To play in atmospheres that are intense is when I play my best football.

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.

Rooney's good but not the best in Manchester.

Mancini is lucky. He has an owner [Sheikh Mansour] who speaks little and asks only: "What do you need?"

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

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.