Quotes from Riyad Mahrez

It's better to have a lot of different qualities in the team; it's a good mix.

I am a very funny guy.

When there is a Brazilian who is lighting things up, he is at Real Madrid before you know it!

Barcelona and Real Madrid wingers, these are the big players at the big clubs and you have to watch them. They are at a top level. I'm not going to say they inspire me, but I take things from them.

Every day, I was on the street dribbling, doing skills. I wasn't in an academy till I was 19.

It is up to me to adapt and to continue to surprise with my positioning, the timing of my runs, the trajectories, when I call for the ball.

Even when I was young, I had a reputation for it. I would play with my friends outside, and I was doing all the things you see now a long time ago. I've always done the flip-flap, even when I was young. Stepovers, dummies - I love to dribble. If you speak with my friends, they will say I'm the same Riyad.

It drove me crazy, Scotland. It was cold. It was abuse. It was snowing and everything. I was so cold that one day I faked an injury to go to the locker room.

The picture of me as a child is that I was always with a ball - that's why I was so skinny: I would miss dinner. Mum would have to leave me some food in the microwave.

When I went to Le Havre, I wasn't physically ready. I was skinny and not strong enough to play in a tough league. They told me to go back to the second team. I was very disappointed, but maybe that helped me to be the way I am now.

Jamie Vardy and myself, we have fun during matches.

I've always had the ambition to win a lot of trophies.

I want to play Champions League every year; I want to be at a big club and win trophies. That's my target.

At the end of your career, what you will keep in your head is the memory of winning trophies - Premier League, Champions League. Those are the only things you remember.

When people mention me and Messi together, it's amazing because, to me, Messi is the best of the best. You can't say anything to him; he's the boss.

To be first is something special.

When you have quality and show it, there's no problem.

I had confidence in my quality, so I was always positive and had good objectivity.

A dream is better than obligation.

This is Leicester: it is not like Manchester City or Manchester United. They have an obligation to win things. We don't have an obligation; it is just a dream.

When you're in an academy, every day you're in at 9 A.M., and it's, 'Do this, do that,' but we just came with our football.

We were definitely not rich, but we were not poor. My mum always came home from work and did everything so that we ate well.

Enjoying myself is something very important for me because that is why I play when all is said and done. And it also allows me to have an engine.

I never listened to people who said I wasn't going to make it.