Jay-Jay Okocha Quotes

I still love football, though, and I think cooking is like football. It's not a job, it's a passion. When you become good at it, it's a dream job and financially you need never to worry. Ever.

Its super to play with Martina, and she has huge amounts of talent. We have a lot of fun.

If you are enjoying your football, you see it on the pitch.

When you score, it's a great feeling, but to give a great pass means it's something special for me. It's very under-rated what we do.

I don't care if I play on the wing or in the middle. There is no difference.

Ronaldinho is the best. I just like the joy and the love he has when he plays, it just shines for everyone else to see. He always does something nobody expects him to do. I think that's really cool, that creativity you don't find anywhere else.

Brazil needs a player like Neymar at his best on the pitch because Neymar on the pitch gives more confidence to the other players.

I don't mind about my own stats, goals or assists.

Mario Mandzukic works so hard for his team. He's not only a No. 9 but also runs behind the defenders and drops into midfield.

Neymar is growing and is one of those players who invent things. He always has something more to offer.

I'm a type of player that tries to do everything a lot to help our team. Setting screens to get guys open, trying to block shots.

It's a team game. I feel happier when I pass the ball than when I score.

If he is having a bad game, a team-mate might feel Paul Scholes is not quite on his game, but a spectator wouldn't notice. Scholes, of all the players I have played with, has the highest bottom level.

I play for pleasure, for the passion that I have as a football player.

I can do the little things, play defense, dive on the floor to get loose balls, things like that.

Everyone has their special strength. And my strength is to have the ball and start good things with it.

I just go out there and play basketball. I play basketball the way I'd play if I was at the park. There's no motives with me. I'm all for the team, and that's how I play.

Though I have no real understanding of the mechanics of football, and can only nod along helplessly at complex post-match analyses, I do enjoy watching people who are enormously good at something doing that thing very well.

Playing on the right isn't a role I prefer, but sometimes you've got to do your job for the team.

I don't like to talk about myself. I don't want to talk about what I do, what I think I do. The position I play on the pitch, I am expected - and I expect - to create chances for my team-mates and score goals.

Each free kick carries my name, and all are my children. And they have South American roots.

I was never focused on winning individual awards. I just tried to help the team out and do all that I could do.

If I only get eight carries, and we win the game, I'm fine with that.

When you're at a club like Liverpool, it's always about what you can do with the ball.

Benzema is a team player, he is very important for us. He always wants to score with us, but scoring is not everything to him.