I love the FA Cup.
— Kolo Toure
It's always a difficult situation to lose 1-0 away from home.
When I went to Arsenal I was working really hard on the weights, as Arsene Wenger is very keen on that.
We all struggle in life at a certain point.
We all make mistakes. But we learn from it.
Nobody is perfect in life.
As a player, I had great respect for Gallas because he was older than me and in Africa when someone is older you have respect for them, but I think sometimes he took advantage of that in some ways.
Football is great, isn't it?
When I was a young boy I sold newspapers by the side of the road. I cleaned the shoes of people for less than a pound a time. I was 12 years old but I had to do it to eat because my family was so poor.
I love Arsenal, it's the club of my heart.
When you're at a big team like Liverpool, you can't expect to start every game.
Any manager can go through a really difficult time.
For me, Ramadan is not an easy time because it's a time when I need to work much harder, because I need to help my teammates. That's the way I see things.
It's very important to know what you are facing, whether you are going to be part of the team or just a squad player.
It is very difficult to leave your team for a month to play in the African Nations. But you are playing for your country, for your father, for your family, for your pride.
Everybody wants to play for Pep.
When you don't play, you need to support the team and your team-mates need to feel that you are behind them fully.
I am passionate about the FA Cup.
The manager has to make rotations, otherwise the players will get tired.
To win the World Cup is not about one player, it is about a squad.
I know my qualities, I've got nothing to prove here in England, they know me here.
Anything can happen in life. You take your car, you drive your car every day in the same road and one day you just have no concentration - accident. That's part of life. It can happen to anybody.
It can happen in football that you argue with somebody in training but when you are not even talking on the pitch something has to change.
When you play with somebody and you don't even talk to each other on the pitch it's really difficult.
I give everything for my team to win but the most important thing is to enjoy every second of every minute.
I have been working really hard to make a career in football since I was 14 years old.
When you play against a team such as Arsenal, Manchester United or Chelsea, you never know what will happen. But the key to the season is to win the games that you expect to win.
I will always be ready when the team needs me.
Wenger built this club and it is hard to imagine Arsenal without him.
I've been observing Ramadan during all the years I've been in football. It's very important that you eat well. It's important that you eat the right food because you can gain weight or you can have less food in your body.
I think you say that strikers win you games, but defenders win titles and I think that's really important.
I need to work hard and that is alright by me.
You know that in a lot of games it is only decided towards the end. Players get tired and when you have that push from your fans you can feel the difference.
If you want to be successful, you need to work as a team.
You can't keep changing managers. Every time the players have to adapt to a new strategy and the thinking of the new manager, which is really difficult and takes time.
I would never say a bad word about Mr Wenger, because he is somebody that makes players better players.
You have to build your squad every year to do better; to win the Champions League is very difficult as we have seen.
Strikers need to score goals and when they don't their confidence is affected.
If you're not perfect, don't expect the other guys to be perfect.
I had six years at Arsenal but the last two were very difficult.
When you win, it is fun. When you lose, it is OK. This is life.
I've always been someone who has wanted to fight and to scrap for every penny I could.
I don't like to make mistakes.
Sometimes when you come every day to training you can't realise how big it is to be a footballer.
I have experienced a lot in football and if the young players need advice, they know they can ask me.
Ramadan is an important part of Islam, and when you are observing it, God is happy with you and you have to have a big celebration.
I think it's amazing how Ramadan can make you really strong.
I think it's very important to have a good defensive team.
Ask anybody - every day at training I give everything.
You can't ever give up. When you refuse to lose games, you often find yourself winning them.
