Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Emmanuel Adebayor - Page 2

There is nothing more important for me than God.

As a child, you are influenced by your parents' actions.

I enjoyed my time at White Hart Lane, and I can't say thank you enough to the Spurs fans.

My fitness is one area I've never had questioned in my career.

Wenger gave me the opportunity to be where I am today. He's a coach that helped me a lot, who gave me a chance, who's always been there for me in the bad moments. He called me, consoled me, gave me good advice, told me what I had to do to become a great player. I can only thank him.

Sometimes you have to be dirty to win some games.

I need a manager who will tell me to go out and play my own game and enjoy myself.

You know, us in Africa, all what we know, all what we dream about is football. Because when I was young, all what I tried to do, all what I had a chance to watch on TV was football.

It's always a pleasure to have a manager give you compliments.

When you are playing in front of your own crowd, you want them to support you.

People in my country love me. I represent my country very well.

We all play football to get money.

In 2002, I went to play the Afcon in Mali, and I had the huge privilege to swap my shirt with Marc-Vivien Foe. May his soul rest in peace.

I'm from Africa, and I have to give something back to my community. You all know that I've been doing a lot of charity stuff without knocking at any door. I'm taking my own wages to do it, and I will keep doing it until the end of my career.

When you see me on the pitch, I will always be smiling, always laughing, always playing jokes. I grew up as somebody who was always laughing. In England, people will tell me that I should not laugh, but you cannot stop me from laughing. It's impossible.

All the Arsenal fans boo me, and when I look back, I understand where everything went wrong, but there are certain things in life you cannot come back to anymore.

I played for Arsenal for more than three years, and I had fantastic moments. Maybe they made me one of the best strikers in the world, because under Arsene Wenger, I learned a lot of things - but you have to move on.

In life, there are always ups and downs, and I had them at Tottenham.

Scoring goals is what I do best in my career.

Saluting a goal in front of the fans is one of the most beautiful moments in a player's life.

For me, apart from having my baby, the best thing is whenever I score my next goal.

If I score against Tottenham, trust me - I'm going to celebrate.

All I can say is I am a footballer, and if a club like Milan are interested in me, then I cannot lie to you: I am happy, because it is Milan.

A player playing with confidence is better than a player playing with doubt in his head.

I'm full of confidence. I know what I can do, and when I'm not playing, I'm not happy.

I always love the fans.

In Spain, people understand football is a fun game, and enjoyment comes first. After that, business follows.

My relationship with Pochettino was beautiful. I think we have a very, very good relationship, with man-to-man conversations.

It hurts when you are at a club you loved, a place where you think you might want to end your career, and things go badly.

You want to play against the best defenders and the best teams. You want to test yourself.

Dele Alli is a player with huge potential to be one of the best midfielders in the world.

When you score 30 goals in a season, you can expect that the following year there will be a little bit more pressure and attention on you.

I have never criticised Tottenham fans.

If I'm on the pitch, and I score, and I'm not going to celebrate, I would rather tell the manager I'm not going to play because what is the point of scoring goals and not celebrating?

Things haven't always gone right for me in football.

I cannot do a better job than a journalist. I cannot do a better job than politicians - what I can do is play my football.

We are all human beings. We all go through a lot at certain times of our lives.

There are only a few players who play in the same team all their career. You come from somewhere and go somewhere else.

You can insult me - you can judge me on the football pitch - that's normal. But don't touch my family. Don't touch my parents. I love them more than everything on this earth.

Sometimes you have to forget about playing beautiful football and just make sure you win.