Gervinho Quotes

Players like Rio Ferdinand and Patrick Vieira have supported me, and I just want to say thank you.

I remember how inspiring it was to meet players like Bobby Charlton or Bryan Robson when I was a kid. I still remember Clive Allen showing up when I received a trophy for my Sunday league team.

Deacon Jones has been the most inspirational person in my football career.

Growing up as a kid, I watched Jeremy Shockey... Tony Gonzalez... Antonio Gates. I looked up to them. I watched what they did to be successful.

I looked up to Cristiano Ronaldo, and then it was always Didier Drogba.

Football has given me so many opportunities in life and now I want to play my role in supporting others through the game.

I loved Mia Hamm, and I really looked up to Julie Foudy as well, who is one of my mentors.

I was very fortunate to have several mentors in my life that believed in my ability on the football field. It was their support that made me believe that I could do it, too.

Every day I train with him I try to learn so even if it don't work out I can take something somewhere else because it's Thierry Henry. I grew up watching that guy scoring goals for Arsenal. I'm very lucky to have played with him. I just try to listen to him on the pitch, and stay close.

Our athletes are our heroes.

There are a lot of people who might not get another chance to win a Super Bowl, not just me.

There's a lot of guys that I obviously admire. The Gary Paytons, me growing up in Seattle being able to watch him play. Even my peers now, the Patrick Beverleys and the Kawhi Leonards, I admire those guys.

I'm just glad that I get to talk about the superstar, my mentor - Marcus Mariota. That's who I try to be like. He's been a big inspiration to me and my family. I couldn't thank God more for him being bestowed into my life.

Obviously, Thierry Henry is someone I have looked up to ever since I started playing football.

I thank God for having played for four years in the best Barcelona team in history, but playing in the Premier League is also very important.

When I can talk about my teammates who help make me a better player, or even the coach who gave me the self-confidence to continue being who I am, these are fundamental people who have had an influence throughout my life and my professional career, and I'm very thankful to them, and they know it.

I thank Manchester City for giving me the opportunity to train these amazing players.

I was lucky to be my dad's daughter, and I'm forever grateful to have Jann Arden as a strong role model in my life.

I'm very grateful to Italian football for the opportunity it has given me.

It's an incredible feeling when you look across the dressing room and see Andres, Leo, Luis and Sergio Busquets, and everyone else. They are players I used to watch on TV or play with on PlayStation, and now I am sharing the same dressing room. It's incredible for me.

Playing with Wayne Rooney was a dream come true. He's a legend and a role model to me.

I'm a really luck guy to play in the Premier League and have so many fans, so many supporters. This is a really lucky guy.

I like to watch the best in every sport, so definitely like Tom Brady or Tiger Woods, his comeback story, or even Usain Bolt. I look up to those guys just because they're great.

Well, I was lucky to have people throughout my life who invested in me.

I had a lot of idols like Fernando Torres, Steven Gerrard, Jamie Carragher, and Xabi Alonso - all of them. I really looked up to them.