Quotes About Nationality

I don't really know what 'American' is. I know what Ukrainian is. We're happy Slavic people. We're not Dostoyevsky Slavic people. There's this sense of 'pick it up, get your hands dirty, make the best of it, celebrate.'

I just want my daughter to grow up in a society where she feels accepted being South African, German and Ukrainian.

I am so proud to be Ukrainian, and I'm also so proud to be an American.

I love Australia. I love coming here, I love playing here and I love the support. It's my passion to hopefully one day be able to represent the green and gold. That's the ultimate goal.

I can't live for more than four years outside of Canada. I'm Canadian, so ultimately that is my reference point.

What, ultimately, is Greece if it is not the people who live in this country? It's not the mountains and the plains.

The day after Brexit I had a moment when someone said, 'Don't you want to go back to your own country?' I wasn't 100 per cent sure if he was thinking he was being kind? I was like, 'Um... this is my home, thank you.'

Citizenship rights is about making all Iranians feel they are part of one nation, one identity, under one umbrella they can feel proud of.

That's what this war is all about, my friend. It's about which of us is the crazier.And clearly you British have an advantage.You were crazy beforehand.

Strange, (is it not?) that battles, martyrs, blood, even assassination should so condense - perhaps only really lastingly condense - a Nationality.

If every single Jew born anywhere in the world has the right to become an Israeli citizen, then all the Palestinians who were chucked out of Palestine by the Zionist Government should have the same right, very simple.

Da molto tempo, ai musulmani e ai miei concittadini ripeto che sono di nazionalità svizzera, con una memoria egiziana, di religione musulmana, di cultura europea, universalista per principio, marocchino e mauriziano d'adozione. Non c'è alcun problema: vivo con queste identità e l'una o l'altra può diventare prioritaria a seconda del contesto e della situazione

I'm always proud to wear the colours of Spain.

If I went to Spain and lived there for five years, I'm not going to play for Spain. For me an English player should play for England, really.

Representing Spain is very important.

Players from Holland and Scandinavia aren't divers, but those from Spain and Italy go down far too easily for my liking.

I was right choosing to play with Spain. It is a pride; the decision was easy. I love Spain.

Play with Spain? I think that's already closed, but even so, I opt for France because I'm French. I don't have dual citizenship, and I'm not going to ask for it.

I don't have family in Mexico. Nothing. I'm just from Spain.

My grandparents were from Spain, and I had a Spanish passport.

I played a Spaniard. I looked about as Spanish as any other fair-skinned German.

Sometimes people say to me, 'Ah, you're not really Spanish; you're British.'

I say I have Spanish in me, but I'm not just Spanish. I'm proud of my ethnicities, and I will always be proud of being a Filipino.

Do we have to give Mr Sarkozy a history lesson? Yes, there are Gauls among our ancestors. But there are also Romans, Normans, Celts, Nicois, Corsicans, Arabs, Italians, Spanish. That's France.