A Quote by Gervinho

I started playing football in Abidjan, my African town, without even having shoes on my feet.

Gervinho

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Gervinho
Ivorian - Athlete
Born: May 27, 1987

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Meryl Streep

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Stephanie Tourles

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Dwyane Wade

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Trent Alexander-Arnold

I started out playing football in the streets, playing barefoot like all the boys there - we didn't have the money for football boots.

David Villa

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Chauncey Billups

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Ederson

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Diego Costa

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Amanda Hearst

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Alexander Volkanovski

I just had a normal African childhood; we played football a lot, but it was always in the street and always without shoes. Boots were very expensive, and when there are seven in your family, and you say you want to buy a pair, your father wants to kill you.

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Nina Ananiashvili

Ne'er ask me what raiment I'll wear, for I have no more doublets than backs, no more stockings than legs, nor no more shoes than feet--nay, sometime more feet than shoes, or such shoes as my toes look through the overleather.

William Shakespeare

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