A biography for Kolo Tourehasn’t been written yet.
“I would never say a bad word about Mr Wenger, because he is somebody that makes players better players.”
“Wenger is a top manager, he has shown that unbelievably. The thing I like is this manager can make an average player one of the best players in the world.”
“It's always a difficult situation to lose 1-0 away from home.”
“When I went to Arsenal I was working really hard on the weights, as Arsene Wenger is very keen on that.”
“I love the FA Cup.”
“Ask anybody - every day at training I give everything.”
“You have to build your squad every year to do better; to win the Champions League is very difficult as we have seen.”
“When you win, it is fun. When you lose, it is OK. This is life.”
“I've always been someone who has wanted to fight and to scrap for every penny I could.”
“I need to work hard and that is alright by me.”
“When you're at a big team like Liverpool, you can't expect to start every game.”
“I have been working really hard to make a career in football since I was 14 years old.”
“We all struggle in life at a certain point.”
“It's not easy when you have to make a lot of changes.”
“For me, I'm a fighter and I like to play for big clubs because that's where you improve yourself. Every day at training you have to give a hundred per cent to be picked by your manager.”
“Stephen Keshi is a good coach and he has changed Nigeria into a respectable team.”
“My dream is to win the World Cup with an African team, for my continent.”
“If you want to be successful, you need to work as a team.”
“For me, life is about being happy. Life is about enjoying and that's it.”
“I remember the best defenders were Baresi and Cannavaro - you don't have to be really tall.”