We're professional footballers, so we have to go out there and perform as best we can and try and get the results that we want.
When I was in school with my friends and stuff, you always used to put yourself in the situation of footballers of the time and pretend to be them.
My father and my mother were professional footballers and have also been coaches.
We wanted to be footballers, not part of some gang.
Everyone likes to be praised for their work and footballers are no different but the key thing is staying level-headed.
Like individuals in all walks of life, footballers want stability and we have families to look after.
People think that football is all glamour and money but trust me all footballers go through the same boring and annoying things as everybody else.
Boredom does get you into trouble and we footballers have a lot of time on our hands, and sometimes we fill up that time with stuff that isn't always positive.
My body shape has transformed as sports science research has developed. It used to be thought that footballers needed to be big and do lots of weights and little cardio.
When I arrived in Milan, I found myself surrounded by many fantastic footballers.
