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Football saved me.
I am a typical No 9.
Scoring will do a lot for my confidence.
I've picked up a few scars during games.
When I was on the bench, I worked harder.
For sure, in Italy, the sun always shines.
I never say I want to score 15 or 20 goals.
You want to score in every game and to fight hard.
I will always be a Newcastle United fan all my life.
When I first signed for Newcastle, I was still a boy.
Of course defenders will try to provoke me - that is their job.
I'm a typical No 9: always in the box, strong, good in the air.
Teams want fast players. That's not me. But I know my strengths.
I want to show I can control my emotion and aggression and stay calm.
I am not bothered what people say. You have always different opinions.
My body is my weapon, and I have to keep it in shape; I need to feel strong.
At all big clubs, there is pressure. They all want to win and expect to win.
I say that if the team play well and use me in the right way... the goals will come.
I want to show everybody that I can play in the best league in the world and score goals.
Newcastle is in my heart, and even if I maybe go somewhere, Newcastle will be in my heart.
I could have gone down a very different path, but my parents would not let me give up football.
I'm always looking forward, and I try to continue to push myself and to do the best that I can.
I was small until I was 15, then grew about 12 inches in a year and built up my strength in the gym.
My father tells me I would have been a criminal or a kick-boxer. But fatherhood has changed me - a lot.
I try to do everything for my son so that, when he grows up, he can say that he was proud of his father.
Slavisa is a great manager. He has helped me so much. Throughout his career, he has done a really good job.
I don't even like to lose when I'm playing video games with my brother, and when I do lose, I get really mad.
It was really hard in Newcastle. It was one city, one club. Everybody there was really crazy about Newcastle.
I've been happy from the start at Newcastle. It has been my favourite club ever since I was small boy in Serbia.
Sometimes, you have tough times when you don't score goals, but the most important thing is to keep working hard.
I've always loved Newcastle. Even when you're watching their games on television, you can feel the passion of the crowd.
I am not that fast and skilful. I am not Raheem Sterling, am I? So I know I have to use my strength and power in the box.
It is always something special when you can talk with people from your country. It is always nice to hear advice in your own language.
Every goal is a nice goal, great feeling, but the most important thing is we grab the three points and give the fans a nice afternoon.
I hope maybe one day I can be like Wayne Rooney. Maybe then some young players will be proud to play against me. That would be amazing.
Sometimes I score, sometimes I don't, so people are here to judge, but I know my qualities, and I try to give everything to win and help my team-mates.
I had some problems in the past when I made some stupid mistakes and got some stupid cards, but I learned a lot from this, and I know now how to calm myself down.
Of course a striker wants to score as much as possible. It's nice scoring goals. Goals are like an addiction: when you score, you want to keep doing more and more.
Of course many children are dreaming to play for Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Manchester United. I always just wanted to wear the jersey of Partizan, Newcastle, and Serbia.
Balotelli is not my role model. I like him as a player very much, and he is very talented. He could have been at the very top, but my style does not have anything with him.
The Serbian people are very kind. Sometimes life is ruthless, and you have to show character. But come to Serbia and see how friendly everyone is; then you'll change your mind.
I have followed Newcastle my whole life. I had two Newcastle shirts when I was little. It was unusual; most people choose a team like Manchester United or Barcelona, but for me, it has always been Newcastle.
That's the Serbian way. That's the way we approach things, especially in sport. We are a small country, but if we want something, we will fight for it. It's maybe part of the history of the country; it's just our mentality. We are small but strong.
This is a club with a very big history, and the fans are a big part of that. There will be pressure here, for sure, but I like pressure. I also know about the famous players who have played for Newcastle United, like Alan Shearer, who is a hero of mine.