"When people tell me I'm a god, I tell them they're wrong. I'm just a simple football player."

"The game was played with a lot of pressure, and when you play with pressure, you make mistakes."

"I am not a saint, but I am not a devil either. I am just a human being."

"I was waiting for my teammates to embrace me, and no one came. I told them, 'Come hug me, or the referee isn't going to allow it.'"

"When I say I want to talk to the president of the football association, I want to talk to the president of the football association. I don't want to talk to his dog."