Top 60 Samir Nasri Quotes

If you look at Barcelona and the way they press high, or Bayern Munich, the way they press high… that’s what makes them the best teams, because when they lose the ball, in the first three seconds, that’s when they get the ball back, really, really high.

You can’t be the best every game. Even Messi can have a bad game.

It’s so important to do well in the first game of a tournament because it can be key in the group. If you lose, you have so much pressure on the next two games.

I needed a familiar club that would give me affection, and Sevilla can do that.

Mentally, I’m really strong, but for maybe the first time in my life, I cried about my career because I thought it was over. When you’ve been out for a year, and you think it’s over, you think completely differently after that. I was just looking on TV, and I wasn’t able to train, and in the meantime, I had a son.

Pellegrini gave me back the joy of playing football. He is like Arsene Wenger: someone who likes to joke, someone who likes to talk and take an interest in your life.

The problem is you lose too much energy when you play in the Premier League. Even when you play the team on the bottom, it is difficult.

A final is a final, a trophy is a trophy, a cup is a cup. Whatever cup you play, you want to win it, especially when you are a player.

I’ve learned a lot over the years, but I am an honest person, and when I’m not happy, I can’t fake a smile. If there is a problem, you will know straight away because you will see it on my face.

Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, they play on a different galaxy.

I don’t regret leaving Arsenal.

I will only be 29 in 2016 for the European Championships, but the French national team doesn’t make me happy.

You don’t forget where you came from. I came from nothing. I was in Marseille in a bad area. We didn’t have anything. We were rich in love.

I am a guy who likes a challenge. I don’t like to go somewhere where I am used to winning.

The past is the past, and we have to look forward.

Marseille has a big Muslim community. The good thing is it is a melting point: all nationalities in there. Everyone is fine with each other. It is really close to North Africa, to Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, so a lot of them come from there.

I’m really happy that West Ham and Manuel Pellegrini have given me a chance to be playing again.

Of course, every game and opponent is different.

I don’t want to go back to the national team and play the hypocrite when some of them asked for me to be kicked out.

Marseille would be the only place that I’d like to play in France, but I think it’s not realistic.

I just look at what is best for me.

You can ask any player: I never had any problem with any French team-mate.

My parents sacrificed everything for me. My father worked on a building site and as a driver – so many jobs. My mum was at home full-time to take care of me, my sister, and two brothers.

Tactically, I know how to play on one side even though I remain convinced that I can play better through the middle.

I think more with my head – things are 90 per cent in your head, and everything else comes after that.

Arsenal have good fans but not that passionate since they moved from Highbury to the Emirates.

I love American culture.

When you win the league, it’s different. Saying it is one thing, but when you win it, you know all your hard work for the season has just been rewarded.

Real Madrid, they are the best counter-attacking team in the world.

I wasn’t just playing football on the street. I grew up on the street.

Wenger is the best coach I’ve worked with.

I try to be precise with my passes but take some risks as well.

In December, every league has a break, but in England, it is not like this.

I have to smile because we, as footballers, are really lucky to do the job we do. But this is not just a job for me. It’s my passion.

Cristiano Ronaldo is more of a professional, hard-working guy. Ronaldo is the example you follow.

We get older, we get more mature and stronger mentally. You learn to deal with different situations.

Arsenal do not have money to spend, so they are gambling on young players. Arsenal are obliged to sell their best players and bet on youth – but what counts is having a team, great players, and a solid squad to win titles.

Tactically, Italians are very strong. They are a lot into tactics: how to defend, when you lose the ball, where will you be?

The World Cup is the World Cup, and I’m sad I won’t play in it; that’s my only regret. But to play a friendly with my national team, I did it many times, so it’s not something I’m missing.

From time to time, I’m a jerk.

When you compare Arsenal and City, it’s not the same. With City, I’m playing in a better team.

I will not play for Tottenham.

I hope I will integrate myself quickly in this team and bring everything I can to Arsenal and the fans.

All my career, I’ve played in great teams – Marseille was a great team, Arsenal was a great thing, but we never won a trophy. With Manchester City, first year, it happened, and it was just a big relief.

I like Sevilla’s attacking style. That is why I chose them.

Defeat is forbidden.

A lot of things have changed in my life and for the best. I’m really happy about it. I’m just blessed.

If starting games in a club like Manchester City and winning two titles isn’t enough, too bad. I won’t regret anything.

I like to be the winner; I like to change. I like to make history.

My dream is to play in the MLS maybe, because I love the lifestyle in America. Doesn’t matter – New York, L.A. – I want the big city.

When I’m happy and smiling, I play my best.

I think I have had my story with France. Unfortunately, it’s not the story I would have liked. I would have liked to have played a World Cup; I would have liked to have done a lot more for the French national team.

I see myself going to play in the MLS, to discover something other than France.

Arsenal remains a big club, but the building of Emirates Stadium changed a lot of things.

I do not see myself returning to Ligue 1. I love the Premier League. I like my life in England.

It’s not enough to be top in your league if you don’t do anything in the Champions League.

A man is not scared of playing, of having any contact, and you won’t shut him down if you kick him – he will just ask for the ball all the time.

It’s better not to talk but to act on the pitch.

I do not have regrets, I do not regret joining Manchester City.

Pellegrini was the biggest factor for me to be joining West Ham.