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" Yes, I think I am a genius, but not a rebel. "

Mario Balotelli

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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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" Racist people are few, in the minority. But you can do nothing to change them. You can talk, you can do what you want, but you can't do anything because they are just stupid people. "

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" Inside me I'm Ghanaian, and I'm proud to be African. But of course I'm Italian. I was born in Italy. I've never been to Africa in my life, but I will go one day. "

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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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" They say that abandonment is a wound that never heals. I say only that an abandoned child never forgets. "

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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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" I always wanted to play for AC Milan or Real Madrid. Real Madrid, of course, because when I was young, the players that played there were the top players. I was looking at Real Madrid as the best of the best. And AC Milan, they also had good players when I was young, so I looked at AC Milan the same way as Real Madrid. "

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" I know I have a responsibility as a role model to children and I try to fulfill that. "

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" Racism springs from ignorance. "

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" For me, my mother is everything. "

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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 don't like journalists and I hardly ever talk to them. "

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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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" I am different - if you can find another like me, then I will buy you dinner! "

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" I don't like golf. It's not for me, it's too quiet. "

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" Manchester City, the club and the fans, they were amazing. But I'm sorry, the city wasn't that nice. I was all the time at home, and I didn't enjoy it. It was raining all the time. I was a little bit upset. "

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" My public image is absolutely not a fair reflection of who I am. "

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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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" I have my life, my world. I do what I want, without annoying anyone. "

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