As a player, I've always been interested in understanding the coaches' minds, in seeing how they made a group function.

I played over 130 matches, including four finals, so there have been many great moments.

When I went to AC Milan, they were four points away from the relegation zone, and by the end of the season, we were just one goal away from being in the Europa League.

I have spent half of my career at Milan.

I can't say this enough - the food that you put into your bodies can actually help you get better grades. And it can also affect your performance in sports and other activities too. You see, when you give your body the best possible fuel, you have more energy, you're stronger, you think more quickly.

More than anything I want to be fit so I don't get out of breath when I play football with the kids.

Whenever I get days off, I go home, or friends and family come up. I'm in contact with them every day, so it's like we live next door, but obviously we live in two different countries. Football is my job, and everyone around me has given me the opportunity to purely concentrate on football, and everyone else worries about everything else.

You know, I stopped being competitive after I played football.