Quotes from Vincent Kompany

We've had a humble upbringing. You know, my father came through as a political refugee; my mother comes from a hard-working-farmers family. We've had humble upbringing.

I've been very lucky - I don't come from a privileged upbringing.

I've been living in England for a while, and I am still trying to figure out why we have Great Britain playing the Olympics together and England in football.

Our generation has been described as a golden generation. I hate that term.

When I was a kid, it was very common to go places and get racially abused, starting from age six all the way up until you got into the first team.

Football is so intense you don't have time to sit back and look at what you have achieved.

Guardiola has come to City with a very unique style. And he wants to continue that philosophy. We had to work to adapt to his style.

There is a lot of talent and a lot of good things happening and coming from Molenbeek, but unfortunately, it has had to deal with a very, very long time of being ignored, really, and it was very easy, even in the neighbourhood where I grew up, to just fall off the grid, and nobody would notice it.

A win is a win, whether you do it the difficult way or the easy way.

I kind of almost get enjoyment out of adversity in life.

Someone might come close to dying, and they'll enjoy life much more than everyone else. I came close to the death of my sports career, and I enjoy everything coming my way.

I always believe that luck and faith will be on my side more than the other side.

Once I finish playing, I'm still a Manchester City player for the rest of my life. That won't change.