Jerome Boateng Quotes

I'm enjoying it with Ireland, and I won't be pressured into playing for England.

I am tied to my father's land and am happy to visit relatives in Egypt, but I feel Italian and was never remotely tempted when Egypt asked me to play for them.

I played for England Under-16s, 17s, 18s, 19s, 20s and then 21s... then... I just decided to make the decision to play for Nigeria.

My first game was against India and while my roots will always be Indian I was born in England and wanted to represent them.

The opportunity beckoned me to play for England, but I chose Nigeria because it has always been my ambition to play for the Super Eagles.

It had never been a decision to choose between the French national team or the Senegalese national team because I was growing up in France and playing in the French youth national team, so it was something really normal.

I struggle to understand why many in football get so upset about dual nationality.

I've got Spanish grandparents and I've got a connection with Spain. But I consider myself English and I want to play for England.

I love New York, and I love being here, but I think I'll always be Australian at heart.

I'm as proud to be Chinese as I am American.

I'm Scottish and I was born there and but in my heart I'm a Londoner.

I always say I have two hearts - one beats for Poland and the other for Germany.

I have one identity, and that's Israeli and Jewish. I don't view myself as an American citizen.

If I went to Spain and lived there for five years, I'm not going to play for Spain. For me an English player should play for England, really.

A wise traveler never depreciates their own country.

We are Americans when we go to war, and when we return, we are Mexicans.

I am very proud to be British. I'm very conscious of carrying my country with me wherever I go. I feel I need to represent it well.

Nationality is a very curious thing. The blood is Scots and the temperament is Scots, but I am, in fact, 100% American.

I know my own heart to be entirely English.

Trust me: I don't wish I was a New Zealander.

I prefer people to see me as an Ivorian and as a patriot.

I definitely feel Russian inside, even when I'm in America I feel Russian.

I'm Scottish first, and it's odd to hear that I'm a Scottish-American.

I'm first and foremost an Irishman, by birth, by nature, by soul, but an American citizen through and through as well.

Just as the British subject loves England despite her faults, so we must insist that all Germans who were part of the old Germany and helped shape her, recognize the greatness and worthiness of present-day Germany.