Granit Xhaka Quotes

The first season in a new country like England is very difficult.

I was born in Costa Rica and we moved to America where it was a whole new world for me.

You never know for sure whether a player will adapt to a new country until he gets there.

Everything has changed since I came to China.

It was tough moving to Italy so young. You don't have much experience of life, you are leaving your family and everything behind to go to another country and another culture.

I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign country.

In 1969, we emigrated to Australia. It was a big change. The heat, the flies, and the completely different tinned meats. The shock was so great, I stopped reading books for nearly a year.

I was 12 when my parents told me we were moving to Lebanon. I remember thinking, 'Leba-who?' I had absolutely no concept of the place.

We moved to Australia for two years though and that was a little bit tough trying to fit in.

I've only been living in England for the last 10 years, if you don't count my student years.

Leaving home early is always complicated. But when I arrived in Germany, I encountered an incredible structure built by the company that takes care of my career. They did not leave me wanting for anything. The most complicated thing was really the language. Otherwise, everything was taken care of.

I certainly don't miss Italy, as I am happy in Canada and have no intention of returning.

It's difficult to adapt to Barcelona.

When you are in a new country, and you are alone and know that your family don't stay here, it is not simple.

Moving to India was challenging being a foreigner. I don't have any family here. I didn't have anyone to guide me. But I never felt for a second that I am not welcome here.

I'm on the right track to completely adapting to England.

It wasn't easy for me to find my feet when I first arrived in Europe.

I was six when we came to this country. When I was 14 or so, I still had a lot of trouble with it.

I came to the States when I was ten, and that was, in many ways, very hard.

I was born in Barranquilla, Colombia, and I came to attend high school in Massachusetts when I was about 15 years old.

Everyone who's in America spends the first few years not experiencing it. The person is frightened by the newness of the place and doesn't see things. Her emotional universe becomes the entire universe. And then when she thinks of home, her distance in space can seem like a distance in time.

I remember that coming to America was scary for me because everything here is just bigger, better, shinier, you know?

When Niki and I moved to Paris, there was also the challenge of Paris, an extremely daunting city.

My life changed incredibly when I moved from Holland to England.

I did take a huge leap moving countries. People have no idea how huge it is to relocate overseas. Finding your new life alone is enormous, and then starting a new career in Hollywood is so big.