I need a manager who will tell me to go out and play my own game and enjoy myself.
— Emmanuel Adebayor
When you see me on the pitch, I will always be smiling, always laughing, always playing jokes. I grew up as somebody who was always laughing. In England, people will tell me that I should not laugh, but you cannot stop me from laughing. It's impossible.
In Spain, people understand football is a fun game, and enjoyment comes first. After that, business follows.
You know, us in Africa, all what we know, all what we dream about is football. Because when I was young, all what I tried to do, all what I had a chance to watch on TV was football.
When you score 30 goals in a season, you can expect that the following year there will be a little bit more pressure and attention on you.
Sometimes you have to forget about playing beautiful football and just make sure you win.
Dele Alli is a player with huge potential to be one of the best midfielders in the world.
My relationship with Pochettino was beautiful. I think we have a very, very good relationship, with man-to-man conversations.
Whenever I have a chance to wake up and be alive, I always thank God for that, and for me, all the rest is a bonus.
We are all human beings. We all go through a lot at certain times of our lives.
I have never criticised Tottenham fans.
I'm from Africa, and I have to give something back to my community. You all know that I've been doing a lot of charity stuff without knocking at any door. I'm taking my own wages to do it, and I will keep doing it until the end of my career.
All the Arsenal fans boo me, and when I look back, I understand where everything went wrong, but there are certain things in life you cannot come back to anymore.
For me, apart from having my baby, the best thing is whenever I score my next goal.
Wenger gave me the opportunity to be where I am today. He's a coach that helped me a lot, who gave me a chance, who's always been there for me in the bad moments. He called me, consoled me, gave me good advice, told me what I had to do to become a great player. I can only thank him.
People in my country love me. I represent my country very well.
I have never been a bad influence in the dressing room.
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.
There are only a few players who play in the same team all their career. You come from somewhere and go somewhere else.
You want to play against the best defenders and the best teams. You want to test yourself.
There is only so much abuse a man can take until he reaches breaking point.
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.
Sometimes you have to be dirty to win some games.
In life, there are always ups and downs, and I had them at Tottenham.
Things haven't always gone right for me in football.
Football is a funny game. Today, you are zero; tomorrow, you are a hero.
Saluting a goal in front of the fans is one of the most beautiful moments in a player's life.
When you are playing in front of your own crowd, you want them to support you.
We all play football to get money.
There is nothing more important for me than God.
If I'm on the pitch, and I score, and I'm not going to celebrate, I would rather tell the manager I'm not going to play because what is the point of scoring goals and not celebrating?
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.
I was not born with a golden spoon in my mouth.
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.
I'm full of confidence. I know what I can do, and when I'm not playing, I'm not happy.
I know, everywhere I go, I have the door open because I am a great footballer and a great person.
You can insult me - you can judge me on the football pitch - that's normal. But don't touch my family. Don't touch my parents. I love them more than everything on this earth.
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.
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.
As a footballer, you still have to dream.
I enjoyed my time at White Hart Lane, and I can't say thank you enough to the Spurs fans.
My fitness is one area I've never had questioned in my career.
I always love the fans.
A player playing with confidence is better than a player playing with doubt in his head.
It's always a pleasure to have a manager give you compliments.
As a child, you are influenced by your parents' actions.
If I score against Tottenham, trust me - I'm going to celebrate.
Scoring goals is what I do best in my career.
In 2002, I went to play the Afcon in Mali, and I had the huge privilege to swap my shirt with Marc-Vivien Foe. May his soul rest in peace.
No matter what quality you have, you have to listen to people, let people help you to be good.
