Quotes from Kevin-Prince Boateng

As an 18-year-old, I would have needed an agent or a family to push me in the right direction. I would have liked that.

In my life, there's been a lot of partying.

The most important thing is to help the team to come in front of the goal with one-two passes, I drop down, or I give them space, because for defenders, it's always difficult to have a false nine because they don't have a direct player against them, so they don't know exactly what to do.

I want to be 100 per cent; I want to give everything when I come to play for Ghana.

Sometimes I wake up, and I'm a little bit grumpy, and I listen to soul. Sometimes I wake up, and I need some spirit, so I listen to rock n' roll. It depends on the mood I'm in.

It's always nice to be in England. It's the kind of football I love to play. Even playing at Stamford Bridge, it's amazing.

I bought three cars in one day. For a high six-figure sum, I got a Lamborghini, a Hummer, and a Cadillac Oldtimer.

I should have been called Kelvin. That would have been a top name: Kelvin-Prince. That was a mistake on the birth certificate - no one knows that.

I chose Schalke for a couple of reasons. I wanted to go back home, to be close to my little boy, and it's a great club.

In two years, I spent all my money on cars, watches, boots, discos, restaurants, and friends who, in reality, were not friends at all. For a boy like me, who grew up in a poor neighbourhood and without money, it was dangerous.

I think everyone does crazy things in life.

I grew up with all cultures in the world.

I believe it's not 100 percent right to kneel during the national anthem, because you have to respect what many have done for this nation. I think kneeling prior to the anthem, like the Dallas Cowboys have done, is right.

Fans don't care what's in your private life, what happened in your past, where you come from. If you don't perform, they judge.

Basketball is one of my favourite sports; I love playing it and watching it on TV.

Players like Rio Ferdinand and Patrick Vieira have supported me, and I just want to say thank you.

There are so many people, FIFA or whatever, that can do something against this. They should wake up and do it. If there is a racism, those people should be banned from the stadium forever. They should not even enter the stadium anymore. Never again. That's the first thing they can do.

Cristiano - he has it all. He has a right foot, left foot, is good in the air, so quick.

The Champions League is a very special one, as everyone switches one gear up.

I still have a picture: three cars, big house, I'm standing there like I'm 50 Cent. I look at it sometimes and say, 'Look how stupid you were.' But that made me who I am, and I can look back and see it. I've learned. I grew up. I woke up one morning, looked in the mirror, and thought, 'No, that's not me. I don't want to be that. I'm a footballer.'

When you're young, you don't think about what you want to be. I was just playing football because I had fun and enjoyed it. When I reached 16, that's when I was dreaming about becoming a footballer.

Don't ask me about Real Madrid - it's just the past.

I know - without sounding arrogant - that I could've played at Real Madrid... but I didn't work hard enough for that.

If I would have had the absolute will, I would have been a starting XI player at Barcelona or would have played 10 years for Real Madrid or Manchester United.