot of golf.

I love the English league. I think it's the best in the world, but I have a problem with Christmas and New Year's Day because you have to play.

I want to go back to Manchester and win the City fans back.

I like Manchester, I love the fans. They are great with me, the club is great with me. But I'm not happy if I don't play, and all the time I don't play.

Of course you can never say zero possibility or 100 per cent possibility in football, because you never know what will happen because football changes so rapidly.

I was, in my first season, second top scorer, which is something people forget.

I would like to play for a club who I feel have true ambition.

Messi would never tell a coach who he has to play or not. I think he not only lacks the power to do that but also is not humanly capable of saying that.

I am just a normal person, and it is normal to have quality time with my family.

Lionel Messi, I never saw him in the gym. I've never seen him train in the stops or do technical exercises.

I wish to play again for West Ham before I finish my career.

When I first joined Manchester City, I was not 100 per cent fit.

There are three sportsmen: Tiger Woods, Roger Federer, and Lionel Messi. They perform with excellence, like most of us could never dream of.

I have respect for all the clubs I used to play for.

Chinese players are not as naturally skilled like South American or European players, like players who learned football when they were kids. They're not good.

My record speaks for itself.

I hope I can be as good of a father to my son as my dad was to me.

My son makes me want to be better so that I can be there for him.

Guys try to take you out of the game if they know they can. So especially if you've got a playmaker, guys on the defense would do that.

You want to be smart. You don't want to put yourself in a position where you can't be there for the team when it comes down to the end.

Any time you're dealing with an ankle, you've got to run, you've got to cut, you've got to do all those things. It makes it tough.