I love football, it's my life.

Bojan Krkic

Categorized in : My Life Life Football Love

I still feel it was a privilege to be a part of this team the past years, that I helped make Barca the best team in the world.

best team past world

I can't put this down. I'm reading it in Spanish but I am still having English lessons. It is a motivational book about basketball legend Michael Jordan. His determination was inspiring. It helps me focus and drives me on.

i-am me focus motivational

It is very uncomfortable to be dizzy 24 hours a day.

24-hours very day uncomfortable

In Italy, one game you win and score, you cannot go in the street because the people are so enthusiastic, and when you lose they go crazy. After the game they wait for you.

game you crazy people

I was called up for Spain against France, my international debut, and it was said that I had gastroenteritis when I had an anxiety attack. But no one wants to talk about that. Football's not interested.

talk anxiety not-interested football

Those of us who have feeling, who are sensitive, who can be affected, need a good shield. Footballers are very young and they're exposed. Even at under-15s, players have Twitter and I'm sure they're already getting insults... it's ugly, it sullies society and football.

good ugly society football

Anxiety affects everyone differently. I spoke to someone who felt like their heart was beating 1,000 times a minute. With me, it was a dizziness, feeling sick, constant, 24 hours a day.

day me sick heart

And the most important thing isn't the trophies, it's the experiences, what you lived, what's here in your heart, what you know, what you live. No one can ever steal that from you.

live you important heart

I feel really proud of my career - more here in England than in Spain. There are different mentalities. Here the people respect you.

feel you respect people

My first year I scored 10 goals in La Liga. Then people started saying 'yeah, the new Messi.'

goals saying new people

In the end, I know my qualities and I know I'm not Messi. I'm Bojan.

in-the-end end know messi

I think when you are 17 you are very innocent.

i-think think you innocent

Sometimes innocence is a good thing but I think life, experiencing different situations, different clubs, gives you a lot of knowledge.

good you life knowledge

It is important to find a place where you feel trust, you feel belonging and stability.

feel place you trust

It's a quiet life. Normally it's training, house, gym.

gym training house life

Some people like Messi didn't have to learn a lot as his is a natural style. But of course you can improve your technique, your football intelligence, your everything.

you style football people

Frank Rijkaard put me in the first team when I was 17 and gave me every week the chance to play with the first team and start my way in football. I was so young and my dreams came true so quickly thanks to Rijkaard.

dreams me team football

Christmas time is for me one of the most special times of the year.

me christmas special time

If you become their property it is much clearer for you, for the club, for everything. It was a great experience to play in three different teams, different leagues, different experiences, but if I wanted to improve I had to break this cycle and make my own way. That's why I signed this contract to come to Stoke.

great you experience way

When you are 17, you don't know what pressure is, because you play with the best team in big stadiums with big players. But when I look back now, it's difficult for a 17-year-old to get by and deal with the whole situation.

best look you team