In America most everybody who's Italian is half Italian. Except me. I'm all Italian. I'm mostly Sicilian, and I have a little bit of Neapolitan in me. You get your full dose with me.
The Italian side of my family were gypsies, and we are little hard so-and-sos.
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.
My family is from the south of Italy in this little place called Calabria. It's a big part of my family, the Italian culture. I grew up around it. My parents speak Italian, and I speak Italian.
My grandmother's mother was from near Naples, so I love Italy, but I feel completely Argentinian.
I am not 100% English, I am actually part Italian and even part Hungarian. Therefore I feel very much part of Europe both in my upbringing and outlook.
I come from a family of Catholic Italians, and that will always be in my blood.
I love Italy; in Italy, I grew up like a man and like a player. I felt Italy like a family.
I am proud of my Italian heritage, and nothing I have said should be interpreted as an attempt at minimizing its value.
I am proud to be Italian because I was born in Italy, I grew up in Italy, I went to school in Italy and I have worked in Italy. I'm Italian.
Everybody I play probably has some Italian in them.
I suppose my liking for Italy is partly atavism, my family are of the old Roman stock. They came from the Alps north of Venice.
My parents could not be more Italian.
The secret is that I am Italian.
I am tied to my father's land and am happy to visit relatives in Egypt, but I feel Italian and was never remotely tempted when Egypt asked me to play for them.
I was born and raised in New York, but my family on both sides is of Italian descent.
We have very strong roots in Italy and we are committed to deepen these roots even more.
