N'Golo Kante Quotes

I'm not going to lie; listen, I'm nice at basketball.

I don't think I was a perfect hurdler, but I guess I did win all the time.

I don't always have to dunk the ball.

I feel like I am a good player.

I'd compare myself to Zinedine Zidane - a humble guy who just happened to be the best.

I expected to be a pretty good NBA point guard and hopefully win a championship. But MVP and all this stuff? Not really.

I really don't think of myself as the best player on the team.

English clubs should not be pleased to go to places like Barcelona and get away without a thrashing. They should be able to compete. They have the resources.

I never claimed to be anything more than a nice guy and an athlete.

I played football for a team called the East Dragons on the east side of town. We only had six regular season games. And six games I played tail back and I had 18 touchdowns in six games. That's when I knew I had some athletic ability.

It's that I have a good personality and am a good tennis player.

All I wanted to be was a player.

The only thing I ever wanted to be was a professional football player.

I think I'm skilful enough, but I don't consider myself a naturally talented, gifted sports person.

I don't think I would have made it as a cricketer.

I play a lot of sports. I'm not real good at any of them. I'm above adequate.

I think my teammates make me look a lot better than I am.

I don't think I'm that intelligent. I think I'm semi-intelligent.

Like I said, when you have to play against a great player every night, that defines who you are if you can compete on that same level night in and night out.

If there's anything you could point out where I was a little different, it was the fact that I never mentioned winning.

I feel like, at any given time, if I'm not playing my best football, if I'm not taking coaching points, if I'm not doing things right out there on the field, I feel I can be covered by anyone.

I'm just super competitive. Squash, tennis, water skiing, computer games... Even if I played you at pool, I'd have to win.

I gotta win games. Because if we lose games, and I score a lot, they going to say I'm scorin' too much.

I never played in a European Championship. I wasn't good enough.

I was a big kid and a big athlete, but let's be honest: I don't know diddly about football.