Top 44 Gervinho Quotes

I am working very hard at training to improve my efficiency, to be more clinical in front of goal.

Arsenal will always remain a large club.

Thanks to football, I live a decent life.

In China you have to be in peak form because you need to do well. You earn a lot – I had a huge salary – but then you have to prove you are worth it. Every match is a challenge and I played next to or faced some truly great players.

To play for Arsenal will be the best day of my life and I will do anything to play for that team.

Football really has saved my family and it’s true that it saves a lot of families in Africa. It gives us the means to be able to give a better life to our loved ones.

I started playing football in Abidjan, my African town, without even having shoes on my feet.

I don’t detest Arsenal because of the way Wenger treated me.

There are many players with talent, but it is important to find a coach who knows how to make the most of that.

The most important thing for me is to continue to learn, step by step, regardless of club or country.

It is difficult to learn anything on the sidelines.

In the Champions League, if you can win at home, the draw away is priceless.

The passion the British people have for football – they live for football.

I lived a dream. Any kid who starts playing can’t help but to dream to play at a club like Arsenal.

I can confirm I feel more at home at Roma than elsewhere. I was adopted by the club, the staff and the fans. From the first day I sensed this great atmosphere.

A group of artists in Ivory Coast recorded a song about me.

I want to help the team to have a great season. I will give everything and never give up.

Everything’s possible in football.

I started playing at my local estate club. I used to wake up every morning to go to play in the club. I loved it so much, it brought a lot of wonderful things in my life.

Eden has learnt a lot at Lille, and I believe he could succeed abroad.

He had a sort of positive effect – you saw Salah and wanted to work harder. Talent and sacrifice.

Regarding my position, I feel really comfortable in any position up front.

When you get to a club and things are not going well, it’s not easy to live.

Drogba has been our great motivator. He never stops reminding us that we are here to win the tournament, no matter the hurdles, no matter the game form and no matter the score margin.

Arsenal have always been a dream of mine and I always thought one day I would go there.

I want to use my time here at Arsenal to develop my strengths.

I honestly did not learn much from Arsenal.

I was not getting much time on the pitch and was in need of this time to improve and play my best football. Wenger was not prepared to give it to me. Also my position on the wing was not what I was expecting and I wasn’t happy with it.

I really got a taste for winning titles at Lille.

When Arsene Wenger called me to tell me that he would like me to come to his club, I don’t think you imagine the satisfaction I felt just after hanging up the phone.

I need to work hard at training to become more clinical in front of goal.

I think long-term, not short-term.

I’m very lucky being able to be next to the likes of Thierry Henry or Didier Drogba.

Whatever player Arsene picks to play for Arsenal, I respect that and so should the fans.

During the holidays, professional players would come and say hello to us in the academy and that really made you want to be a professional. When you saw what great conditions they lived in, it gave you even more desire.

When you want to win a competition you have to play all the best teams.

I don’t mind about my own stats, goals or assists.

My idol has always been Thierry Henry.

At the academy the coaches would show us Arsenal games on TV and my idol was Thierry Henry. He inspired me. That’s why I became an Arsenal fan.

I have a lot of respect for Wenger. But a player needs playing time. And a coach has to put his faith in a player if he feels that he needs it.

In life you will always be criticised.

It’s a great club, for me, and I am still an Arsenal fan. Will I come back? Maybe, I still hope to.

Zahoui is a guy who’s in quest of results, however it comes.

You must never forget where you came from.