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I never listened to people who said I wasn’t going to make it.
I was a street footballer.
When you taste first place, if you then go and finish fourth, you will be disappointed.
You can be first, and then in six games, you can be 12th. The results can just flip, and everybody can forget.
When you’re in an academy, every day you’re in at 9 A.M., and it’s, ‘Do this, do that,’ but we just came with our football.
I’ve always had the ambition to win a lot of trophies.
I want to play Champions League every year; I want to be at a big club and win trophies. That’s my target.
Jamie Vardy and myself, we have fun during matches.
When you have the ball, you are free.
I have to accept constructive criticism.
For every footballer, to finish in the top ten of the Ballon d’Or is a dream.
Sometimes you see me on the pitch, and you think I’m playing on the street.
When I play at home, I feel like I’m flying.
When there is a Brazilian who is lighting things up, he is at Real Madrid before you know it!
I was born with this talent, so I’ve just worked hard, and now it’s gone well for me. But I’m not going to lie – I didn’t expect to be top of the Premier League.
This is Leicester: it is not like Manchester City or Manchester United. They have an obligation to win things. We don’t have an obligation; it is just a dream.
When you have quality and show it, there’s no problem.
Maybe I am an inspiration for some players. Some young players. But I don’t like to speak about myself.
I work on my recoveries, coming back into the defensive line and things like that.
Deep down inside me, I knew I could do great.
Playing in the Premier League, in front of such crowds and on such perfect pitches, is amazing. I am so lucky.
To sum it up, I would say that the Premier League is football’s NBA.
Football is a game. So you need to enjoy your football.
I am a very funny guy.
Barcelona and Real Madrid wingers, these are the big players at the big clubs and you have to watch them. They are at a top level. I’m not going to say they inspire me, but I take things from them.
Every day, I was on the street dribbling, doing skills. I wasn’t in an academy till I was 19.
I always watch Barcelona on TV at home because I like how they play.
The picture of me as a child is that I was always with a ball – that’s why I was so skinny: I would miss dinner. Mum would have to leave me some food in the microwave.
When I went to Le Havre, I wasn’t physically ready. I was skinny and not strong enough to play in a tough league. They told me to go back to the second team. I was very disappointed, but maybe that helped me to be the way I am now.
I don’t want to return to France; France doesn’t tempt me at all. I like England.
It’s difficult to have the Africa Cup of Nations during the season because you focus on the league, and then you go to Africa, then straightaway you come back and have to refocus in the league.
When people mention me and Messi together, it’s amazing because, to me, Messi is the best of the best. You can’t say anything to him; he’s the boss.
It’s hard losing a parent, especially dad because he was always behind me. It was his dream and my dream for me to become a footballer.
It’s difficult in the Premier League.
It drove me crazy, Scotland. It was cold. It was abuse. It was snowing and everything. I was so cold that one day I faked an injury to go to the locker room.
