Top 60 Nicolas Anelka Quotes

I played and scored for all of the teams I played for except in Turin.

I have been impressed by Carlo Ancelotti, Kevin Keegan, Arsene Wenger, Guus Hiddink, Christoph Daum and Sam Allardyce.

I was very young when I was with Real Madrid and in some ways ‘appreciated it and in others I didn’t.

In football there are lots of origins, cultures, religions and no one feels left out. We all play together and we are all friends. Supporters see that and feel part of the same family, especially in England where you feel very welcome.

I had great moments in my life and I’m happy with what I achieved.

I’d like to finish my career in Turin.

I’m not going on the pitch just to score goals, I am going on there first to win and to play well and then, if I have the chance to score as well, that’s even better.

I know that English football and the Premier League is the best.

I have no record of racism or antisemitism, there is no evidence to support it, not even a shred of evidence.

I do not need to show who I am to the people who do not know me.

I know the French mentality.

It seems that Gerard Houllier did not appreciate my personality. It bothers him to have someone around who could stand up to him.

If one day I have to go to war, straight away right next to me, on the front line, I would put Patrice Evra. And there aren’t many that I would put there.

Competition brings out the best in everybody.

When I started to play football as far I was concerned I just played football. I didn’t want all the stuff around it, the press and that.

Nowhere is the same as England and that’s why so many players want to come over here. That is why I would like to finish my career over here.

It is foolish to hold against me remarks that I never made.

If you ask all the players who have played with me, they will never say anything wrong about me.

With hindsight, if you want to play for Real Madrid, sacrifices need to be made but I was too young to understand. There are things I shouldn’t have said or done. It was early in my career, maybe too early. I didn’t know it was the only Champions League I’d win, for example.

Why didn’t I stay at Liverpool after having achieved what I wanted to do: to play, score, and of course to relaunch my career? I cannot answer that. It is better to put the question to Gerard Houllier because I really wanted to stay.

Shanghai is Asia’s New York.

As a player you just concentrate on your game.

I know I won’t be a manager, I don’t want to do it, never.

My quenelle was very misunderstood.

The club must come first.

For me the French team belongs to the past.

It doesn’t matter I have not always been at the biggest clubs.

I worked hard when I played for Manchester City, Bolton, even in Fenerbahce.

I smile when I want to smile. I don’t want to be forced.

When you play for a team like Chelsea you will have to fight for your place.

In Spain you can’t do anything. If you drive, everyone recognises you; at a restaurant you have paparazzi outside.

I have been obsessed with the local cultures during my previous trips to the likes of Korea Republic, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand and Chinese Hong Kong and Macau.

I have always been proud and happy to wear France’s colours. I have always been respectful of the team. But I need people to prove they really want me to play.

I love all the clubs I play for.

I like to walk down the street in England and just be myself but I could never do that in Spain. In Manchester I can walk down Deansgate and not be troubled.

I know my game and I know my qualities.

I’ve played as a striker all my life. To play on the right or the left is always difficult.

I helped Real win their eighth Champions League title. I’m proud of that.

Honestly, when someone speaks to me about Juventus I try to change the subject immediately. I’m ashamed of the transfer!

Some players have to change their game in their careers. I did, and I like it.

Football is open to anyone, especially somebody like me who grew up in the Paris suburbs.

I think Arsene Wenger was good for me.

No player can win matches on his own.

When I left Arsenal I never said I didn’t like England. I was very young and my problems were all in my head.

I have a very English coaching philosophy.

When I was playing for Chelsea, it was always tough to beat Albion.

Jurgen Klopp is a genius.

I was very young in the past at Arsenal, at Real Madrid as well.

If one day I leave Shenhua, it will be the day I retire.

The jobs of manager and director of football are too big for one individual – this I realised very quickly.

Football is my life and when I am happy on the pitch I am happy off the field as well.

We need to show character whenever we concede a goal and try to make a comeback.

I was sixteen when I converted to Islam. Beyond the fraternal aspect, my conversion did not change my life. I was already living by the same principles – being righteous, having values.

Bolton was a family club and I liked it.

I am a simple person, I try to do my best on the pitch and do nothing wrong both on and off the pitch.

I have never had a problem with the Jewish community, and besides why would I have?

The one thing I can tell you is that I can’t stand the English press, who cause me enormous problems on a personal level.

I missed out on the World Cup twice and it did not kill me.

In your career, you can’t always be at the top.

I would be very happy if my career ended the way it started.