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I like to learn about things. I could learn about business, which I knew nothing about. Since the age of 7, I wanted to be a doctor and nothing else. ”
Over the past decade, I've been lucky to have witnessed and played a part in Manchester City's rise as a club and a brand. ”
When I read or study, I don't do it for the degree - if I fail, it doesn't matter, but it just takes me out of this world where you're the centre of attention all the time. You just become a normal bloke when you're setting yourself those kinds of targets. ”
Within my first year of moving abroad living on my own, my sister got ill - she got cancer - and at the same time, my mum got cancer, and she passed away. I think at that time it was a hard challenge for me to deal with it, but in a way, I have always taken strength out of anything that has come at me. ”
I'm someone who takes on information quite well, so there's maybe a path into management. But I see what successful managers have to go through to get to that level - it's a completely different ball game - so I think I'll cross that bridge when I get there. ”
When City came calling, I researched the club, but when I first came through the door, it was weird: it was a big club but at the same time a small club. ”
What annoys me most is it is so easy to focus on negatives all the time. All you hear is a lot of people - whether it is industry leaders or politicians - complaining about everything. I don't deny things are not always perfect, but the stage it gets is huge compared with the simple things that make people happy, like winning a football match. ”
I'm not worried about getting extra game time, extra minutes, and all this kind of stuff that so many other players will worry about. ”
When I was a kid, it was very common to go places and get racially abused, starting from age six all the way up until you got into the first team. ”
Many players win the league for the first time, and they come back, and it's something you have to feel, to see in their eyes if things have changed or not. ”