Dybala: 'One day you're the best and the next you are useless'
"The life of the players is like a roller coaster: one day you are the best, the next one you are useless and finding a balance is not always easy. It happens to everyone, even to champions like Messi and Ronaldo: after what they have done in their career they are still criticized.
"Number 10 shirt? When the managers proposed it to me, I thought about it, but you can't refuse such an offer. For me it's an honor and a responsibility: I have to prove that I deserve it every day.
"Ronaldo? Nobody would have imagined it, not even us: we thought it was just a newspaper headline. Seen up close, Cristiano is a simple boy. He has his image, his character, a way of being on the pitch, but inside the locker room he is like the others and likes to joke with everyone.
"Football? Why did I choose it? As a child I tried basketball. One day we were playing and the ball came low and I, instead of taking it with my hands, kicked it: it was the moment when I realized that my sport was football."
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