He is an excellent team-mate and an excellent person, ... He had to go through some tough times recently when his father died, but that never stopped him showing concern for all of his team-mates. He has great humility. Generally, at Inter everybody looks after everybody else, but he is especially good this way. And as an opponent - well everybody already knows - he is like a bulldozer, very tough to play against - one of the best strikers in the world.

Javier Zanetti