In Brazil, I walked around with a lot of security. Fans were threatening to fight me.
I will be completely honest: when I fought in Manchester, they were very cruel to me. One fan actually spat directly in my face, and he was lucky enough where it hit my mouth.
If I ever modelled for Calvin Klein I'd give myself to a flock of fans to beat me silly with a baseball bat.
The FA have given me a pat on the back. I've taken violence off the terracing and onto the pitch.
I was brought up in a football environment where we saw a lot of racism - whether it was abuse from other players or huge groups of supporters in away matches.
I hear about stars being torn to pieces by fans. It never happened to me and I never saw it happen to anyone else.
That seemed to be the case with most of the teams based in the smaller towns - the fans were more rabid, and they wanted to literally kill the opposition.
Soccer riots kill at most tens. Intellectuals' ideological riots sometimes kill millions.
Europe has by far the most hostile crowds I've ever played in.
How many people can say that they've punched a fan?
There are a lot of bad people in football, and players can be afraid to go to stadiums and get abused.
Fans in Brazil cross the line. A few times at Fluminense, the fans would go to the airport after we had played away to shout at us.
Soccer is like punk rock: The product is not necessarily terrible. The problem is the fan base.
I've had fans try and jump the guard rail. I've had fans key my car. I've had fans try to stab me.
