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You know the press and the TV. There are those who are favourites and those who are not. I was one of the latter.
I feel privileged to be able to do what I enjoy doing and that I also get paid to do it. That gives me great pleasure.
If you believe in something and have the strength not to give up, it can happen. I am the living proof it can be done.
At Barca, we always have an obligation to win and to do it in style for our fans in the stadiums and around the world.
I never say how many goals I'm going to score. My intention is to be happy and make sure that people around me are, too.
Nobody wins or loses a match; it's the team that wins or loses. You have to be looking to contribute towards the team goal.
I will never forget the affection of the Inter fans who made me feel like one of them and who always supported and helped me.
It's not all about the figures. It's about how you play for the team, how you help your colleagues, how you work defensively.
The money I have earned has given me the opportunity to give back to the people who do not have the same opportunities as me.
I come from one of the poorest countries in the world, and Cameroon is also one of the most beautiful countries in the world.
Messi is God, as a person and even more as a player. I knew him when he was a boy and I’ve watched him grow. He deserves it all.
I have the belief that all the qualified teams can create surprises at the World Cup and not just the traditional top favourites.
I have always said that the debate about who should play in goal is part of the game, but I never play in order to silence anyone.
There is only one Jose Mourinho. I have played under a lot of great coaches, but there is no other character in the game like Jose.
By God's grace and strength of my work, I've managed to build a respectable image that I use to serve both my continent and my country.
A lot of people criticised me when I opted to leave Italy for Russia. However, I'm convinced that I made the right decision to leave Inter.
In all things, you need a good organization. You can have the best player in the world; if you do not have the best team, you will not win.
I experienced great sadness with our elimination from the 1990 World Cup, with many penalties. I still have that feeling of injustice in me.
My relationship with Laporta? I always had a direct relationship with him, in that if I said something, we would be able to discuss it like men.
I am a footballer. I know how to play football ,and I know how to manage projects in the area of football. This is what I want to limit myself to.
Cameroon can win the World Cup. People think I am crazy when I say this, but if you believe you have the best team in the world, you are stronger.
My dream was to become a footballer, hope to become the best someday. And I worked for it. And I'll tell you that the work is the magic of success.
At Inter, I was the best-paid player in the world. But it's not a question of money, because when I go out onto the pitch, I only have one thing in mind - winning.
Of course it's normal for people to say, 'Yeah, this player changed teams because of the money.' That could be the case sometimes, but after a certain level of success? No.
Football is beautiful. Football is beautiful because whether you win, draw, or lose, you can go and shake your opponent's hand, whether they're white or black or red or blue.
Football stadiums are just a reflection of what is going on in society. Many times in stadiums, people just feel more relaxed and say what they think when they're somewhere else.
I grew up in a family where my father always told me, defend your ideas when you think your ideas are good, and struggle to get your story written. And I've always fought for that.
English football is very different, and I had to adapt to it much more than I would have had if I had stayed in the Russian league. But after a season, I felt a lot better, a lot fitter.
I have been to the States many times. What I enjoy most is the feeling of being undercover, that no one recognizes me. When I go to the airport almost anywhere in Europe or Africa, I am recognized.
When I was growing up, I thought everything was a life of friendship, respect, and sharing. But I discovered that unfortunately, you have people who aren't behaving in the same way but have hatred.
I spent two great seasons playing in the Russian championship. I could have stayed there, but I went to the Premier League, which is much more competitive and requires much greater levels of fitness.
It is important to feel the support of my family. Mentally, I can get away from everything that is football when I come home to be with them. Yes, work is a pleasure, but there will always be family.
A child comes to see his father play, have fun, make people happy, and what does he see? He sees people booing his father for being black. They make monkey noises. They throw bananas at his teammates and all that.
Chelsea were looking at me, and one day I would love to play in The Premiership - for the fans, not the money. They can be losing 4-0 and still be cheering. That, more than anything, would attract me to The Premiership.
They called me Little Milla. He was one of the best in the world, not just in Africa. A lot of us think he did not win the best player in the world award just because he was African. It was an honour to have the name - he was an inspiration.
Sometimes, the fact that you're a footballer makes you think that racism can't happen to you because you bring that passion and you express a lot of things. When it happened to me, I couldn't believe it, and in that moment, I decided to walk off the pitch.
Jose Mourinho is one of the best managers with whom I have worked. I had a chance not only to have him as a coach but as a colleague, a friend, a big brother. I had a chance to learn from him, and he was open to receiving advice from me as well, even though I think he knew it all.
I can only say what I have lived and experienced. And the majority of people who have been to Makhachkala have come back with different opinions. It's a relaxed city but very lively, like many of the capitals in the world. At first sight, you would never say that there are political problems.
Why don't you think we should dream of an African team winning the World Cup for the first time? People never allow this thought to cross their minds, and it is shameful. When you try to even say it, people look at you as if you're joking, but they forget that dreaming is the first step to success.
I had to deal with it so often, I found ways of making a point against racism. When I played against Real Zaragoza, they chanted like monkeys and threw peanuts on the pitch. So when I scored, I danced in front of them like a monkey. When the same thing happened against Real Madrid, I scored and held my fist in a Black Power salute.