Mario Balotelli Quotes

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Mario Balotelli

Profession : Athlete

Birth : August 12, 1990

If I buy a Fiat Uno, I'll read that, for a man like me, a Ferrari was more suitable. If instead I buy a Ferrari, they'll write that I should have kept my feet on the ground and bought a Fiat. If I smile, I'm not serious. If I don't smile, I'm a rich sulker that doesn't enjoy having the most beautiful job in the world.

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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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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 am proud to be Italian because I was born in Italy, I grew up in Italy, I went to school in Italy and I have worked in Italy. I'm Italian.

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I don't follow politics; it doesn't interest me. So why should I vote?

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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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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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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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What is important for me is that the people who know me for real know Mario how he really is. People who don't know me, they read newspapers and they watch TV. TV is made to give a lot of opinions... so I can't show the real Mario to everybody.

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Sometimes in football you deserve to win but lose. Other times you deserve to lose or draw but you win. That is the game, and it's why I've always said you should never try to predict anything in football, especially in Europe.

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

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

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I believe I am more intelligent than the average person.

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

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

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

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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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