"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."
"My fitness is one area I've never had questioned in my career."
"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."
"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."
"You want to play against the best defenders and the best teams. You want to test yourself."
"In Spain, people understand football is a fun game, and enjoyment comes first. After that, business follows."
"I know, everywhere I go, I have the door open because I am a great footballer and a great person."
"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."
