When you want something desperately and you lose it, no matter how hard you try to get yourself motivated, it's always difficult.

I don't want to stay on the bench all the time.

I love playing and I'll do everything to be a first-team regular.

I am proud of the part I have played in the development of Bolton.

Stars don't necessarily make a good team and that is what we must learn.

If you score goals late on it's not the sign of a lucky team, it's the sign of a fit team who are close together and fight for each other.

I got to Germany without being scouted, and without any experience of playing for my country. But I was given the chance to excel.

I was gifted with the ball, and I saw the opportunity of playing in the Bundesliga as the tool I needed to make a name for myself.

The Bundesliga is the league that made me, and it changed my life.

If I had the opportunity, I will ask every Nigerian kid to start his career in Germany. The structure they have in the Bundesliga is far from what is obtainable in other leagues.

Playing in the German Bundesliga gave me the platform to excel in my football career.

I can proudly say that I had no scandal throughout my career. And there was no serious injury worries because of what I was taught how to live off the pitch. It was very important.

People just don't want to pay to see players diving around.

I played in Qatar only because I had a great offer and I am not ashamed to accept. We played in empty stadiums! I realised what a mistake I made and decided to leave the club immediately.

There were very few TV sets when I grew up... We could not see matches and did not know too many players. Only Pele was a household name and he was the one most children idolised.

As kids, we were used to playing football with anything that we managed to kick and whenever we got a ball, it was a bonus.

The life was good in Qatar but I did not enjoy the football. For me, 12 months was enough. The standard was low, but not that low. It was OK but the ambition was not there from the players. It was like playing for nothing. I didn't like that feeling.

To be honest, I can live anywhere.

I don't have to think about other players. I'm more concerned with my own game and how I can influence things on the field with my ability.

It is a very physical league but if I can play in the Premiership then I won't have any problems playing in the Championship.

For me racism doesn't belong to football and it doesn't belong in our society any more.

Sometimes having the best players is not enough to win the Champions League.

My first World Cup appearance remains fresh in my memory and what made it incredible was that I had made my first appearance for Nigeria just a year before.

I believe an African team will one day win the World Cup, and it could even be in Brazil.