Quotes from Jay-Jay Okocha

There always be rumours. That is also part of the game because it is a global game and a massive business.

Football has an important place in Russia.

I often come across Russians and they're all interested in football.

For me racism doesn't belong to football and it doesn't belong in our society any more.

Leaving the stage would pave the way for younger players to come up too.

It's always good to have more than one player who can take free-kicks or penalties.

I think sometimes players must have a wake-up call before they realise they are back in African football.

I don't want to stay on the bench all the time.

Well, I think sometimes I am brutally honest.

I'm friends with Igor Yanovsky from when we played together at PSG and he suggested a few Russian dishes to me. I really love borsch!

I think the way I played, I would have suited Sundowns.

Bolton was one of the relegation candidates when I got there but we took the club to another level and even had the opportunity to play for the first time in the Europa League.

Sometimes having the best players is not enough to win the Champions League.

It is a very physical league but if I can play in the Premiership then I won't have any problems playing in the Championship.

So, we know that when the going gets tough, the tough get going. I still believe that is the good thing about Nigerian players. We can always spring up so many surprises.

I've invested in pitches and continue to run clinics to help encourage others to do the same.

I can't play football forever, I am not a greedy person.

You can't play football without having a good training pitch.

Nobody likes it when people dribble past them, me included, but I can't tackle.

I don't walk around with a bible or preach to people and I don't want to disturb my team-mates on match days by praying in the dressing room, so I do that at the hotel before I leave. I respect their way of life and do not insist that my way is best. I have not tried to convert anybody.

I have been following the Premier League very closely because once you have been a footballer you have an affinity with the game.

I have got my pride to defend.

You have every right to set yourselves targets and whether you achieve it or not is entirely a different matter but at least you have to be ambitious and set yourself challenging goals.

My faith comes before anything. It has also taught me to respect and admire people for what they are and who they are.