A biography for Olivier Giroudhasn’t been written yet.
“You have to have faith in your own qualities; that is part of being a footballer: being strong in your head. That is more than half of the quality you need to be a football player.”
“I always work on my mind and my game.”
“You have to communicate - you have to click - to find automatic reactions with your teammates.”
“It was frustrating at Arsenal, obviously. For a year and a half, it went from bad to worse. I could no longer continue like that. I could not bring myself to spend another year at Arsenal and remain a reserve, even a second reserve.”
“I've always been lucky enough to have made the right decisions, if I can say that. I've always felt that I've had good fortune in that way.”
“I know too well how much I am going to miss football after my career for me to put up my own barriers.”