I have won everything I possibly could have in Europe.
— Samuel Eto'o
Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but we must respect the decisions from the officials.
I work hard at my job.
It would be great to win the Ballon d'Or, but first, I'm thinking about the team's interest and not my personal ones.
In the World Cup, you have to respect every team.
I am a footballer. I know how to play football ,and I know how to manage projects in the area of football. This is what I want to limit myself to.
I left Cameroon when I was 13 years old, and I've lived more in Europe than Africa.
If you believe in something and have the strength not to give up, it can happen. I am the living proof it can be done.
Chelsea were looking at me, and one day I would love to play in The Premiership - for the fans, not the money. They can be losing 4-0 and still be cheering. That, more than anything, would attract me to The Premiership.
I've always said that even before Cameroon, I belong to Africa.
It's good to dream, and I was born a dreamer.
I spent two great seasons playing in the Russian championship. I could have stayed there, but I went to the Premier League, which is much more competitive and requires much greater levels of fitness.
You know the press and the TV. There are those who are favourites and those who are not. I was one of the latter.
I stick at things, will always push myself hard, and little by little, I'll get to where I want to be.
The fact is, as all we strikers know, we tend to get judged just on the number of goals.
I'm the best goal-scorer in the history of the African Cup.
I'd rather sell groundnuts in my village than to play for a pathetic team like Chelsea.
I will never forget the affection of the Inter fans who made me feel like one of them and who always supported and helped me.
I was 15 when I made my debut for the national team.
I spent 13 years in Spain, and when you spend that amount of time somewhere, it has a deep influence on you.
I want to write history with Inter.
You can't predict anything in football, particularly in the World Cup.
I can only say what I have lived and experienced. And the majority of people who have been to Makhachkala have come back with different opinions. It's a relaxed city but very lively, like many of the capitals in the world. At first sight, you would never say that there are political problems.
I had to deal with it so often, I found ways of making a point against racism. When I played against Real Zaragoza, they chanted like monkeys and threw peanuts on the pitch. So when I scored, I danced in front of them like a monkey. When the same thing happened against Real Madrid, I scored and held my fist in a Black Power salute.
Most people only see Africa in terms of poverty and war, famine and disease.
There is no comparison to English fans.
I do not enter any controversy.
Whenever you play football, you will always have something to prove.
What I love about England is that the fans have great respect for the players on and off the pitch.
I just want to see more understanding and less racism in sports.
No one signs a contact saying they will always start.
Everything God gives me, I take, and he's given enormously during my career.
Chelsea is a fantastic club.
Of course it's normal for people to say, 'Yeah, this player changed teams because of the money.' That could be the case sometimes, but after a certain level of success? No.
I never say how many goals I'm going to score. My intention is to be happy and make sure that people around me are, too.
I feel privileged to be able to do what I enjoy doing and that I also get paid to do it. That gives me great pleasure.
With Barca, we won the Champions League after many years of disappointment, and the fans went delirious.
Nobody wins or loses a match; it's the team that wins or loses. You have to be looking to contribute towards the team goal.
It's probably the happiest moment for me, to play in a World Cup hosted in Africa.
There is nothing more valuable than to be healthy and to have the hope of living a better day tomorrow.
I started with nothing and reached the level I'm at today. All I had was football and God's help.
Like most Africans, I had to work much harder and show much deeper belief than others.
I might live in Europe, but I sleep in Africa.
You can't promise to win a game, but you can want to win a game.
English football is very different, and I had to adapt to it much more than I would have had if I had stayed in the Russian league. But after a season, I felt a lot better, a lot fitter.
My job is to score goals.
It's not my place to say if performers of quenelle should be punished.
It's not all about the figures. It's about how you play for the team, how you help your colleagues, how you work defensively.
I've won the African Cup, I've won an Olympic gold medal. That says everything.
There is only one Jose Mourinho. I have played under a lot of great coaches, but there is no other character in the game like Jose.
