A biography for Jerome Boatenghasn’t been written yet.
“We can only stop Cristiano Ronaldo as a team. In front of goal, he's like a machine. You can't shut him out completely; he always gets his chances in a game because of the lines he runs and his excellent timing.”
“I like to watch the NBA.”
“You don't get anywhere without hard work. The earlier you understand that, the better.”
“In football, you can never know what happens in the future.”
“You need bad times to become a better and strong player.”
“It's absolutely fine to be a bit more reactive and not chase after the ball at times. But you cannot be passive.”
“When I'm warming up on the sidelines, I can often hear monkey chants. Me, who played so many matches for Germany.”
“I play where the coach puts me and try to help the team.”
“I can play at full back on either side, but I prefer the central defensive position.”
“It's difficult to leave FC Bayern. Everything has to fall in place to top this club if I do it.”
“When I got older, I wanted to have shoes that no one else had, so I started to choose different shoes; then it followed to my clothes.”
“If I can understand criticism, I take it very seriously. But it's a process; it doesn't happen overnight.”
“I purposely got involved in the American market, as I'm really interested in it. I find the way they do marketing there really cool.”
“There is a no more complete striker than Ronaldo. Left foot, right foot, header - he is in perfect control of everything he does.”
“I didn't think every day, 'I'm world champion, I'm world champion,' not at all.”
“I try every day to become a better player - passing more to open the game - I try everything because you can always be better.”
“When you get a little bit older, you're always trying to do something different from your siblings.”
“I like to play against strikers and think that, from my size alone, I'm more of a central defender.”
“Sometimes you lose, sometimes you win, sometimes you are unlucky, but that's life.”
“Messi is so quick; he's so good. For me, he's the best player in the world.”