Growing up, I was taught a man's word is his bond.

I always felt like we were here to do a job, so you should be out there practicing and playing.

If you could still run and play, there's no reason to go see a doctor, right?

The best thing I've ever heard another player say is, 'I hate playing against you.'

Besides my father, who used to be a footballer at the local level, it is Messi for whom I started to play football.

I watch basketball all day every day. So when I'm watching the games, I watch it - I just enjoy watching basketball - but when I'm watching other people play, I'm really just watching as a student trying to figure different things out.

I'm riveted by extreme sports like big-wave surfing, 'megaramp' skateboarding and half-pipe snowboarding. I'm fascinated partly because the sports are so exhilaratingly acrobatic. But I'm also captivated by the fear that a terrible accident might happen at any moment. And accidents do happen.

I'm a huge sports fan but have no interest in minutiae. I don't remember who won Super Bowls five years ago or listen to sports talk radio.