Quotes from Mousa Dembele

I am not the sort of player who runs away.

I want to score goals and make goals.

Before I came to Tottenham, I was a big fan of Luka Modric.

I broke everything inside the house - boom! - but my mother was always very nice. She'd say, 'OK, OK, have another ball.'

I've always been a fan of martial arts actor Bruce Lee. His films made me want to go to China one day.

To hear my name sung at WHL & Wembley made me incredibly proud.

Always, against top teams, if you play well, and especially in the Champions League, it's good.

Every year, you have to have the feeling to achieve the Champions League. Otherwise, we should stop playing football.

A club like Tottenham are up there with the top teams, and I think they have to be in the Champions League.

I don't like to be too serious. I think, off the pitch, I can have a laugh with everyone.

If you hear big clubs are interested, it's always nice to know people appreciate what you do, but when Tottenham said, 'We want him,' I didn't have to think twice.

I like to challenge myself, to compare myself against the best.

There's a lot of positions I like to play. I think maybe the diversity is something positive.

Every day in normal training, I'm trying to score more. And after training, I stay to practise my shooting as well.

Tottenham play some of the most attractive football in the Premier League - we have a beautiful style of play.

I don't watch too much football at home. I only watch the Premier League.

For me, in the past, scoring has not always been the most important thing. My priorities have been to play well, to be important for the team. After that, I've always told myself that if I score, then that's just okay.

I've been five times to Mali, and when you're there, it makes you feel differently, like you realise you've a lot in life to be thankful for, and you have to give something back as well.

I heard already there is good food in Guangzhou. I will try this a lot. I think my family will enjoy it as well here.

I think that most players enjoy playing football, but, like in everything, there are good moments and bad moments.

I couldn't have imagined Belgium being number one in the world.

I can empathise with different cultural expressions and am open to things that seem strange at first sight.

I'm not a Maradona, and it's not my intention to become one.

It's not so easy to go to a club like Chelsea as a young guy.