Kevin-Prince Boateng Quotes

Places like Wrexham and Southport, when there are not that many people there, were tough. You are a young lad, and you're having abuse hurled at you.

I was warming up with a couple of team-mates. We were all coloured and there were monkey chants. There were about 10 of them doing it. I didn't know what to do. It had never happened to me before. I told my coach and he went mad.

I remember going to stadiums and huge sections of the stand gave you racial abuse. It was never nice but it wasn't a surprise - particularly when I was first at Spurs.

You can get racially abused 10 times before you even reach the football stadium. If you've been confronted every day with something like that, it's hard. This is not about people playing the 'race card.' This is a reality that people like to sweep under the carpet.

The players get no respect around here. They give you money, that's it, not respect. We get constantly dogged and players from other teams love to see that. That's why nobody wants to play here.

When I played, I received racial abuse but I was just one of a few black players and we weren't backed up by the authorities.

I've been spared to a large extent the business end of the race stick.

I am doing my job and trying to win a game for my team. I shouldn't be getting racially abused; it's silly.

Believe it or not, one teacher used to call me a giant spastic for not being able to play football.

When I wasn't famous, I had a lot of friends, almost all of them Italian. The racism only started when I started to play football.

I think that most minorities have experienced some form of racial abuse.

I've heard things said on football pitches that players clearly don't mean, whether it's racism or just an abusive comment in the heat of the moment.

I hate going into the audition room. I find it the most nerve-wracking, inhumane experience, and I think it's such an inhospitable environment to give an honest account of the character and, I guess, your ability.

There is some group of Americans who are really, really curious to understand how we ended up at this point, where every week it seems like you can turn on your TV and see some sort of abuse being heaped on black people.

I deplore sexual harassment.

Sarri is a racist, and men like him should be drummed out of football.

I never heard anything about 'potatoes' or 'kanaken' during my time in the national team. However I have been called 'potato,' too.

If teams come to Anfield, I don't think they will be expecting to get an easy game.

Every time you come to Glasgow, it is going to be tough because the crowd don't like me. When they are swearing at you and booing, it's hard.

Sometimes, the fact that you're a footballer makes you think that racism can't happen to you because you bring that passion and you express a lot of things. When it happened to me, I couldn't believe it, and in that moment, I decided to walk off the pitch.

I get racist letters all the time from people who aren't Bradford City supporters. You just laugh at them, tear them up and throw them in the bin.

I don't think there are many people out there - except, perhaps, the odd Twitter troll who knows no better - who believes that racially abusing people or threatening people is the right way to go.

In 2014, my first year as an England player, I got booed by some India fans at Edgbaston every time the ball went near me.

The fans at Quicken Loans Arena are pretty hostile. They say nasty things.

I used to sleep on floors and face racial abuse.