Street football features all the basics of football: you get a lot of touches on the ball, it is fast, teaches you to think quickly and to be creative.

When you play eleven a side, you might go through a game with very few touches, but with street football, you're always involved in the game, so it is a great way to improve your skill and to learn how to create and use space, as the pitch is very small.

By playing in the street, the level of Asian football can absolutely improve, as you will get more technical players. They will be quicker, more creative, and after succeeding in the street, it will be a piece of cake for them to do well eleven a side.

Asian players are very eager to work hard, but they don't have the physicality of the Europeans, so they might actually need to work twice as hard. With street football, their skills will improve a lot, and so will their tactical awareness, because by playing within a limited space, you need to be very focused on your game.

Football will never see another Alessandro Del Piero.

When you change team, and you have the right mindset and a coach who respects you, everything becomes easier.

The only person who can help Balotelli is Balotelli.

It is important to have tough and strong players to win back the ball and give consistency to a team.

Ask most people, and they will say their name or profession, but you have to know who you are both physically and mentally. It's really important in football because then you know your trigger points, how to adapt and improve.

I can't even remember playing a game without pain.

You can get racially abused 10 times before you even reach the football stadium. If you've been confronted every day with something like that, it's hard. This is not about people playing the 'race card.' This is a reality that people like to sweep under the carpet.

People think racist abuse stops on the football pitch, but that's just the beginning. When you go home, you are still confronted with it. Football is just a magnifying glass of the real world.

I have been racially abused by fans and players, but sometimes it's just a way to get under your skin.

Even though you're irritated or disappointed about a game, never lose your human side.

All teams are grateful for their fans most of the time because they give you the platform to perform. It might sound like a cliche, but it's the truth.

If you approach a player with respect, he will give you that respect back, but sometimes fans are just critical.

This game is about engagement and respect, whether you're playing in the Champions League or in the fourth division.

When someone makes a racist remark, that doesn't make him a racist, but you have to say, 'This the line. You've crossed it, and you have to apologize' - not only to the person who has been hurt but also the people who live with that racial abuse almost all their lives. I think that's unacceptable if you don't.

The transition from soccer to fashion was an organic one.

You see, in the fashion industry, everybody either knows each other or is linked to one another. If you're not part of their inner circle, things can be hard.

The guy I cater my clothes to wants to be different without going overboard. So we sell many classic silhouettes with unique details to avoid things from getting ordinary.

We started a new movement called street soccer, so I was already breathing and living the style. Since street soccer is not a game but a lifestyle, it required a matching wardrobe.

When I am on the pitch, I just want to play, I don't care if it is the Nou Camp or not; I just want to play.

I just grew up in Ajax with all the players from Ajax. We only had two or three foreigners, so everyone knew each other and knew the system.

I think when I played at Juventus, that was the best team.

When you have too many stars, you have too many egos to manage, and it's difficult.

I cherished every moment with the national team - the good ones and the bad ones - because you learn from your mistakes.

The past can influence the future. When you finish one chapter, you open another, which will be influenced by what you've just lived through.

It doesn't matter if you are 30 or 40 or 19 or 17 - if you can play the ball, you can play the ball.

I am not at all convinced by Pogba. He plays a lot in England - it's true - but I expected a lot more from him.

He moulded me as a player by teaching me the basics, the fundamentals of football, and definitely made me the player I was until I stopped playing. That is what Van Gaal does.

If you look at most youngsters, they have worked well under Van Gaal. I had never heard of Thomas Muller at Bayern Munich before Van Gaal managed him, and he's now one of the best players in the world.

Fashion is important, man.

I coached a team in Brixton - Brixton United - for a while. We won two cups. They are a good team, but I only coached. No playing.

I've never had a big dream to be a manager, but I'm a curious guy, and I want to see if I like it.

I don't want to be anyone's mimic.

You need to beat a defender when you have the ball. You need to be able to successfully pass to a team-mate, and there are other attributes needed to be the complete player.

Anything is possible, and if an opportunity turned up, and it was under the right circumstances, I would love to come back to England in a coaching capacity.

I am a Spurs fan as well, don't forget.

I was very fortunate to have a career like this. I wanted to put a lot back for the community.

Almost every football player played on the streets. And also, a lot of people not ending up as football players play on the streets. It's the beginning of a lot of social gathering.

Ancelotti has managed a lot of big clubs, and I think he would do well at Madrid because Juventus, Milan, Chelsea, and Paris Saint-Germain are big clubs.

People know who Carlo Ancelotti is. He's a man with a lot of experience.

You can do tactical games with a kid, and they don't even know it's tactical.

Loyalty? There's no loyalty in football.

I have found back at Spurs the pleasure of football.

Ronaldo is the best of the best, I mean not only as a football player but also as a human being. You can see how he developed and how devoted he is to really staying on top every year to excel. I think that is something unbelievable, and I said it before and will say it again: he is an athlete, and an athlete is a positive thing.

When you look at youth, they want to aspire to somebody. You can see that with him you have to work hard, and that's what you bring if you have someone like Ronaldo who embodies hard work and determination.

If you are hoping for a Champions' League final or winning a title, it's the same. You are working for a result.

Everyone wants to play in the Champions' League because that's where it is all happening. That's where you get the A-status for players. It's very important for young players.