Top 90 Quotes & Sayings by Adama Traore - Page 2

Clearly Bolt would beat me over 100 metres on the track. But on grass, over 30 metres with a ball at my feet? I'm winning that race every time!

It was difficult at Villa because they'd struggled for two years and I'd come mainly from Barcelona B in the second division in Spain. I needed time to adapt but Tim Sherwood and Remi Garde had to win games; they didn't have time to think about little things about my game. It was a bad moment, it was such a hard, sad experience.

It is nice to be known on 'Fifa 19' as the fastest player in the world.

With the ball I can run 37kmh but I've never been timed without it because my job is to play football. I'm not an athlete.

I'm a happy guy, whatever happens, but I'm happier when we win.

What I have learnt from my time at Barcelona is the invisible work that goes on off the pitch. It's about the fine details.

Talent is not enough - it's about using it in the right way.

I know the way I play is with speed and ability.

My life in Middlesbrough is good.

I played my first game of football when I was 3 1/2 years old.

When you know someone has belief in you and likes the way you play, it is great to work together.

I don't think that there is anyone quicker than me in the Premier League.

When there is a difficult moment, you need to stay strong because it's difficult when you don't play.

Nuno works with each player individually. He has worked with me tactically, on where I have to move and when I have to move.

I almost missed the chance to join Barcelona because I was on holiday in Mali visiting my parents' family for the first time. We spent all summer there and every day Barcelona were calling my mother's phone and getting no reply because she had left it in Barcelona.

When I came to Aston Villa, they had struggled for two years before then.

People tell me I'm the first in dribbling. But it's important that, after dribbling, I cross or pass or score. If I don't, then dribbling is pointless.

I know my game is about trying to get past players and I know that if a bad tackle is coming my way, I have to jump or push my body out in front, but this is football. If they try to foul and target me, then I'm doing something good.

If I can adapt to different tactics I think I will be a better player.

I joined Aston Villa to improve myself in the Premier League. It started well but then I got injured and Villa ended up having five managers that season.

I didn't leave Barca well. I left because I wasn't given an opportunity. If I had been given one, maybe I could say what I lacked.

I think the time I spent at Aston Villa was difficult. It was a difficult time and a difficult moment for the team.

Maybe there is no player who is faster than me in the world.

Of course I would like to return to Spanish football, but I promised myself I would be a success in England.

Everyone knows what a good player Ruben Neves is and I have no doubt he could play for massive clubs like Manchester United, Barcelona or Real Madrid one day.

Messi could maybe get away with not trying 100% because he's the best player in the world. But he's the first at training. He's very professional. He was very good to watch and learn from.

Every player has a dream to play at Barcelona for a long time, but you have different roles for the team.

I am quite self-critical, I try to keep focused on what I need to do better, and in the final third of the pitch I know I can do miles better.

Whatever the situation, I am always confident in myself and work hard.

I get asked a lot about players like Lionel Messi and Neymar and people seem to have the idea that they don't do any work because they have a God-given talent. That is just not true, they work all the time, they are totally dedicated and that's why they are where they are.