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Why did I choose to stop? I wanted a good life for my family. I wanted to be able to do things with my sons. My consequence was that I would not be able to do those things with my sons because I had problems with one of my knees. I came to a moment where I said, "It's okay, let it go and start a new chapter in your life."

Sometimes, as men or women, we associate our identity and value with something we do. If you're a very good father, the moment your kids grow up, you might feel your value is gone. If you're a great husband and your wife passes away, you might feel you're not important anymore. Footballers or engineers or whatever profession, people can associate with what they do.

Where I come from, where I grew up, I didn't change from that. I was always myself. I was successful in what I was doing; I was getting famous and earning money, but I was still the same person. The football player was me. I could be an engineer or a football player; I would still be me. I think that's important because people change when they get success. They become independent with money and they get a certain status in life where things become easier. Let's be honest; it's not like you have to stay in line at a club when you become famous. You pass everybody because they recognize you, and in a way, you get shortcuts to everything. But I promised myself I would not change for anything. Remember where you come from, no matter what happens or what is in front of you. I think when I stopped, I was still the same person. Whether I'm a player or not, I'm still the same guy. For me, the person didn't die; I'm still alive.

I'm very confident. People call it arrogance, but I'm very confident. I believe in what I'm doing. I can make mistakes, but when I do, I learn from them. I might repeat a mistake, but I'll still learn. I believe being yourself is being perfect. I don't have this need to make the perfect image for people to like me. It's not important to me. The most important thing is the people around me and my family. They know who I am and they like me. The rest is just a consequence of being good at what I do, which was playing football.

You can hide behind a filter or just be yourself. I choose to be myself, even if I make mistakes or do crazy things. People might say I'm crazy or not good enough, but I was just being myself. From there, I grew. You get more mature, older, and you learn from the things you do. There are consequences from the things you do, and those shape you as a person.

I have a big heart, but I don't let people in easily because then I become weak. There are two types of people you meet: the good ones and those who will use you. That's why I'm very isolated.

My childhood in three words: suffering, hard, aggressive. Suffering because I saw other kids doing things I couldn't do because of our economic situation. My father did his best, but our finances were not on top. I had strict discipline because my father would punish me if I did stupid things. My Swedish was not perfect, and they didn't accept me for who I was. I had a cocky style and a big mouth, but that was confidence for me. I said I was the best and I believed it. This wasn't normal for them because they wanted me to stay in line. I had to be better than everyone to show myself. I had to break walls to be accepted.

I come from a family where we are very aggressive. We show love in a strong manner, not through hugs. My father was aggressive, and I became like him. When he discussed things with me, he didn't realize he was discussing with himself because he created the product.

Where I came from, you needed to be the best because it was a survival mode. Everything we did was a challenge to show who was number one. People called it a ghetto; I called it home. To get out, you had to be the best.

In everything I did I was the best. I had this Bulletproof Mind; even if I didn't win, I'm still the best. I convinced myself all the time, in everything I do, I'm the best. That was like talking to myself. I think that in normal life everything starts there, I cannot tell you “You’re the best,” you have to convince yourself first. If you're not convinced, other people they can give you compliments, but in the end you're alone against everybody, trust me

The only one you have to thank first of all is yourself. Because you are going through everything. You're going through the stress, you're going through the whatever suffering, the training, the recovery. You're in a stadium, there is 80,000 people, you come in a moment where you decide “now I have to score.” In my situation, if I don't score, what happens, they destroy me. If I score, I become the hero

You are judged for what you do, not for the human being you are

If you're strong in your mind, you go through everything

You can't sell something if you don't believe in it

When the student is ready, the teacher will appear. I can't teach you if you're not ready to learn. But if you're ready to be the best, you can have a good coach. But you can have the best coach but if you're not interested, it doesn't matter, you don't even want to. You have to take the first step

There's no saying I was born a football player; that's all bullshit.

In football, I had to show I was ten times better than others. I wasn't sure if I was doing the right thing, so I asked for guidance, but everyone said they hadn't been in my situation and couldn't help me. I realized it's all up to me. If I make it, it's up to me to find my own way. In the end, I found my path, became very strong, and from there, nothing could stop me.

Every five years, people change. I'm not the same person I was at 15, 20, or 25. It's all experience and consequences that shape you. You could be the worst at 15 but the best at 25.

Everything is not perfect. People think the world is perfect, everybody's perfect, everybody tries to find this perfect world and exist in that perfect world, but it is not like that. It doesn't exist

I had a teacher assistant that helped me because they thought something was wrong with me. I felt very offended because I wanted to be treated like everybody else. In the class of 20 students, I was the only one who had an assistant because they said that I was a problem, I couldn't sit still, he's aggressive. And this made me even more Angry. It didn't help me because I was feeling different, and they made me feel different and I didn't like it, and I became more aggressive

Everything we do is a consequence for what we become

I don't believe in throwing back at people who didn't believe in me. I don't give attention to them. I don't give them importance because they don't deserve it.

People from the Balkans might seem strong and hard, but they have big hearts. You have to reach the heart to understand who they are.

Balkan people, they might seem strong and hard, which they are, but with a big heart. You might judge somebody just because they are strong but behind the strong and the aggressive, the toughness, there is a big heart. You just have to reach the heart, and when you reach the heart, you will understand who I am, but you have to reach it, and not many reach it

You let people in and get disappointed. You don't blame others; you blame yourself for not understanding or reading the situation. From mistakes, you learn and become stronger. You pay the price for what you did before, but you get more confident.

I have a very small circle and the problem is that sometimes I feel like a kid when I finally let somebody inside that small circle. I get so excited, so I try to give them everything, share my family, share my love, share my attention, come with me let's go. It's such a small apartment that when finally, I allow somebody to come in that apartment, I'm like “yeah!” But then sometimes if they hurt you, it is the biggest hurt that you can ever get. It could be a friend but you feel so betrayed and stupid

I give one chance; if you don't take it, I won't give you a second one. because if you didn't take the first one you will absolutely not take the second. If you break a glass, it will never be the same again. You can try to fix it, but you will always see the cracks

You have to do what you believe in, not what people tell you to do. Because when you do those things, always something comes back because you're being yourself and when you do it, you do it from the heart

What is happiness? I believe happiness is moments. It doesn't last forever. I could be happy to sit here, but in 30 minutes I will tell you to go and fuck yourself, for example. You choose those moments when it's happiness. And I believe that when I make people around me happy, I become happy

I will not stop until I win.

I always have this saying, “why be normal when you can be the best.” So when I do my things, I don't want to be normal. For me, normal, it doesn't exist. I want to make the difference and when you make the difference, you’re being the best

Surrounding yourself with positive energy is important.

I'm fighting against myself, not against the other ones, because I want to be the best version of myself and take myself to limits and try myself. That's the purpose

I'm never satisfied, that's my problem. I cannot enjoy the moment. Whatever I do in life, I have difficulty to enjoy it because I seek for the new challenge

I prefer to be hated than loved. I will be honest with you. Because when they say they love you, you don't really know. When they say they hate you, trust me, they hate you

Anger helped me play well. It kept me on my toes and made me pay attention. In the beginning, I used anger stupidly, but I learned to make it my friend and improve my game.

You don't drag me down, I will drag you up

You're judged by short moments instead of long purposes.

I prefer to work in silence and perform in violence.

A doctor once told me he operates on animals too, so I knew I was in good hands because I am an animal. He gave me a second life in my career and I'm not sure I would have that if it was not for him

What is success? Whatever you choose it to be

What is love? Love is a strong word. I think love can be a weakness and can be a strength, because sometimes love goes against you. It's a natural thing, it's nothing you choose, it comes by itself. You cannot choose to love somebody, that comes by itself. It's a very strong word but it grows naturally. It's not something that is programmed

Remember who took care of you.

Imagine you give up everything just for one person, your dreams or achievements you're looking for. I'm very thankful I have her. I appreciate her a lot. We have been together a very long time

In life, children, they are your weakness. It may sound in a bad way, but they are your weakness. Because whatever happens to them happens to you, and you don't want something to happen to them

You have to understand the partner you're with, you have to respect them and don't think you're above the other person

I think the key of our relationship is that we try to live as normal as possible. People might think that we are a family that has a luxury lifestyle. I can tell you, she does the laundry, she cooks the food, the only thing we have the cleaner that helps us. I drive the kids to school, I pick them up from training, like a normal classic family, and that is the way we choose to have it

I believe in discipline. Discipline will keep you alive. It will bring you to wherever you want to come

You give your trust to somebody. He doesn’t take care of that trust. I am doing you a favor. I'm giving you a chance. But you give, you take. I open up for you, you open up for me. You disappoint me, or you lose that trust once. I don't believe in second chances because it will not be the same thing again

I think there is answer for everything

If you make it difficult, it's difficult. If you make it simple, it's simple

Small details make the difference

You have to keep striving, we don't go backwards, we go forward

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