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I am more mature now and know how to deal with certain situations in football. It's not all about highs; there are also lows, but I can deal with it. Football is a hard business.

There are many ways to grow football-wise. You go slow or are pushed to go faster, otherwise you get left behind. For me, there would be trouble in stopping learning.

In football, like in life, you must learn to play within the rules of the game.

You have different sorts of people in life, so why should it be any different in football?

Football develops, it becomes quicker, players develop as athletes.

I have been playing football since I was 7.

People can talk about my age for as long as they like. There is nothing better in football than proving people wrong, and I'll try to do that for as long as I can.

Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.

Just because I'm undersized and under-this and under-that, I've still been a good football player since I was little.

In football, you're dealing with grown men. In gymnastics, you're dealing with prepubescent teenage girls. There's a huge difference. At that age, you're not confident enough to have a voice.