Top 102 Quotes & Sayings by Nicolas Anelka
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a French athlete Nicolas Anelka.
Last updated on September 16, 2024.
Why didn't I stay at Liverpool after having achieved what I wanted to do: to play, score, and of course to relaunch my career? I cannot answer that. It is better to put the question to Gerard Houllier because I really wanted to stay.
Sometimes to rest, even to watch your team-mates from the bench, is not too bad. It is part of the game and you try to be fresh when you come on the pitch.
My quenelle was very misunderstood.
In your career, you can't always be at the top.
I have never said I wanted to leave Chelsea.
At some point we must stop being paranoid and believing that we are all at war.
All I've ever wanted is to improve myself and become the best, which is the reason I joined Real in the first place.
If one day I have to go to war, straight away right next to me, on the front line, I would put Patrice Evra. And there aren't many that I would put there.
When I started to play football as far I was concerned I just played football. I didn't want all the stuff around it, the press and that.
When I left Arsenal, it was because I had done everything there and a big club like Real Madrid wanted me and even David Beckham couldn't turn them down.
I missed out on the World Cup twice and it did not kill me.
I was very young in the past at Arsenal, at Real Madrid as well.
The club must come first.
I worked hard when I played for Manchester City, Bolton, even in Fenerbahce.
I left for Madrid at 20 years old and I didn't really know how it would go.
Rooney is a good player, everybody knows his quality.
The jobs of manager and director of football are too big for one individual - this I realised very quickly.
Nowhere is the same as England and that's why so many players want to come over here. That is why I would like to finish my career over here.
I went to Madrid to play football but I couldn't because I was never left in peace.
I have never had a problem with the Jewish community, and besides why would I have?
I don't care about wages or fees, I just want to improve my football, which is a side to me that the fans aren't aware of.
Football is open to anyone, especially somebody like me who grew up in the Paris suburbs.
In football you need to be versatile sometimes, because the most important thing is to win games and enjoy your football.
I am shy, quiet and like spending time with my family.
When I knew I had the chance to play for Liverpool I couldn't refuse it.
I'd compare myself to Zinedine Zidane - a humble guy who just happened to be the best.
When the chance came to join a great club like Liverpool, I weighed up my options and it was obviously the best move for me.
When you have been coached by Ancelotti and other greats, it's hard to be coached by Domenech!
With Chelsea... I play in blue every weekend and that's more than enough for me.
I have an affinity with Algeria, because I grew up with plenty of Algerian friends in the suburbs of Paris.
It is always good to win a game.
I know I won't be a manager, I don't want to do it, never.
I like to walk down the street in England and just be myself but I could never do that in Spain. In Manchester I can walk down Deansgate and not be troubled.
The one thing I can tell you is that I can't stand the English press, who cause me enormous problems on a personal level.
I have a very English coaching philosophy.
It is foolish to hold against me remarks that I never made.
I have always been proud and happy to wear France's colours. I have always been respectful of the team. But I need people to prove they really want me to play.
For me the French team belongs to the past.
I know my game and I know my qualities.
No player can win matches on his own.
I've played as a striker all my life. To play on the right or the left is always difficult.
I was sixteen when I converted to Islam. Beyond the fraternal aspect, my conversion did not change my life. I was already living by the same principles - being righteous, having values.
It's always good for a player to be on the pitch.
I used to fast during Ramadan because I admired the people fasting around me. What made me convert was that I had that certainty that Islam was for me. I felt this relationship with God, and that enlightened my life. I had that conviction in my heart that that was my religion.
Shanghai is Asia's New York.
When I left Arsenal I never said I didn't like England. I was very young and my problems were all in my head.
It seems that Gerard Houllier did not appreciate my personality. It bothers him to have someone around who could stand up to him.
When you live in England you can lead a normal life.
I know that English football and the Premier League is the best.
For me, ever since the South Africa World Cup, the French team is part of the past.
In Spain you can't do anything. If you drive, everyone recognises you; at a restaurant you have paparazzi outside.
It is my job to score goals but that is only one part of the team.
Sometimes things don't go exactly as you'd wish. You have to be mentally strong to overcome those moments.
I have been impressed by Carlo Ancelotti, Kevin Keegan, Arsene Wenger, Guus Hiddink, Christoph Daum and Sam Allardyce.
If you ask all the players who have played with me, they will never say anything wrong about me.
We need to show character whenever we concede a goal and try to make a comeback.
I have no record of racism or antisemitism, there is no evidence to support it, not even a shred of evidence.
When Real Madrid want you, it is difficult to say 'No' but, when I got there, I knew I could not stay longer.
When you play for a team like Chelsea you will have to fight for your place.
It's good to experience different things.
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