Off the pitch, everyone says I and Mario Balotelli look alike, but I don't think so. A fan was waiting for a long time after a game for me. When I came out it turned out he was waiting as he thought I was Mario. He was pretty disappointed!
I can categorically tell you that Mario Balotelli will not be at Liverpool.
I don't think anybody is looking at Mario Balotelli and thinking 'I'm going to work as hard as him.'
With myself, Mario Balotelli, Robinho, Alessandro Matri, Giampaolo Pazzini, and now Kaka, we will be too strong.
Mario Balotelli is like Marmite, you either love him or hate him. Me? I'm in between.
My dad always said there's four phases in an actor/director's life. There's 'Mario Who?' There's 'Get me Mario!' 'Get me a young Mario,' and 'Mario Who?'
I'm sorry for Italian football; there's no desire to improve Italian football.
The only person who can help Balotelli is Balotelli.
I was lucky enough to play for the top three Italian clubs during the golden era of Italian football, so I have no regrets.
I'm sorry to see Balotelli waste his talent the way he does, but I think he can keep people entertained by scoring goals.
Football is football and talent is talent. But the mindset of your team makes all the difference.
It's true: sometimes Balotelli could behave better, but it also happens to me. I have a similar character, Balotelli is also a very strong player, but if you protest against the referee for every decision, it's logical you are going to irritate the fans.
I always thought that Mario was kind of the bad guy - because if you knew about the game, there was supposed to be a back story where Mario was teasing the ape, and the ape stole his girlfriend, and this was kind of karma for Mario, you know?
We were raised in an Italian-American household, although we didn't speak Italian in the house. We were very proud of being Italian, and had Italian music, ate Italian food.
Balotelli, and a few others, have everything that I would have liked to have. It angers me that he does not use his talent to his full advantage.