Top 99 Quotes & Sayings by Demba Ba
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a French footballer Demba Ba.
Last updated on November 3, 2024.
The more you watch yourself play, the more mistakes you put right.
The first time I spoke to Avram Grant, my first question was about his conception of football. He gave me his answer and it was a good point.
I know there are footballers who want to fight for justice, whether Muslim, Buddhist, Christian, any belief.
It's important for a player to win a trophy.
Rennes wanted me at one point, but in France they have a problem - they don't like taking risks. But if you don't take risks, you don't get anywhere. You pass by the periphery of many things, like life and football.
When I go to the movie theater, I want to get emotion from the actors in the movie.
Everywhere you go, competition is there. It will always exist.
The Black Lives Matter movement is stronger when non-black people step up for it.
There are over 1.5 billion Muslims throughout the world, starting from Mecca in the desert from one person. What made them successful? It's because they had guidelines that they followed.
Where I am from, being able to play in the Champions League is an achievement in itself.
When you play, it's to win, to win trophies. That is what it is all about and what is in my mind.
We all have different causes that touch us emotionally and I believe anybody should fight for a cause they believe in. I'm a Muslim, I'm African, so certain causes will affect me more than they do other people.
The only power I have, in reality, is to keep producing good performances.
I am from the bottom, so if I go back to the bottom I haven't lost anything.
Standing behind your players is a sign of respect.
You never say, 'This white guy, that white guy.' But when it's a black guy, you have to say, 'This black guy.'
I do not have to whine about missing the chance to play in a World Cup.
I just want to have good performances and score goals - that's what makes me happy.
Sometimes I just like to be powerful.
I was at my house in Paris, having a day off, when I got a phone call from Arsene Wenger - he asked if I'd come back to London for a medical. I woke up at 9 A.M. on transfer deadline day, jumped on a train, got to London, but then it never happened.
I won't let myself be pushed around.
The thing I expect from myself, when I play, is to score, in every game. If I don't, then it happens. But when you start a game, if you are a striker, you need to score.
Eden Hazard is one of my close friends and Branislav Ivanovic I like.
Being a Muslim is more important than me being a footballer. A good Muslim is a good person, so I try to be a good person. I just live the way I want to live.
As soon as I step on the pitch in football my ambition is to get those three points.
I don't care what religion you are, you cannot say 'I accept certain things but I reject others.' That's not the right behaviour.
When you work, you always get to where you want to go.
You know, I love football and I like to represent my country.
I had to find a way of dealing with not starting matches, but when you don't play and you're surrounded by players who do, the negativity comes.
I love syrup. Strawberry syrup.
The most special goal of my career was the one that I scored against Cameroon in injury time to send Senegal into the Africa Cup of Nations back in the 2011-12 season. That was the most unforgettable moment of my career.
We believe in the people of San Diego.
Even if Sadio comes and tells me that he's better than Messi, I'd slap him in his face and tell him 'shut up boy, sit down!' But in 2019, in my perspective, he had a better season.
At West Ham there were a couple of French players and they helped me get used to the team and the club.
I played in Belgium, in France and in Germany, which was very good - but England is very special.
As long as I'm having fun, I'm happy.
Whenever you join a club you look at the schedule to see when you can play the team you left.
When you play good and people say that you have been terrific and you have been playing good football, that's something that stays and builds you and your confidence.
I have never really liked defending, chasing people.
I try to be strong mentally.
My mum had the hardest work in the world, making sure her kids are following the right way, and she had a lot of kids.
You know when you go to a club and you are a striker, that the people expect you to score some goals. That's what I'm trying to do, every game.
If I enjoy myself on the pitch, then I'm going to have a good performance.
When are we going to see the rest of the world stand up for Muslims?
I had no doubts I wanted to be a footballer because that was the only option.
When I drink water, I put syrup in it.
When you retire, no-one remembers that you finished in the top four. They remember you won a trophy.
It's rare to see Mourinho manage three years at the same team.
I just loved kicking a ball but I was determined to be a footballer and I wanted a professional contract, I would go to any professional club to get one. From 15, all I wanted was to be a footballer.
Being a young kid from the hood in Paris, growing up in poverty and then scoring the goal that took Chelsea to the Champions League semi-finals, that felt like a great achievement.
Football can bring out the best and worst in people.
I have no control over the coach's decision, I will only hurt myself by pulling my hair out or by feeling sorry for myself.
You have some days when it doesn't go for you but you have to keep believing in yourself.
I was always excited by English football.
One thing I will keep doing for sure is fighting for everybody's rights behind the scenes.
When you have the chance to play for Chelsea, you have to take it.
As sportspeople, we have a power we don't even know. If we get together and talk, things change. If we stand up, people stand up with us.
I had always worked to get to a club like Chelsea and start winning some trophies and doing what I have got to do.
I love playing football and being in teams that have the ball and play good football.
I was like Patrick Vieira. I was technically good, natural, big and strong, but I didn't like a tackle.
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