KALIDOU KOULIBALY

I grew up around a lot of foreign people - it was a big mix but there were never any problems.

My parents were migrants and I experienced first hand the challenges they had to overcome. If they hadn't decided to seek a better life elsewhere, I could never have aspired to become the person I am now.

Maybe some people look at me and just see a footballer, or a black footballer. But I am much more than this. I tell my best friends all the time, 'If you look at me as a footballer, and not as Little Kouli, and not as your friend, then I have failed in life.'

I grew up reading Martin Luther King and Malcolm X.

I'm a Napoli player and I'll give 100 percent to win something with this shirt.

No matter where you come from, everything comes through work.

I believe we are all equal and that's a value I've had since I was little. It's something I can believe in and I can show that to everyone.

The people of Naples are so welcoming and happy to see me. My family and my brothers feel at home here too, we've got the best and most encouraging fans.

In Naples, each time I go out people want to take my photo or ask for autographs.

There is a lot of motivation for me at Napoli, we want to prove we're at the top level and I want to keep improving here.

Racism in the stadiums must be defeated, but to succeed, even before the laws of sport, those of the State will be needed, deterrents that help to curb these unhealthy habits.

I do not need the transfer window or anything to improve myself.

Napoli did great things with Sarri and we hope to do even better under Ancelotti.

When we don't win it's hard for everyone.

I think children understand the world better than adults do. Especially when it comes to how we treat other people.

We have to keep improving.

I grew up in a town in France called Saint-Die, where there were many immigrants - Senegalese, Morrocans, Turks. My parents came from Senegal. My father came first, actually. He was a lumberjack. Yes, a real French lumberjack.

Here I am very well, the city and the team give me everything, I want to give back to the Neapolitans, I want to give them the Scudetto.

Since I'm a professional, every day I try to become a better player.

Whenever teams play against Senegal, they want to do really well, and each challenge is always different.

I try to give 110 per cent to these fans, as they give me so much love and I want to repay them. I throw myself into the challenge for them, as I want to take the Napoli colours to the top, so it fills my heart when they cheer for me.

Whenever I got home, I'd hurry to complete my homework and then play football in front of our house.

Since I first came here, my focus has always been to keep improving with Napoli.

I can still remember how my mother would shout my name out of the window because I was playing football late at night and had school to attend the next day.

We need to realise that we're all different but equal at the same time.