Santos striker Neymar has spoken about his football life and said that being a football star is not as easy as it seems.
Idman.Biz reports that previous media reports stated that the football player spent approximately 24 hours playing online poker over the weekend.
"Being a footballer has its price, you know? It's difficult because Brazil can be very harsh in that respect. People put you down a lot. And they don't understand that you're just a normal person; it's difficult. I've achieved everything through my own hard work.
But I'm also human, I experience the same feelings as everyone else. I suffer, I feel pain, I wake up in a bad mood, I cry, I get angry, I'm happy. I'm a normal person. Why can't I do normal things? What do you do when you have a little free time? Do you go back to work on your day off? If you do that, you'll be unhappy with yourself. You won't get paid for it and you'll still go to work?
Listen, if I share a picture, people will say, 'Neymar thinks he's on vacation'. It saddens me to see that there are people who don't like me for some reason. I can't make mistakes. I've already made a lot of mistakes. And that's part of being human. I'm 34 years old now, I've made a lot of mistakes and I'm going to make more," said Neymar.