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I like my privacy, and when I come out, I do so for a reason, and it has to be something that is worth it. That is when you can see me. That is why you don’t see me everywhere, especially social events. It is not everywhere you see Papilo, so you can say it is deliberate.

— Nwankwo Kanu

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Suffice it to say everything about me then was football. So, regardless of my height, I would still have played football, and not basketball.

My kids are growing and I don’t want them to have a wrong orientation. So, I’ll still revert to the normal style someday.

It’s very important to be happy with what you’re doing, and to me I’m very happy with what I’m doing because saving a life means a lot more than winning trophies. Trophies are good, but saving somebody who could die, giving them hope of a life, that means a lot to me.

My dad had always been a sports person, my elder brother used to play football then, even my younger brother, so it was as if members of my family have always been lovers of football.

Yes, footballers are very rich, but footballers work hard too. When you work hard in life, you are likely to be rich and if you are lazy, you would likely be poor

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