My parents gave up things for me when I was growing up.

I started out at youth level as a holding midfielder.

Your eyes are very important as a professional footballer.

I was only 19 when I came to Hoffenheim. Everything was new to me - a strange country, a foreign language. That was not easy at the beginning. Europe was a big adventure to me, and of course I had my doubts.

I work in a business of extremes, so when you are with someone who is very calm and logical, it's a great kind of balance to have.

I remember in 2004, I had three gorgeous transgender models on the runway. That was my strength, in a way. That I did what I thought was gonna work, and I never paid attention to the industry's rules.

I spent my whole musical career trying to be different and make songs that people think shouldn't go together... go together.

It's one of the biggest disappointments of my boxing career, not going to the Olympics.