Riyad Mahrez Quotes

There were high school coaches such as Charles Boston that took me under his wing and taught me the fundamentals of football. And when I went to college there was Robert Hill who took me there and he showed me what hard work and determination would do if you put forth the effort and you take a little time.

I don't think I'm conscious of most of the things I've drawn from football, because they're so ingrained in me now... understanding that the discipline and the routine and the regimentation to be successful.

My father pushed me to be a footballer. At every opportunity, he took me with him to play football. He came with me to matches.

The most important thing for me is to feel that young players want to learn on the training pitch. If they spend 10 hours sitting around playing PlayStation, that's their business.

Now learning a bit more about footballers I think what they need to do well, is someone who really wants to stay in the background and just be a strong support.

You know, a football coach is nothing more than a teacher. You teach them the same subject, and you have a group of new guys every year.

Faith, family, academics and then sports was the order of priorities in my family. My parents really stuck to these principles when raising me and my two brothers. As long as we took care of everything, they let us play as much basketball as we wanted.

There were times I wouldn't come to practice, because it didn't excite me. It wasn't interesting. I was kind of going through the motions.

To me, discipline in football occurs on the field, not off it.

In football, I need full concentration even though I really enjoy it.

If you look at any superior athlete, you will find a strong parental influence. Parents introduce their children to a sport, and then they support them.

The young athlete who aspires to greatness, generally speaking, learns a number of things from several different coaches. The first one taught him the fundamentals; the second one instilled discipline in him and taught him more of the techniques that must be mastered to excel.

When I can 10 or 11, my mom was the one out there catching passes for me. She was my prime receiver.

My only concern is playing. Everything else, my family looks after. In our house, everyone has a job, and my job in our house is to play football.

The spirit of the Olympic movement is great for young people because it teaches them about the training and discipline required to compete. Even if they don't make the teams, they can rededicate their lives to the art of sport, discipline, and physical fitness.

I want to win football games.

I've always really just liked football, and I've always devoted a lot of time to it. When I was a kid, my friends would call me to go out with them, but I would stay home because I had practice the next day.

And I found out, the other part of it is that I found out and in my desire to life successfully, that baseball fit very well into my life. It's been a great teacher, trainer, mentor and you'll see what I mean in the next few minutes that I have to speak.

I really appreciate the sport background because the structure and the discipline that that gives a person is incredible, and it just carries with you wherever you go.

My dad just wants me to dedicate myself to playing and to focus on the ball.

I was able to really see that connection as a football player where success requires a lot of hard work and effort, physically and mentally.

Football was always my dream. I started playing at the age of five, and I'm still playing now.

I just come to training, work hard, go home, prepare for the game, then play.

I just want to get better and I love football.

I want to teach the young people the way I see football. The way I eat, the way I am in training.