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Quotes About Cameroon

I try to represent Africa and Cameroon as well as I can.
~ Samuel Eto'o
Cameroon is a football country - children are born playing football.
~ Roger Milla
I left Cameroon when I was 13 years old, and I've lived more in Europe than Africa.
~ Samuel Eto'o
I'm from Cameroon, Central Africa.
~ Pascal Siakam
The U.N. Population Fund has a maternal health program in some Cameroon hospitals, but it doesn't operate in this region. It's difficult to expand, because President Bush has cut funding
~ Nicholas D. Kristof
When I was still back in Cameroon, because I didn't know English, I used to listen to French rap all the time and then a little bit of American hip-hop. And then, when I got to the States, that's when I really got into all those guys - Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, all those guys.
~ Joel Embiid
So much for where as well as when. AIDS began with a spillover from one chimp to one human, in southeastern Cameroon, no later than 1908 (give or take a margin of error), and grew slowly but inexorably from there.
~ David Quammen
AIDS began with a spillover from one chimp to one human, in southeastern Cameroon, no later than 1908
~ David Quammen
I come from one of the poorest countries in the world, and Cameroon is also one of the most beautiful countries in the world.
~ Samuel Eto'o
We try to bring in the best players for Cameroon: not just best in terms of talent but those who are motivated and who know what it means to play for this nation.
~ Clarence Seedorf
Cameroon is stronger because it's a country of conquerors, of winners. Cameroon's players aren't necessarily very technical, but that when they play, they play to win.
~ Roger Milla
I go back to Africa every year. I have a home there. You know, my grandfather lives back there in Cameroon.
~ Joakim Noah
If one day God gives me the opportunity to coach Cameroon, it would be a great pleasure.
~ Samuel Eto'o
left in 1951 to found a new one in his native Cameroon. Before he died, Pierre described his cancer as "his last and blessed calling, for life is given to man so that, little by little, he can get accustomed to God, and at the end feel himself at home, immersed in God.
~ John W. Kiser
Cameroon can win the World Cup. People think I am crazy when I say this, but if you believe you have the best team in the world, you are stronger.
~ Samuel Eto'o
Some have said it is the easiest group at the World Cup, but we realize it won't be like that. Germany are a tremendous side, but to be honest I don't know much about Cameroon and Saudi Arabia.
~ Robbie Keane
Young women in Cameroon have their breasts "ironed"—beaten or massaged by a wooden pestle or a heated coconut shell—to make them less sexually tempting.
~ Steven D. Levitt
I always traveled. I left Cameroon when I was 11 years old. I lived in the USA, in Switzerland.
~ Yannick Noah
Ndamukong started out playing soccer, like his sister before him. She excelled at it, played for Mississippi State, made the Cameroon national team.
~ Jeanne Marie Laskas
I was practically born in Cameroon; my family moved there when I was two weeks old.
~ Cyrille Aimee
The most special goal of my career was the one that I scored against Cameroon in injury time to send Senegal into the Africa Cup of Nations back in the 2011-12 season. That was the most unforgettable moment of my career.
~ Demba Ba
I am building a foundation in Cameroon, and it's not just about the sport. The goal of the foundation is not to make a UFC fighter. It's to help kids believe in their dream, to have a dream, to have a purpose in life.
~ Francis Ngannou
In Cameroon, kids have many problems. They think everything is lost before they are born. It seems like they are not allowed to dream. They are not allowed to be ambitious. They just accept being the victim of their life.
~ Francis Ngannou
The U.N. Population Fund has a maternal health program in some Cameroon hospitals, but it doesn't operate in this region. It's difficult to expand, because President Bush has cut funding.
~ Nicholas D. Kristof