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“If I regret leaving City, I'd regret leaving Madrid, I would regret Arsenal, and I would regret maybe even Metz, where I started off. So I have no regrets in life; life is too short to start regretting things.”
“I want to win the Champions League, and I don't care about personal success.”
“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.”
“I have never been a bad influence in the dressing room.”
“I'm not really happy with my football career, but I can't complain about it, either.”
“My father worked in currency exchange, and my mother is a businesswoman.”
“We are all human beings. We all go through a lot at certain times of our lives.”
“Winning is good but is better when it becomes a means of hope and positive change in the lives of those who are deprived.”
“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.”
“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.”
“You need to feel loved, and that is what I feel at City.”
“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.”
“We all have to fight through our mistakes to become a better man.”
“Harry Redknapp is a fantastic manager. He knows how to talk to players. You need that belief from your own manager. He tells you just to go out there and do your thing. That is what Harry has got more than anyone else.”
“When you are playing in front of your own crowd, you want them to support you.”
“The worst coach I have ever had was Roberto Mancini. I never liked his training methods.”
“If one player can say that I, Emmanuel Adebayor, spoke badly to anyone in the changing rooms, then I'd honestly like to know who it is. It has never happened in my life.”
“If I score against Tottenham, trust me - I'm going to celebrate.”
“My fitness is one area I've never had questioned in my career.”
“Whenever I have a chance to wake up and be alive, I always thank God for that, and for me, all the rest is a bonus.”