Jay-Jay Okocha Quotes

My main aim is to finish as high up the top of the Premier League as possible. I have the ability to help teams survive.

The game shapes you. I played for 20 years at all levels, apart from the Premier League. I had a disaster at Bristol City, where in two years I learnt more about myself, the industry, fans, how you get treated, than I ever learnt in my career.

So I know all about the ups and downs of football, I know that one day I will be sacked.

The situation was, the team I was on when I got injured went down to the lower leagues. In America, they don't have that relegation, so when the team went down to the lower region, every player has his value, and they went off and sold any player who had value.

Soccer is the most difficult business that we're in, because one day you're on top, and the next day you're very low.

One thing I know in baseball is you should never be comfortable where you are. It doesn't matter who you are. It's a business. If I got traded tomorrow, no hard feelings; it's a business.

Some people asked me if it was going to be a downer to come back and play on a college team after playing on a world championship team, and I don't think they understand what it is like to play here.

If you're a coach and your team doesn't win, at some point you've got to change the coach.

If I stay in Roma, I can still improve. If I go back to Arsenal, I will treasure my experience in Italy.

Speaking to the coach has been my number-one criterion at every club I've played for to find out what he expects from me, how he will make me improve, and that he'll play me.

I would like to play for a club who I feel have true ambition.

I made my debut very early and a lot of things happened to me at a young age, but I was there for the best time in Barcelona's history and played with the best players in the world.

I've been in teams that have struggled and been relegated.

I've started. I've come off the bench. I've not played. I've been on the worst team in the NBA. I've won championships.

To be honest, I had a brilliant group of players at Hibs and the support were very fair with me. They didn't make it difficult.

England is of course a great country to play in, and I'll always be open for a return. But it has to be a club I feel good about.

I left Barcelona because I believed it was very difficult to have minutes in the first team, as there are very good players.

When a player joins Real Madrid's first team, they're often under pressure to be an instant success. By joining Castilla, I had the chance to understand the club and get to know the players, the culture, the country and the language.

Kenny Dalglish was absolutely right: anyone that doesn't want to be at Liverpool can leave. Players will come and go.

Real are the type of club where you are expected to win every game. For a player who wants to be the best it is stimulating to feel the pressure to defend their interests.

I'm grateful to Fulham for allowing me to come back on loan, where it all kind of started for me in Europe.

It's hard to speculate, but it was tough when coach Paul Westphal drafted me and wanted me there and then got fired two weeks into my rookie year.

Real Madrid needs a coach that knows the club and understands the values that it represents.

I think United is the best club for my style of play, and I am sure about my decision.

What I'm worried about is our team and our players developing and getting better. That's the most important thing.