The best coach I have ever worked with is certainly Jose Mourinho. He has an unparalleled passion.

I'm sure any player will tell you that to play with Real Madrid is a dream come true. I dreamt of playing here when I was young, at one of the biggest clubs in the world.

I hope I can get many goals for Real Madrid.

I'm always motivated when I go out on the pitch.

As a footballer, I know I am a role model for a lot of African kids, and I want to make a direct impact on their lives.

I plan with the BBC African Player of the Year award to become an agent of hope and positive change in the lives of the millions of African youths who have lost hope and are deprived.

If you are Cesc, going to Barcelona, he will make more money, more sponsorship, and he is going home. What did Arsenal do to keep him at the club? Absolutely nothing. Now the fans say he is not loyal. When you leave Arsenal, you become a traitor, regardless of what you have done.

I love England.

I have never been a bad influence in the dressing room.

No matter what quality you have, you have to listen to people, let people help you to be good.

People in my country love me. I represent my country very well.

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.

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.

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.

Scoring goals is what I do best in my career.

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?

For me, apart from having my baby, the best thing is whenever I score my next goal.

If I score against Tottenham, trust me - I'm going to celebrate.

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.

As a child, you are influenced by your parents' actions.

We all play football to get money.

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.

It's always a pleasure to have a manager give you compliments.

When you are playing in front of your own crowd, you want them to support you.

I have never criticised Tottenham fans.

A player playing with confidence is better than a player playing with doubt in his head.

Saluting a goal in front of the fans is one of the most beautiful moments in a player's life.

We are all human beings. We all go through a lot at certain times of our lives.

I always love the fans.

Football is a funny game. Today, you are zero; tomorrow, you are a hero.

Things haven't always gone right for me in football.

My relationship with Pochettino was beautiful. I think we have a very, very good relationship, with man-to-man conversations.

I enjoyed my time at White Hart Lane, and I can't say thank you enough to the Spurs fans.

In life, there are always ups and downs, and I had them at Tottenham.

Dele Alli is a player with huge potential to be one of the best midfielders in the world.

As a footballer, you still have to dream.

Sometimes you have to be dirty to win some games.

Sometimes you have to forget about playing beautiful football and just make sure you win.

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.

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.

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.

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.

There is only so much abuse a man can take until he reaches breaking point.

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.

In Spain, people understand football is a fun game, and enjoyment comes first. After that, business follows.

There are only a few players who play in the same team all their career. You come from somewhere and go somewhere else.

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.

I'm full of confidence. I know what I can do, and when I'm not playing, I'm not happy.

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.

I need a manager who will tell me to go out and play my own game and enjoy myself.