MATERAZZI ON INTER CHANNEL:"ME & THE KIDS" Wednesday, 28 December 2005 16:16:01 MILAN - After Alvaro Recoba, Javier Zanetti, Ivan Ramiro Cordoba and Dejan Stankovic, it's the turn of Nerazzurri central defender Marco Materazzi to be 'X-Rayed' on Inter Channel programme Raggi X:
Let's start with your children... "They are part of my life. They are the things I care most about."
Tell us a bit about them. "They are all different. There's one who is a 'delinquent'. Another is as good as gold and has to put up with the 'delinquents'. We still don't know about the third because she's too small, but she's very beautiful. It has always been my dream to have a daughter. After what I have been through, having a daughter is the most wonderful thing."
What do you mean by 'after what I have been through'? "There hasn't been a female in my family since my mother died. I only had a bigger sister. So I longed for a baby daughter. The most important thing, however, is that the children are fine, so there wouldn't have been any problems if another boy had been born."
I can imagine the last film you saw... "We even had to split up the family. The baby girl had to be breastfed and the bigger ones couldn't miss Harry Potter. I'm pleased I took them to see it because it's one they really wanted to see. They say it's scary? Perhaps because there are many special effects. I really liked it because it's a nice story, with a bit of magic. The fun thing about that evening was that the bigger one was pulling his younger brother's leg a bit, telling him the film was frightening. So he watched the whole film clung to his dad's neck. For me it couldn't have been any better..."
Do you believe in magic in life? "No, I'm very fatalistic. I think each one of us has his own destiny and that what must happen always happens in the end. On the one hand, our destiny is already written. On the other hand, you can get everything to go well."
Is it true that you're a big reader of biographies, particularly those of sportsmen? "Yes, it's true. I really like them. Each one of us has a story to tell and has had a good or less good childhood. You can let everyone else and those who have a passion know how you got to live in such a lucky way. I like basketball a lot and I read Dennis Rodman's biography, for example."
Do you see a bit of yourself in Dennis Rodman? "He's a bit like me. Like it says in his autobiography he's not what he seems on the outside. Like Rodman, I also have many tattoos but each one has its meaning. The nice thing is not to show them, but to let know what a person has inside. It might hurt to have them done, but the meaning they have goes beyond the pain."
Can we say you have tattooed on your skin the loves of your life? "I have the names of my mother, my wife and my children."
You told me you counted the number of Nerazzurri players' children and you discovered there are forty-three. "We could have been on tour at the start of the year and we were counting how many children there might be in the group. There would have been a lot of us, we would have needed two planes."
A few years ago you prepared a wonderful surprise for your wife's birthday: she found a motorbike in the garage. "She found me and the two boys behind a load of balloons and she told us where to go. She's a simple person. She didn't want such a big present at the start, then we convinced her."
Do you love just once or is a second chance possible? "Like they say, certain trains only come along once in life."
What presents did you give this year? "Just presents for my children and for few other people. I will give all the rest to charity, but I don't want to say to who or why. It's something I prefer to keep to myself. I think that when you give to charity you shouldn't make it known. I prefer to do little, but with the heart of my whole family."
Do you prefer to enter a shop and buy everything your children like, or do you prefer just to buy one very nice thing? "I prefer not to buy, but not because I'm stingy. Sometimes lucky people like us prefer to hear a cry less by offering an extra present. I don't think it's right. All children should be happy in the same way and get the things they deserve."
Before and during matches at the Meazza a photo of you, Adriano and Martins in an Inter campaign against racism is shown on the big screen. Has there ever been a moment in which racism has polluted your life? "No. I'm proud to be anti-racist, and before knowing I could have children I was ready to adopt a child. After the tsunami last year I would have adopted one of any colour or race if they had given one immediately, just to take him away from those places."
Is Marco Materazzi a good boy? "Those who know me say this. Those who don't know me say no. Perhaps they hate me or something like that. Before judging people you have to know them. I believe I am lucky to have many friends who know me and love me, and who, above all, don't judge me on what is said about me."
米兰消息:本次国际米兰频道“Raggi X”访谈对象是蓝黑中后卫马尔科·马特拉齐。
我们从你的孩子开始吧…… 他们是我生活的一部分。我最在乎的就是他们了。
跟我们谈谈他们吧…… 他们各有不同。其中一个是“不良少年”。另外一个拥有金子一般的品质,但却不得不跟“不良少年”生活在一起。我们还不太清楚第三个孩子的品质,因为她太小了,但是十分美丽。我一直都梦想着拥有一个女孩。在我经历过那些之后,拥有一个女孩是最棒的事情。
你说“经历过那些”是什么意思? 在我母亲死后我家里就没有女性成员了。我只有一个姐姐,因此我一直都想要一个女儿。但最重要的是,孩子们都很健康,所有就算再有一个男孩出生也没有任何问题。
我可以想象到你们最近看的一部电影时的样子…… 我们甚至要将他们分开。我们的小女孩得接受哺乳而大孩子们却不想错过哈里·波特。我很高兴能带他们去看这部电影,因为他们真得很喜欢。他们说有点恐怖?可能是有太多特效的缘故吧。我真的很喜欢它因为这是一个很棒的故事,而且还有一点魔法元素。那天晚上好笑的事情是较大的那个孩子拉着弟弟的腿说这是一部恐怖的电影,所以他在看电影的时候都靠着爸爸的脖子。不会有比这更好的事情了……
你相信生活中有魔法奇迹吗? 不,我是很相信宿命的人。我认为我们每个人都有属于自己的命运而且那些必须发生的事情在结束时总会发生。一方面,我们的命运已经注定了。另一方面,为了过得更好你可以做任何事情。
你真的很喜欢读他人的自传吗?特别是那些体育明星的? 是的,的确。我们每个人都有自己的故事而且都会拥有一个好的或者差点的童年。你可以让每个人或那些想知道的人了解你是如何获得这么幸运的生活的。举例子,我很喜欢篮球而且我读了丹尼斯·罗德曼的自传。
你从丹尼斯·罗德曼身上看到了自己的影子吗? 他有点像我。就像他在自传中说的他并不是像他外表上看上去的那样。像罗德曼一样,我也有很多纹身,但每个纹身都有自己的意义。重要的事情不是炫耀他们,而是让其他人了解我内在是怎样的一个人。完成纹身的过程有点疼,但它们带来的意义已经超越了这种疼痛。
我们可以说你身上的纹身是表达自己心中的爱么? 我把我母亲、我妻子和我的孩子的名字都刺在了身上。
你曾经跟我说过你数过蓝黑军团球员们的孩子的数目,总共有四十三个。 我们年初巡游时我们数过在我们中有多少个孩子。孩子实在太多了,我们得需要两架飞机才能全部装下。
几多年前你为你妻子的生日准备了一个特殊的惊喜:她发现在车库里多出来一辆摩托车。 她在一堆气球后面发现了我跟孩子们,她还告诉我们应该藏在哪里。她是一个简单的人。开始时她并不像接受这么大的礼物,但我们最终说服了她。
你只恋爱过一次还是这是第二次? 就如他们所说,某些火车在你的生命中只会经过一次。
你今年准备了什么礼物? 仅仅给了孩子们和少数几个人礼物。我会将其他的全都捐给慈善机构,但是我不想说出我捐给了谁和原因。这些事我想保密。我认为捐给慈善机构你不应该让公众得知。我更愿意做得少些,但这是我全家人的心愿。
你是喜欢领着孩子们去商店给他们买他们想要的东西呢,还是只买一件非常漂亮的礼物? 我更愿意不去购物,这并不是因为我吝啬。有时像我们这样的幸运儿更愿意听到欢呼的声音而不是送一份额外的礼物。我不认为这样是正确的。所有的孩子们都应该同样感到开心而且应该得到他们应得的东西。
比赛前和比赛中在球场大屏幕中展示了你、阿德里亚诺和马丁斯反对种族主义的照片。曾经是否有那么一刻,种族主义给你的生活造成了影响? 不,我为自己是一个反种族主义者感到自豪。在我拥有孩子之前我甚至准备好领养一个。去年海啸后他们如果立刻给我一个孩子的话,我会不论肤色立刻领养他们,尽快将他们带离那些地区。
马尔科·马特拉奇是一个好孩子吗? 那些了解我的人这样说。那些不了解的人认为我不是。他们可能讨厌我或者其他的吧。在判断一个人之前你得先了解这个人。我想我是幸运的能够拥有这么多了解我和爱我的朋友们。他们不会听信道听途说来判断我。 |