"At the moment it is obvious that if I were the fortunate chosen one, it would fill me with pride and joy, " Eto'o told France Football magazine on Tuesday.

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"I don't know how to explain what it was like to run my business, the joy of every day, " she told Vanity Fair magazine in a story in 2003.

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