Top 90 Quotes & Sayings by Adama Traore

I'm going to return to Barca.

If I am the same Adama as yesterday, then it is one day I have lost.

We will accept any help we can as we attempt to keep moving forward to become a better team.

There was a misunderstanding with Barca. Something happened that I didn't like, but I prefer to keep it for myself.

Darren Campbell, the British Olympic sprinter, was my sprint coach at Middlesbrough - yet the best advice he gave me was to slow down. That might sound strange but he said: 'You have too much speed - you don't always need to run at 100 per cent.' I was used to running flat out every time, but he told me, 'You know how quick you are, slow down.'

I believe if you keep pushing and keep believing, you get your rewards.

About Mali, they came to my house. We spoke and after that, the guy posed for a picture giving me a Mali shirt. With Spain I didn't go because I was injured. When the time comes, you will see which team I decide.

Whatever excuses I can make to you about playing so many games, there is no point - the point is we have many games.

We know about Portuguese football, we know the Portuguese culture.

There were gangs in the school I went to. They fought each other constantly.

My training? I don't do weights. It's hard to believe, but I don't do weights.

You know if you give 100 per cent every day that you're going to be happy with yourself. When you lose you've got to pick yourselves up and go again.

It's genetic. I exercise, but I gain mass very quickly.

The most important thing for me was talking to players like Xavi, Andres Iniesta and Javier Mascherano - they would tell me about the life away from football. All I wanted to do was play football but they explained how important everything is away, how you prepare and live your life.

If I do not have the option of Barca and I have to go to Real Madrid, I do not close any doors.

Yeah definitely, I have to be brave. There are some bad tackles that we don't like. But it's not my job to look at that, it's the referee's job, he has to see what is going on. All I try to do is keep going.

The happiest I can be is when we win games.

Aston Villa and Middlesbrough, they showed me what is English football. It's tough, it's difficult and they showed me how life is like in professional football.

I learned a lot from Ronaldinho and Messi.

I usually sprint for 20 to 30 metres - occasionally 50 to 60 metres maximum. But no footballer ever sprints a complete 100 metres during a game.

Wherever you come from, even if it's a rough neighbourhood, there are always good people who know what they want to do.

You never know if there is anyone faster than me, but I know my speed and most of the time I use it for good, but I don't know if there is anyone faster.

Most of the time I don't go down when they kick me. I try to stay up, so the referee knows that if I go down it's because they kick me badly.

Whether it's 90 minutes, or a half, 10 minutes or whatever, I want to show what I can do.

I work with a nutritionist, I have my personal trainer and another person who is like my physio.

Sometimes things might not go as you want them to, but you have to stay focused and fully concentrated.

If the opponent makes a foul close to their own goal, it's a chance for us. I take it like this.

My heroes were Ronaldinho and Ronaldo, and now it is Messi.

We wanted to be footballers, not part of some gang.

Ronaldinho changed everything for me.

When I left Middlesbrough I went back there and bought a lot of shirts from the club shop and signed them for the fans. They were very good to me and I wanted to say thank you.

If the opposition puts two or three players on me, it means that some of our other players are free. If I can play like that, then it is better for the team.

I did learn a lot of things in different positions, wing-back, winger and striker as well so I am happy to go and learn different positions which I like and I trust the process of Nuno Espirito Santo.

That has to help if you know the mentality of your opponent, and how he wants to play.

My dream was to be a football player.

Even if it's an unofficial game, if I am on the pitch, I don't want to lose any game.

I am working every day.

One moment that changed my mentality was the first time I went to Mali when I was six. Soon after that trip, Barcelona signed me, but when I was there I saw children like me, six years old, who didn't have shoes, while I had the opportunity to fulfil my dream. It shocked me. I was six and I didn't understand.

I don't have resentment towards Barca, only good memories, but if Real Madrid called me I would think about that offer in the same way I would if it was a Barca one.

People are thinking I am running so fast on the pitch, but I think it's slow.

I like to improve myself every day and whatever my performance, I will always believe I can do better.

I don't have to be stressed about it. When people watch videos of teams, they might see a certain player and think, 'If we kick him a little bit, maybe he'll get angry, maybe he'll get a booking.

I am grateful to Guardiola for showing his interest and I hope in the future I can learn from him.

I was born in Spain, I know the culture there, and lived most of my life there, but I have Malian origins too. For me it's a beautiful thing that I can have both. I can be in both countries, speak the language, blend in in two cultures.

I didn't leave Barcelona in the best way but I took the decision to leave and I don't regret it. There were a few problems with the club - some misunderstandings - and so I decided to leave because I wanted to develop as a player.

My greatest strength is my speed and power. This is what stands out more but I'll get better, I have many attributes.

I have trained with expert sprinters many times and they all agree running with the ball and running without the ball requires two completely different techniques.

Few people will say maybe I had a tough time with different teams like Aston Villa and Middlesbrough but in each situation, I tried to take the good things.

All Spanish players want to play for the national team.

I want to do a lot of things in my career and keep building on my talent, learn more about the tactics both with the ball and without it in the final third.

I spoke to Mali and they understand; I've never lived there and I never said I was going there, my intention was always to play with Spain.

I've always been quick, ever since I was little.

Any situation in the game when you have the ball you can see there are good opportunities.

Players like Messi and Xavi are always hungry. Whatever the game or the competition - even if it is table-tennis - they want to win. We used to play two-touch football games after training and they would always be desperate to win. It taught you about life as well as football.

We have to play the game, you can't go on to the pitch thinking the game is already lost.

It's about working hard, resting when you need to, leading a healthy life, and having a support structure around you. These factors help you improve.

Barcelona is the best education possible. Training with Messi is something I will never forget - he was always the last off the pitch and working incredibly hard in the gym. If he is the best player in the world and works so hard, who are we? You can have all the crazy talent but you need to work.

Offers from Madrid or Barca will come when they come, but my mentality is to continue growing as a player.

No matter the competition, Premier League or Europa League or cup, I want to win. This is the truth.

I have been playing in different positions and I keep growing.