When I left for Qatar, I knew, of course, that this could have an impact on my career as an international.

I always found new challenges in my career.

There is a family atmosphere at Inter, and there are all the ingredients to aim high.

In Spain and Italy, they like it when you win with good football, but winning without is appreciated.

Every good relationship, especially marriage, is based on respect. If it's not based on respect, nothing that appears to be good will last very long.

Everyone saw me on TV or read articles, and it was all about my great marriage, the white picket fence, all this success and my perfect life. But behind the scenes, it was a struggle.

Being married to a daughter of India is a natural complement of my being in this country for 30 years. My roots are very much in this country, even though I remain a Westerner.

In the early days of Christianity the exercise of chastity was frequently combined with a close and romantic intimacy of affection between the sexes which shocked austere moralists.