Gervinho Quotes

I didn't want to leave Newcastle, but that's football.

I just needed to leave Hollywood.

It's clear that I will not be returning to Barca.

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

I never wanted to leave Real Madrid.

I left New York after my mother died and, rather aimlessly, had settled in Istanbul for a change of scene. It was a rather dramatic gesture on my part, since I'd lived in New York for 20 years, but I felt I needed something different - the escalating expense and pressure of New York had begun to weary me.

The hardest thing for me was leaving my friends and family behind.

If Inter decide to sell me, I'll pack my bags and go. If not, I'll stay here in Milan where I am honestly very happy.

It's tough to leave one of the greatest clubs in the world.

I thought I was going to stay at City, but when a team like Lyon comes in for you, I think I'd have regretted it if I had said no to them. Not just because of making finals, but because of the players I get to play with every single day.

Today, loss is something everybody feels. It could be the loss of a friend moving away. It could be your best friend moves to the other side of town or his family does. It's a loss.

I was loved in Liverpool, I had good relationship with the fans and my team-mates but I felt I could do better.

I chose City because of the huge interest in me. Sevilla hadn't won a trophy for a couple of years, so it was a good moment to leave.

At a club like Liverpool, it is normal there is going to be competition for every single place.

When I first came to Atlanta, I did not want to come here; I got traded here.

I didn't want to play there when I first found out I was sold to Brooklyn, but I'm tickled to death. I'm glad I could play in Brooklyn.

It's not easy to start over in a new place,' he said. 'Exile is not for everyone. Someone has to stay behind, to receive the letters and greet family members when they come back.

My bag is approaching something and taking it to another place. Like words-you take a word and by the time you've finished with it, you milk it and you go through the emotion of what it is, what it means there and then.

If I was to transfer abroad at some stage, then it would only be to Manchester United

Show me a good sportsman and I'll show you a player I'm looking to trade.

And, if you love me, as I think you do, let's kiss and part, for we have much to do

Goodbye, kind year, we walk no more together. But here in quiet happiness we part.

Someone in the England team will have to grab the ball by the horns.

I never ask Candace Parker if she was thinking about leaving because I never had any reason to believe she would. I just kept the focus on the team and on Candace and the role she played for us.

This wasn't the first time that I'd come close to death, but it was the first time I'd been involved in this part of it, this strange, terrible saying goodbye to someone you've loved.