Kevin-Prince Boateng Quotes

I don't have any use for the hatred in a football stadium.

There are some athletes who don't like me.

Zidane was the most unpleasant among my colleagues. I have never liked him on the pitch and we have always clashed. Albeit a champion for his class, I have never managed to see his fair play.

I don't have no issue with any guy. I'm a football player. I'm a competitor. When we're in the field, we're going to compete and be competitive. It's not personal between none of these guys. It's all in the game.

There is no such thing as friends on the field.

I like to let my football do the talking, I'm respectful of other good teams such as Arsenal.

Then in a fraction of a second, I realized that these sportsmen were not anyone's enemies.

We're sympathetic, but once you step on the field, football's football.

One of the things about football is, it's a relationship business.

I played against a lot of guys, a lot of good players, and I remember those guys. They're friends now. They weren't then. You wanted to beat them.

Football is a passionate game, and the emotions are intense. As long you respect the people around you, I don't see any problem with that.

Going up against a great champion like Cavani, giving each other hell for 90 minutes, then being able to walk off as opponents who respect one another is the beauty of sport.

Playing football can be damn harsh, but every day is a fight for equality.

Football is a competition to see who's the best, not a battle. It's not a war. When it ends, we're still alive.

Even after defeating India, I still have the highest respect for them as opponents.

You can be rivals out on the pitch, but respect is the most important thing.

Sometimes you get into fights if a teammate is getting taken advantage of, sometimes just from competing and you feel someone takes a cheap shot. It's just the intensity. It's an intense game, sometimes you just get too fired up and fights happen.

It's always hard to find the best friends in the locker room because we are all competing against each other - but the real friends you are going to definitely find off the court because we are competitors in between.

I have found that the players who have played in that game really do have respect for their adversaries.

For me, football is just a game, not a drama.

You don't have to try to hurt people and be angry to be an athlete.

People can be great competitors on Sunday and mates on Monday.

I've got to stand up for the sport.

I think sportsmanship is knowing that it is a game, that we are only as a good as our opponents, and whether you win or lose, to always give 100 percent.

I don’t want people chitting and chatting. Once the game starts, we watch football.