Donnarumma: 'Raiola's phone number most important'
"The coolest number on my phone? My girlfriend's (laughs). That of my agent [Mino Raiola], perhaps. The criticism? When people start criticizing me, my mother gets angry (laughs)," he said.
"The leap? Nothing has changed, I am more or less the same as before. I arrived in the first team very quickly which helped me to grow both on a human level as well as on the field. It is incredibly different from when I started.
"Buffon? After the 4-0 loss in the Coppa Italia final, he told me to stay calm. I now see him in a different way, both on and off the pitch.
"I can never thank him enough for his advice. He told me: 'Be calm, be a warrior, stand up when you fall on the ground'," Donnarumma added. And since then, the Milan talent has indeed risen.
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