A biography for Adama Traorehasn’t been written yet.
“If I do not have the option of Barca and I have to go to Real Madrid, I do not close any doors.”
“I am quite self-critical, I try to keep focused on what I need to do better, and in the final third of the pitch I know I can do miles better.”
“I don't have to be stressed about it. When people watch videos of teams, they might see a certain player and think, 'If we kick him a little bit, maybe he'll get angry, maybe he'll get a booking.”
“I have trained with expert sprinters many times and they all agree running with the ball and running without the ball requires two completely different techniques.”
“My training? I don't do weights. It's hard to believe, but I don't do weights.”
“Messi could maybe get away with not trying 100% because he's the best player in the world. But he's the first at training. He's very professional. He was very good to watch and learn from.”
“I know my game is about trying to get past players and I know that if a bad tackle is coming my way, I have to jump or push my body out in front, but this is football. If they try to foul and target me, then I'm doing something good.”
“When there is a difficult moment, you need to stay strong because it's difficult when you don't play.”
“It is nice to be known on 'Fifa 19' as the fastest player in the world.”
“My heroes were Ronaldinho and Ronaldo, and now it is Messi.”
“Yeah definitely, I have to be brave. There are some bad tackles that we don't like. But it's not my job to look at that, it's the referee's job, he has to see what is going on. All I try to do is keep going.”
“I know the way I play is with speed and ability.”
“We have to play the game, you can't go on to the pitch thinking the game is already lost.”
“About Mali, they came to my house. We spoke and after that, the guy posed for a picture giving me a Mali shirt. With Spain I didn't go because I was injured. When the time comes, you will see which team I decide.”
“I get asked a lot about players like Lionel Messi and Neymar and people seem to have the idea that they don't do any work because they have a God-given talent. That is just not true, they work all the time, they are totally dedicated and that's why they are where they are.”
“Barcelona is the best education possible. Training with Messi is something I will never forget - he was always the last off the pitch and working incredibly hard in the gym. If he is the best player in the world and works so hard, who are we? You can have all the crazy talent but you need to work.”
“Every player has a dream to play at Barcelona for a long time, but you have different roles for the team.”
“Few people will say maybe I had a tough time with different teams like Aston Villa and Middlesbrough but in each situation, I tried to take the good things.”
“People are thinking I am running so fast on the pitch, but I think it's slow.”
“I joined Aston Villa to improve myself in the Premier League. It started well but then I got injured and Villa ended up having five managers that season.”