Christian Vieri

“In World Cup qualifying in 1997, I will never forget Tony Adams and Sol Campbell: two very strong lions physically and mentally. Italy too had and has formidable defenders, but I have a great memory of those two. It was a pleasure to fight against them.”

“I would come onto the field to warm up and the stadium would be shaking and those are feelings that are worth more than any trophies.”

“I would have loved to have been a cricketer.”

“To be honest I wasn't very good at football. I loved cricket and when I started making some big scores for my boys' team, I dreamed of becoming the next Border.”

“I'm sad to have left Spain because in my opinion LaLiga is an exceptional, unique and extraordinary league.”

“But when I will call it a day, I could become a professional poker player.”

“I like remixing Barry White and ABBA songs.”

“I will retire when I will am tired of running around chasing a ball.”

“When I was at Inter, Ronaldo was the player who trained less than anyone else, because he was the best footballer in the world and it is indeed true that we went back home at 5-6 AM.”

“My future is in footbal.”

“The World Cup is a unique event. When you see a blue shirt in a bar or in a pub, you immediately think of Italy. Scoring for your nation was a wonderful experience.”

“Every day I'm learning stuff. I started back in August with a DJ friend and since then I've been practicing and taking lessons every day.”

“I could never hate Inter - make that clear to everybody. It's impossible because they were my best years. I did everything for that club, scoring almost a goal a game, suffering, celebrating and experiencing emotions which I'd never felt anywhere else.”

“I love Inter and I gave everything for them, killing myself every day for the Nerazzurri colours. I was the first to arrive for training and the last to leave. I never held back and sometimes I played when I could hardly stay on my feet.”

“I was a bit of an all-rounder at school.”

“If you score goals in Italy you can score goals all over the world, no problem.”

“Before normal games I was always relaxed. But at the World Cup for Italy my heartbeat was always going a lot quicker.”

“At Juve I was a great professional, in Madrid we went out every night.”

“In Serie A if you have an exceptional physique and you train very well you can destroy any opposing defense.”

“I have a singer, she's called Lara Caprotti. And then I have Stefano Serafini playing trumpet. The trumpet sounds amazing live in a club.”