Quotes from Emmanuel Adebayor

I never regret making a decision.

If I regret leaving City, I'd regret leaving Madrid, I would regret Arsenal, and I would regret maybe even Metz, where I started off. So I have no regrets in life; life is too short to start regretting things.

It hurts when you are at a club you loved, a place where you think you might want to end your career, and things go badly.

When I signed for Real Madrid, I knew it was a big club, but only when you're inside do you realise the magnitude of this team.

When I moved from Metz to Monaco, we reached an advanced stage in the Champions League, and we played against Real Madrid. It was one of most beautiful days of my life because I was lucky enough to get a signed shirt from the football legend Zinedine Zidane.

As a child, you are influenced by your parents' actions.

If you are Cesc, going to Barcelona, he will make more money, more sponsorship, and he is going home. What did Arsenal do to keep him at the club? Absolutely nothing. Now the fans say he is not loyal. When you leave Arsenal, you become a traitor, regardless of what you have done.

He gave me the chance to be where I am today, and He's the one that can take it all away from me. So at the team hotel, I pray before sleeping, and I pray again in the morning.

I cannot do a better job than a journalist. I cannot do a better job than politicians - what I can do is play my football.

If I score against Tottenham, trust me - I'm going to celebrate.

When a family is poor, everyone is poor, and there is huge solidarity. People will take a bullet for you. But when one makes it, it is like you owe everyone.

The worst coach I have ever had was Roberto Mancini. I never liked his training methods.

All I can say is I am a footballer, and if a club like Milan are interested in me, then I cannot lie to you: I am happy, because it is Milan.

Football is a funny game. Today, you are zero; tomorrow, you are a hero.

There are only a few players who play in the same team all their career. You come from somewhere and go somewhere else.

Saluting a goal in front of the fans is one of the most beautiful moments in a player's life.

In Spain, people understand football is a fun game, and enjoyment comes first. After that, business follows.

If one player can say that I, Emmanuel Adebayor, spoke badly to anyone in the changing rooms, then I'd honestly like to know who it is. It has never happened in my life.

I played for Arsenal for more than three years, and I had fantastic moments. Maybe they made me one of the best strikers in the world, because under Arsene Wenger, I learned a lot of things - but you have to move on.

I was not born with a golden spoon in my mouth.

It was a dream to play in a stadium as impressive as the Santiago Bernabeu.

The best coach I have ever worked with is certainly Jose Mourinho. He has an unparalleled passion.

In life, there are always ups and downs, and I had them at Tottenham.

I want to be part of a club that is aiming to be one of the biggest in the world.