Being 40 and playing football at the highest level brings as much pain as joy. To Zlatan Ibrahimovic, getting up in the morning would feel nearly impossible without the adrenaline that’s still coursing his body and pushing him to give his all. “This morning I had pain everywhere but as long as I have objectives, as long as I have adrenaline, I keep going. I know I’m coming to something good. I’m coming to somewhere I need to work to keep myself at the top. I will keep doing it as long as I can.”I’m coming for all of you pic.twitter.com/cxYCFzaZku— Zlatan Ibrahimović (@Ibra_official) November 21, 2021 Speaking to The Guardian, the legendary Swede said that money or fame cannot ease that pain he wakes up with. It’s all about that the rush he feels when he’s competing.”It’s not about contracts or being famous. I don’t need that. The only thing that keeps me going is the adrenaline because every morning I have pain everywhere. But getting two more followers will not heal you. Getting more money will not heal you. Getting attention will not heal you. What will heal you is adrenaline.”##NAJAVA_MECA_6000792##Playing with a young squad at AC Milan makes him feel younger and gives him an important part to play – that of a role model. But it’s not to say that everything Ibrahimovic does is right – and he’s the first to admit to it.”Life is up and down. If everything was perfect, we have nothing to talk about. We still do mistakes. Nobody is perfect. People pretend they are perfect. I say: ‘I am perfect when I’m myself.’ It doesn’t mean I will not do mistakes. But I learn from them.”40 – Zlatan Ibrahimovic has become the oldest player ever to have scored 2+ goals in a Serie A game and the first 40-year-old player to have scored 2+ goals in a match in the big-5 European leagues in the 2000s (40 years, 48 days). Infinity.#FiorentinaMilan pic.twitter.com/vbUY0I6FMo— OptaPaolo 🏆 (@OptaPaolo) November 20, 2021 Zlatan recently criticised LeBron James for making political statements. According to the former Manchester United, Barcelona, Inter and Juve man, sportsmen shouldn’t divide people. “Sport unites people. Politics divide people. If we talk about tackling racism, it’s different. But messing with politics is something I don’t agree with. But I don’t do politics. If I did, I would be a president now.”
