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" I try very hard to be bad, but people never take me seriously. "

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" Twitter is an amazing thing; it brings footballers closer to the fans because so many of them are on there. I was cynical about it to begin with, but I have been converted. "

" As footballers, you just grow up with people from different backgrounds and different colors of skin. "

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" I think people come and go, 'I'm going to find the real Gary. What is it... the real Gary? I've got to find it.' But the thing is, it's pretty much what you see is what you get. I'm just like this. There's no hidden viciousness. "

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