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Football fans share a universal language that cuts across many cultures and many personality types. A serious football fan is never alone. We are legion, and football is often the only thing we have in common.

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

Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that.

I am an honest, God-fearing man who is intensely dedicated to being the best person I can be on and off the football field.

I'm a football guy at heart; maybe I should have played football for a living instead, because I play a lot of football videogames; I'm really into them.

When I'm out on the football field, I have so much confidence in what I'm doing.

My whole life, people have been like, 'I don't know if you're playing or serious.'

It's a big compliment that so many people want to see me. For them, it's all about football. That's what they remember about me.

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.