I was a Panthers fan growing up, being close to Carolina.

Any football player will tell you that in July you get this dark cloud over you if you know camp's coming.

The lead initiative of my foundation is clean water, but not far behind it is military appreciation.

My dad and I shared a lot of football memories.

Fans of football and fans of nationhood have a similar zeal. Read the fanzines: their contributors could find a needle-sized diss in a haystack of compliments, and their passions are fundamentalist.

Ajax have a tradition of good football and play 4-3-3, which suits me. They also spend lots of money on youth players with the aim of putting them in the first team.

I never dreamed about being a millionaire - I dreamed about being a football player.

Sports teaches you there is always a second innings in life. If you fail today, there's a second innings maybe two days later. Maybe there's another opportunity coming up three or six months later. If you look at mistake as learnings and commit never to make a same mistake again, then you actually get better with every mistake that you make.