Every day growing up, I had this dream about the World Cup: I score the winning goal. In the final minute. With my butt!

As a professional player, I consider my career closed, but I don't want to exclude the possibility in the future that I may return, but not as a player.

Every time I return here, I always have fond memories of my time with Fiorentina.

I wanted to score the winning goal in the 90th minute of the World Cup final.

I think there needs some attention to be paid to what sport is going to represent to young people: should it be viewed in the competitive, team-oriented sense that it is now, or does it become a vehicle for betting, which may, in effect, change the atmosphere in the stadiums and the arenas?

Turkish people are very emotional, very passionate about football, really want to see their team do well.

There were some coaches, some teammates, some sports psychology people who I could trust and rely on. They were very important to keep me focused on the right things - the things which would be beneficial to me instead of catastrophising things and worrying about things which were not in my control.

It's tough to be a 15- or 16-year-old athlete competing around the country. There's tension, there's media. I had no idea what I was getting into.