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Racism springs from ignorance.

Mario Balotelli

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Mario Balotelli
Age: 34
Born: 1990
Born: August 12
Association Football Player
Soccer Player
Palermo
Italy
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Springs
Racism
Spring
Ignorance

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I will not accept racism at all. It's unacceptable. If someone throws a banana at me in the street, I will go to jail, because I will kill them.
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Is instinct in the head or in the heart? Off the field, I follow my good instincts which steer me in the right direction. Sometimes on the field my head leads me astray. That's what I believe.
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To play in atmospheres that are intense is when I play my best football.
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I don't celebrate because I'm only doing my job. When a postman delivers letters, does he celebrate?
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Jumps like a black man and grabs coins like a Jew.
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I am different - if you can find another like me, then I will buy you dinner!
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I don't follow politics it doesn't interest me. So why should I vote?
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I don't like golf. It's not for me, it's too quiet.
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When people talk about my business, my life, I'm really private. Maybe someone thinks I'm arrogant or something, but it's just me.
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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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I can win the Ballon d'Or, but only if Messi's level drops a bit. It will be very complicated to do so if he keeps up his current form. I really believe I can win the award, but there's not much I can do if Messi maintains this level.
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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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America is a great country. I've been in the south, in the center and in the north. I like it. Americans are very good people. There's just too much air-conditioning.
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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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It surprises me how much children like me, you know? If they look at me as an example, I have a big responsibility.
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Yes, I think I am a genius, but not a rebel.
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Rooney's good but not the best in Manchester.
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For me, my mother is everything.
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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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Many stories are invented about me - too many stories almost everyone uses me, and I'd say about 0.01 percent of the gossip is true.
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