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You question yourself all the time as a footballer. You have to focus on the positives.

At the end of the day, I'm a footballer who has played at some of the biggest football clubs in the world and played with some of the best players in the world.

I see myself as the best footballer in the world. If you don't believe you are the best, then you will never achieve all that you are capable of.

I see myself not only as a football player, but an entertainer and icon.

The lifestyle I lead as a footballer means I am always in the spotlight.

If you look at the footballers, you look at our celebrity culture, we seem to be saying, 'This is the way you want to be'. We seem to be a society that celebrates all the wrong people.

I just want people to see me as a hard-working footballer and someone who is passionate about the game.

Everywhere I go now, people are like, 'That's the guy from 'Dancing With the Stars!' It's pretty good that you're not just a football player but you're in the entertainment world.

In the past, I had my idols but today I enjoy learning from all the soccer I watch.

I don't judge my success in life as a football player.