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I never really did sports growing up. Maybe that's why they intrigue me. The technology that goes into that clothing is steps ahead, so it's always been something I look towards.

The sports apparel industry was dominated by the big shoe companies. But there was a void in apparel and I decided to fill it.

We had to be down early to get the best stuff for the pros we looked after and then get the rags that we were left ourselves for training. It seems very old school but it grounded me as a person and made me appreciate everything as a footballer, because all we got was a pair of boots.

I personally love sportswear, and love using it in high fashion.

I played English football - soccer - instead of American football, because we couldn't afford the equipment.

I was very sporty at school, and sport was probably the thing I was best at, but my real passion was for fashion.

Under Armour is new, aggressive, slick, classic but athletic - kind of how I always wanted to be perceived.

I grew up in Africa, in Nigeria. I never knew, I never had any reasonable encounter with football. I saw football on Sky News. I thought there were people dressed like extraterrestrials, you know, like they were going to Mars or something, headgears and shoulder pads. And I wondered why, as a child, why did they have to dress that way.

I couldn't figure out what to wear under my clothes. The body shapers were too thick at the time.

I like the idea of paradox, between the authentic fabrics and sophisticated shapes and between masculine and feminine. I'm not so much for sportswear. I think it's over.