Quotes by Jay-Jay Okocha - Page 2

I have been following the Premier League very closely because once you have been a footballer you have an affinity with the game.
Jay-Jay Okocha /
Affinity
Premier League
Closely
Premier
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I got to Germany without being scouted, and without any experience of playing for my country. But I was given the chance to excel.
Jay-Jay Okocha /
Germany
Excel
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I'm friends with Igor Yanovsky from when we played together at PSG and he suggested a few Russian dishes to me. I really love borsch!
Jay-Jay Okocha /
Dishes
Love Together Me
Suggested
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I believe that it is not worth it to train from Monday to Friday just to have 20 minutes on the pitch or sit on the bench on Saturday.
Jay-Jay Okocha /
Friday
Minutes
Monday
Not Worth It
Saturday
Worth It
Believe I Believe I Believe That
Bench
Sit
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I experienced life in a struggling team at Eintracht Frankfurt, but I was still young then and didn't understand what it meant to be relegated.
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Meant To Be
Struggling
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Aboutrika has done well with Egypt, winning the Nations Cup in Ghana, as well as helping Ahly win the Champions League for a record sixth time.
Jay-Jay Okocha /
Champions League
Egypt
Ghana
Sixth
Champions
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I think it is also the most demanding league; the pace of the game in the EPL is something else and rightly for me is maybe the best league in the world.
Jay-Jay Okocha /
Pace
Best World Game
Demanding
Best Game World
Rightly
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I felt like a prisoner. In Qatar, you need a sponsor to get a work permit and you cannot leave the country unless you have an exit permit from your sponsor.
Jay-Jay Okocha /
Exit
Permit
Prisoner
Sponsor
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My first World Cup appearance remains fresh in my memory and what made it incredible was that I had made my first appearance for Nigeria just a year before.
Jay-Jay Okocha /
Appearance
Nigeria
Remains
World Cup
First Appearance
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I always ask God if it is his will, and if so, then let it be. Whatever comes out of it I will accept it. That's the message I got and that's why I'm here at Hull.
Jay-Jay Okocha /
Hull
Accept
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When I was in Paris I was at a big club in a major city, but nobody really cared about each other. It didn't have that family feeling, I didn't see any team spirit.
Jay-Jay Okocha /
Team Spirit
Cared
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So, we know that when the going gets tough, the tough get going. I still believe that is the good thing about Nigerian players. We can always spring up so many surprises.
Jay-Jay Okocha /
Spring
Good Thing
Nigerian
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Bolton was one of the relegation candidates when I got there but we took the club to another level and even had the opportunity to play for the first time in the Europa League.
Jay-Jay Okocha /
Candidates
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If I had the opportunity, I will ask every Nigerian kid to start his career in Germany. The structure they have in the Bundesliga is far from what is obtainable in other leagues.
Jay-Jay Okocha /
Germany
Leagues
Nigerian
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There were very few TV sets when I grew up... We could not see matches and did not know too many players. Only Pele was a household name and he was the one most children idolised.
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Grew
Household
Tv
Few
Household Name
Pele
Matches
Sets
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I can proudly say that I had no scandal throughout my career. And there was no serious injury worries because of what I was taught how to live off the pitch. It was very important.
Jay-Jay Okocha /
Injury
Scandal
Serious
Taught
Career
Proudly
Throughout
Worries
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Ronaldo is a fantastic player, one of the best I've ever seen, but he's been a bit unfortunate to be of the same generation as Messi. Consequently, they have to share the limelight.
Jay-Jay Okocha /
Limelight
Messi
Unfortunate
Consequently
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You have every right to set yourselves targets and whether you achieve it or not is entirely a different matter but at least you have to be ambitious and set yourself challenging goals.
Jay-Jay Okocha /
Achieve
Entirely
Targets
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I played in Qatar only because I had a great offer and I am not ashamed to accept. We played in empty stadiums! I realised what a mistake I made and decided to leave the club immediately.
Jay-Jay Okocha /
Ashamed
Empty
Realised
Stadiums
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I'd be lying if I said I never had any issues with players but at some point you have to stamp your authority because if you're good at taking free-kicks, for example, they should let you take them.
Jay-Jay Okocha /
Authority
Lying
Good Your Never
For Example
Stamp
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People wonder why I chose to come to Bolton. There's a different pressure and mentality here to PSG, where we were expected to challenge at the top every year, but look at our squad - quality throughout.
Jay-Jay Okocha /
Mentality
Squad
Chose
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People in Nigeria weren't happy that I went to Qatar. They said 'why did you go there of all places?' They missed watching me on television but sometimes you have to think about yourself and your future as well.
Jay-Jay Okocha /
Nigeria
Television
Missed
Places
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Messi and Ronaldo have dominated world football for a decade and, given the nature of football, at a certain point the baton will have to pass to someone else. I think Neymar has a great chance of filling that role.
Jay-Jay Okocha /
Baton
Filling
Messi
Certain Point
Decade
Dominated
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You can come up with whatever tactics you want as a coach but if you don't have the tools to execute you will struggle, and if you don't have willing players that are ready to commit to the cause than you will struggle.
Jay-Jay Okocha /
Commit
Tools
Execute
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I knew I was in charge when with the ball. But on the toughest defenders I faced, I would say that my African brothers were the ones. We have the same mentality and thought the same way. Osei Kuffour was the toughest of them all.
Jay-Jay Okocha /
Defenders
Mentality
Charge
Toughest
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Education from six-year-old to 14 is compulsory in Nigeria, but the simple fact is that a lack of resources, coupled with peoples' inability to afford books and uniforms mean the reality for millions of Nigerian children is a life without education.
Jay-Jay Okocha /
Education
Compulsory
Inability
Millions
Nigeria
Reality
Resources
Simple
Uniforms
Afford
Books
Coupled
Fact
Simple Fact
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The life was good in Qatar but I did not enjoy the football. For me, 12 months was enough. The standard was low, but not that low. It was OK but the ambition was not there from the players. It was like playing for nothing. I didn't like that feeling.
Jay-Jay Okocha /
Life Good Football
Standard
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I don't walk around with a bible or preach to people and I don't want to disturb my team-mates on match days by praying in the dressing room, so I do that at the hotel before I leave. I respect their way of life and do not insist that my way is best. I have not tried to convert anybody.
Jay-Jay Okocha /
Bible
Hotel
Life Best Respect
Convert
Disturb
Dressing
Dressing Room
Insist
Match
Preach
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I'd say the player whose style most resembles mine would be Neymar. That's because I played with a sense of joy and you can see that he feels the same and really enjoys his own play. He doesn't play for himself or just to entertain the fans - he plays for his team. He uses his quality and skill for the good of the team.
Jay-Jay Okocha /
Entertain
Resembles
Skill
Uses
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Traditionally it's been difficult for Africans to play over here, mainly because the African calendar is very different to that in Europe. Most of the coaches over here can't accept that we have to go back home to play at the Nations' Cup for a month while the season is still on over here. That made people reluctant to sign Africans.
Jay-Jay Okocha /
Coaches
Reluctant
Calendar
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