Mousa Dembele Quotes

When I go to clubs, I don't have to wait outside.

Going to that level, a lot of guys get to the NFL, and they don't make a long career out of it. The NFL is very hard. One percent of college athletes make it to the NFL.

You have to deal with a lot of things when you are a professional football player, and that is not so easy.

I loved Plymouth and my time there because it helped me get my life back on track and I started scoring goals. But when I went there, it's not a place you dream of playing. It's not the team you dream of playing for. And you know when you're there, if you don't score goals or play well you're going down there and down from Plymouth is not pretty.

I chose PSG because it's the biggest club in France and, for a young guy like me, a chance I couldn't turn down.

There are a lot of reasons why people quit international football. Some struggle off the field. Some struggle with injuries.

When I chose to come to Milan, I knew there would be another side to the medal from the one I saw the day I was presented here. The message the club were giving out was clear: this year is no joking matter.

I didn't have a lot of good film coming out of college. Also, my height didn't help me at all. I ran a decent 40, but no one would call it blazing speed.

At a club like Chelsea, they have the money to buy world class strikers like Diego Costa, and there's also that pressure to win trophies. I just have to stick with it, be patient, and hopefully my rewards will come.

I hope I can fulfill all my ambitions at Everton. But you never know in this game.

The Premier League is one of the best in the world, without a doubt. The stadiums are always full, and the atmosphere is incredible, but not every footballer is able to play in England. The character can be difficult for a foreigner.

In the Premier League, every game is tough. Every game is difficult.

Once you have had 10 seasons at this level, the next season is not going to be so different. For a young player with only 20 appearances in the Premier League there is an opportunity to improve.

I was DJ'ing house music way back when - I'm not like a new house guy.

To play at Real Madrid, it is not enough to just have football quality. You must be mentally strong.

I think it's normal that you will lose players if you don't play every season in the Champions League, because that's the intention for every player to be part of that.

When I was little, my dream was to come and play in the Premier League. So when Chelsea came in, I said yes straight away.

Ever since I was in the Chelsea academy, I've had that awareness that people were saying I would be the first one to break through since John Terry. I believed I could, but the opportunities didn't quite come for me.

I'm desperate to play Champions League football, and that's why I have to leave Villa.

It's not easy to be a footballer.

I definitely did not fail at Chelsea. I always had my chance, scored important goals in the first season. At the end I just wanted the transfer, although Jose Mourinho wanted me to stay.

The role of a DJ is being able to keep people on the floor for X amount of hours so you can't just push buttons to do that, you have to have good tracks and a knowledge of where to take people.

Life in the NFL is an adjustment.

I never went to the school dance.

I don't think you would find any player in the Bundesliga who would say that they would not at all be interested. Chelsea would have been very interesting for me. You don't get a chance like that very often in your life.