Top 40 Mario Balotelli Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “They say that abandonment is a wound that never heals. I say only that an abandoned child never forgets.”

— Mario Balotelli

2. “When I score I don’t celebrate, its my job, does a postman celebrate when he delivers post?”

— Mario Balotelli

3. “I don’t celebrate because I’m only doing my job. When a postman delivers letters, does he celebrate?”

— Mario Balotelli

4. “Racism springs from ignorance.”

— Mario Balotelli

5. “For me, my mother is everything.”

— Mario Balotelli

6. “There’s only one that is a little stronger than me: Messi. All the others are behind me.”

— Mario Balotelli

7. “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.”

— Mario Balotelli

8. “You can’t delete racism. It’s like a cigarette. You can’t stop smoking if you don’t want to, and you can’t stop racism if people don’t want to. But I’ll do everything I can to help.”

— Mario Balotelli

9. “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.”

— Mario Balotelli

10. “Occasionally, you feel like the only person able to win the match. So you take all the responsibility, you do too much, and you do something bad.”

— Mario Balotelli

11. “Yes, I think I am a genius, but not a rebel.”

— Mario Balotelli

12. “I have my life, my world. I do what I want, without annoying anyone.”

— Mario Balotelli

13. “Sometimes in football you deserve to win but lose. Other times you deserve to lose or draw but you win. That is the game, and it’s why I’ve always said you should never try to predict anything in football, especially in Europe.”

— Mario Balotelli

14. “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.”

— Mario Balotelli

15. “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.”

— Mario Balotelli

16. “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.”

— Mario Balotelli

17. “The talent God gave me is beautiful and wonderful, but it is difficult because you are always facing other people keen to judge you. There are few people with such talent, so there are few able to judge what I am doing.”

— Mario Balotelli

18. “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.”

— Mario Balotelli

19. “Jumps like a black man and grabs coins like a Jew.”

— Mario Balotelli

20. “I don’t like golf. It’s not for me, it’s too quiet.”

— Mario Balotelli

21. “I sent my Christmas wishes to him, but he didn’t answer. He’s the world’s best coach, but as a man he still has to learn manners and respect.”

— Mario Balotelli

22. “You speak bad of me, I score goals.”

— Mario Balotelli

23. “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.”

— Mario Balotelli

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24. “I want to be the strongest player in the world and score a lot of goals. To do that, I have to improve in every area.”

— Mario Balotelli

25. “I don’t follow politics; it doesn’t interest me. So why should I vote?”

— Mario Balotelli

26. “My public image is absolutely not a fair reflection of who I am.”

— Mario Balotelli

27. “Mourinho is the best coach in the history of football.”

— Mario Balotelli

28. “I believe I am more intelligent than the average person.”

— Mario Balotelli

29. “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.”

— Mario Balotelli

30. “I turn to someone, I’m not sure, to God I think, but I never ask for anything. I would never pray to win a title; it makes no sense. I’ve never understood those who pray before a match. I simply give thanks for what I have received.”

— Mario Balotelli

31. “I know some players like being the centre of attention and I admit that when I first became a player I liked fame, too. But that feeling lasted only for three months. Then I realised what it was really like to be the centre of attention all the time. It isn’t all good.”

— Mario Balotelli

32. “Sacrifice counts for a lot in sport. From a young age, I couldn’t do the normal things that the boys of my age get to do. Maybe you have a nice car or a nice house, but at times you just want to be a normal guy and you can’t.”

— Mario Balotelli

33. “I know I have a responsibility as a role model to children and I try to fulfill that.”

— Mario Balotelli

34. “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.”

— Mario Balotelli

35. “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.”

— Mario Balotelli

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36. “Rooney’s good but not the best in Manchester.”

— Mario Balotelli

37. “There are few people with such talent, so there are few able to judge what I am doing.”

— Mario Balotelli

38. “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.”

— Mario Balotelli

39. “I would be ready to become a dad if I was with the right person. I’d like a boy, though. Because they’re in charge.”

— Mario Balotelli

40. “I am different – if you can find another like me, then I will buy you dinner!”

— Mario Balotelli

41. “It surprises me how much children like me, you know? If they look at me as an example, I have a big responsibility.”

— Mario Balotelli

42. “I don’t like journalists and I hardly ever talk to them.”

— Mario Balotelli

43. “To play in atmospheres that are intense is when I play my best football.”

— Mario Balotelli

44. “When I lose my temper it’s because I decide to. If I do something it’s because I want to do it.”

— Mario Balotelli