Top 102 Quotes & Sayings by Samir Nasri

I never said Arsenal fans were not good. I just said I saw real passion when I signed here, and I said Arsenal was a little bit different. That is the only thing I said.

If you win the Carling Cup, it can give you confidence, and sometimes, when you haven't won a trophy, you become scared of winning.

Marseille has a big Muslim community. The good thing is it is a melting point: all nationalities in there. Everyone is fine with each other. It is really close to North Africa, to Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, so a lot of them come from there.

I'm used to playing in the Premier League now. I'm confident, and all my team-mates are confident with me.

If you look at Barcelona and the way they press high, or Bayern Munich, the way they press high... that's what makes them the best teams, because when they lose the ball, in the first three seconds, that's when they get the ball back, really, really high.

My parents sacrificed everything for me. My father worked on a building site and as a driver - so many jobs. My mum was at home full-time to take care of me, my sister, and two brothers.

Remember that before joining Arsenal, I was at Marseille where it was easy for me because I was with my family; I was born there and had played for them since I was nine. I came here on my own, and you grow up more quickly that way. It made a difference, because now I have become a man.

Sometimes it is a good thing to hear what kids have to tell you. Kids just tell the truth.

Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, they play on a different galaxy.

I like to be the winner; I like to change. I like to make history.

I don't know of one player who is happy on the bench, especially when you don't understand the reason.

You don't forget where you came from. I came from nothing. I was in Marseille in a bad area. We didn't have anything. We were rich in love.

Pellegrini was the biggest factor for me to be joining West Ham.

We get older, we get more mature and stronger mentally. You learn to deal with different situations.

Every great player has a big character. I don't know any player with a lot of quality who just has quality - you have to have an ego and character to be the main person on the pitch.

Of course, every game and opponent is different.

When you're a player, you want the manager to know your quality and to want you.

I am a guy who likes a challenge. I don't like to go somewhere where I am used to winning.

The problem is you lose too much energy when you play in the Premier League. Even when you play the team on the bottom, it is difficult.

You don't want to stay on the bench. You want to play every game.

It's better not to talk but to act on the pitch.

Tactically, I know how to play on one side even though I remain convinced that I can play better through the middle.

Real Madrid, they are the best counter-attacking team in the world.

I will only be 29 in 2016 for the European Championships, but the French national team doesn't make me happy.

I'm not an Arsenal fan. I am not from London.

I have to smile because we, as footballers, are really lucky to do the job we do. But this is not just a job for me. It's my passion.

Arsenal have good fans but not that passionate since they moved from Highbury to the Emirates.

When I'm happy and smiling, I play my best.

I wasn't just playing football on the street. I grew up on the street.

Tactically, Italians are very strong. They are a lot into tactics: how to defend, when you lose the ball, where will you be?

All my younger years, I was a No. 10. In the national team, I used to play No. 10, and Marseille, I used to play No. 10.

I will not play for Tottenham.

A lot of things have changed in my life and for the best. I'm really happy about it. I'm just blessed.

Pellegrini gave me back the joy of playing football. He is like Arsene Wenger: someone who likes to joke, someone who likes to talk and take an interest in your life.

I just look at what is best for me.

The past is the past, and we have to look forward.

Cristiano Ronaldo is more of a professional, hard-working guy. Ronaldo is the example you follow.

In December, every league has a break, but in England, it is not like this.

The horizon is a little bit blocked with Didier Deschamps as manager. I respect his choices, but the French national team doesn't make me happy any more.

I think I have had my story with France. Unfortunately, it's not the story I would have liked. I would have liked to have played a World Cup; I would have liked to have done a lot more for the French national team.

It's not enough to be top in your league if you don't do anything in the Champions League.

Defeat is forbidden.

The thing in the Champions League is not just the talent. It's not being a team. It's the experience as well.

It's always good to score, and if we want to do something as a team, you need your important players to be at their best.

I don't make plans for my future. I have learned that you cannot predict what will happen.

You can't be the best every game. Even Messi can have a bad game.

The World Cup is the World Cup, and I'm sad I won't play in it; that's my only regret. But to play a friendly with my national team, I did it many times, so it's not something I'm missing.

Mentally, I'm really strong, but for maybe the first time in my life, I cried about my career because I thought it was over. When you've been out for a year, and you think it's over, you think completely differently after that. I was just looking on TV, and I wasn't able to train, and in the meantime, I had a son.

I tried to do everything on the pitch to play at the World Cup. It wasn't enough.

Sometimes I do things in training and think, 'Ah! I need to do that in a game. If I do I will be close to my full potential.'

I don't want to go back to the national team and play the hypocrite when some of them asked for me to be kicked out.

When I say something, I don't go back on it.

I think more with my head - things are 90 per cent in your head, and everything else comes after that.

When Manchester City came for me it was the best choice to come here.

I don't pretend; I'm honest. Sometimes that causes a problem; I always say what I think.

I've learned a lot over the years, but I am an honest person, and when I'm not happy, I can't fake a smile. If there is a problem, you will know straight away because you will see it on my face.

From time to time, I'm a jerk.

I hope I can score many more goals and help to bring more trophies.

I try to be precise with my passes but take some risks as well.

A man is not scared of playing, of having any contact, and you won't shut him down if you kick him - he will just ask for the ball all the time.