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" I know I have a responsibility as a role model to children and I try to fulfill that. "
Mario Balotelli
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" When I wasn't famous, I had a lot of friends, almost all of them Italian. The racism only started when I started to play football. "
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" I am different - if you can find another like me, then I will buy you dinner! "
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" When I decide to score, I score. I know I am strong, but I believe it is not enough yet. I can kick fine, dribble very well, but I still have to improve. "
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" America is a great country. I've been in the south, in the center and in the north. I like it. Americans are very good people. There's just too much air-conditioning. "
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" When I lose my temper it's because I decide to. If I do something it's because I want to do it. "
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" I have my life, my world. I do what I want, without annoying anyone. "
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" I know some players like being the centre of attention and I admit that when I first became a player I liked fame, too. But that feeling lasted only for three months. Then I realised what it was really like to be the centre of attention all the time. It isn't all good. "
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" It surprises me how much children like me, you know? If they look at me as an example, I have a big responsibility. "
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" They say that abandonment is a wound that never heals. I say only that an abandoned child never forgets. "
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" I don't like journalists and I hardly ever talk to them. "
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" I don't like to talk much, even when people speak bad about me. Inside me, I say, 'Why do they have to think of me that way?' But I know how I am. My objective is not that people follow me, but I'm happy that they do. "
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" Sometimes I dream to be alone and that nobody would talk to me. But I understand that football is really important and that everybody watches it. When you're famous, you have to do photos or autographs, especially for the kids. "
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" You can't delete racism. It's like a cigarette. You can't stop smoking if you don't want to, and you can't stop racism if people don't want to. But I'll do everything I can to help. "
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" Even if I don't always behave as I should, this still doesn't explain why so many people have something against me. But you know how it is. A lot of people vent themselves by coming to the stadium to yell at me. I hope it's not racism. I tell myself that it's not racism; it's because I'm tough, and I repeat this to myself. "
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