Dimitri Payet Quotes

I have great respect for the Premier League, but why leave Milan? I've got everything I want here.

There was interest from a lot of clubs, not just Manchester United, but as soon as I knew Liverpool were interested, I just felt it was the right club with the right coach. It was right for me to come here.

I just want to thank Everton for the opportunity and Watford for having opened the doors for me in England.

I wanted to stay in the Premier League, and Chelsea was a great opportunity for me.

We talked with PSG, but quickly, I knew that it wasn't where I wanted to go. In France, for me, it was only Lyon. PSG could have enabled me to make progress because they have great players, but I wanted to experience another league.

It's true that Tottenham tempted me because it was a young team which was third in the league.

You start at SNL when you're young and hungry, but I don't want my pro years to be my SNL years.

You just can't help but sort of think that your life and your career are going to go straight up, up, up.

All rising to a great place is by a winding stair.

You need doors to open, you need a chance - and you have got to have something, to take your chance when the door opens at the right time. My first port of call was to be a manager, then it was a successful manager, then it was a Premier League manager.

A lot of people love to throw the social climber thing at people who are on the rise, but it's really just God moving all the people that are distractions, all the obstacles, out of the way for me to achieve what I'm destined to achieve.

Without being disrespectful to Leverkusen, playing for Liverpool helps me more because I am playing for one of the biggest clubs in the world, and I have no regrets making this step.

It was a difficult decision to leave Liverpool but I knew it was something I had to do to get playing regularly and improve.

When the chance came to join a great club like Liverpool, I weighed up my options and it was obviously the best move for me.

Juve have allowed me to show my worth, it has provided me with a challenge that has motivated me.

I just thought Spurs were a challenge that I had to take on.

When Manchester City came for me it was the best choice to come here.

When I left Arsenal, it was because I had done everything there and a big club like Real Madrid wanted me and even David Beckham couldn't turn them down.

It's difficult to say no when Manchester City want you and you could play there. That much I have to admit.

I'm happy in Manchester and that's it. Moving to United was good for me. I play for a big club.

I am a regular for one of the biggest clubs in Europe, and I want to progress still further.

I didn't join Chelsea to lose things. I came because the Premier League is the strongest in the world and I am playing for one of the strongest teams.

It was crazy how many clubs wanted me - it shows how well you're doing, but I always felt Dortmund was right for me.

I played for Arsenal for more than three years, and I had fantastic moments. Maybe they made me one of the best strikers in the world, because under Arsene Wenger, I learned a lot of things - but you have to move on.

I'm really happy that West Ham and Manuel Pellegrini have given me a chance to be playing again.