Gervinho Quotes

If I can inspire kids to do what I do - want to become professional soccer players - then I think that that's everything I want to do.

My ambition is to play in the Premier League, like every player.

I wanted to be a soccer player; I wanted to do it at the highest level.

One day, I hope I can play in MLS.

To play with the national team is the ultimate goal for any player.

I am ambitious; I want to play in the Champions League or in the Europa League.

I was hell-bent on being a soccer player all through junior high and high school.

I got to experience soccer at the highest level at a young age; I decided I wanted to be part of that for as long as possible.

I'm ambitious, I want to play in the Champions League, and that's the aim with Tottenham - to start qualifying for the Champions League on a consistent basis.

It is a great challenge to be playing against the best players in the world, and I always wanted to play in the Premier League and be a part of this league.

I had wanted to play for Penarol since I was a boy. When I was young, I would go to their training ground, but at 18, I left Uruguay for Argentina, and my professional career started.

I think that many players, just like me, feel a strong desire to play in the Premier League.

Every kid dreams of playing in the Premier League.

I looked at it, and it was like, 'Can I push and make the Olympic squad?' It is tough going from 18 players, including Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. I thought that might be a push too far for me. I had no Champions League with Chelsea. I lost my motivation.

If I'm destined to play in the MLS, I will.

My biggest dream from the moment I started playing soccer was to join the national side. I was privileged to be part of the team and to serve as its captain and there's no greater honor.

If I would have had the absolute will, I would have been a starting XI player at Barcelona or would have played 10 years for Real Madrid or Manchester United.

When I was five, 10, 15 years old, I always dreamed of being in the best league in the world, playing with some of the best clubs.

When I went to Real Madrid, I was only 18 or 19 years old. It was my first year as a professional footballer. I was very young.

My goal is to play with a club in the Champions League.

As a kid, I used to go and wait at the gates of Melwood or look through the cracks in the wall just see if I could see any of the people I was looking up to, who we all wanted to aspire to become, when we were in the Champions League, the likes of Gerrard, Carragher and Alonso.

When I was little, my dream was to come and play in the Premier League. So when Chelsea came in, I said yes straight away.

It was my dream to have an opportunity to play in a big league like the English league.

It's my biggest dream as a soccer player: I always wanted to play in the World Cup.

I have been playing soccer since I was about four years old. You always hope you can reach the top of the profession, that you can play in the big leagues and achieve all of the goals you hope to accomplish throughout your life.