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You know the press and the TV. There are those who are favourites and those who are not. I was one of the latter.
Samuel Eto'o / Soccer Player
Latter
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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.
Samuel Eto'o / Soccer Player
Privileged
Great Me Feel
Great Pleasure
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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.
Samuel Eto'o / Soccer Player
Living Proof
Proof
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At Barca, we always have an obligation to win and to do it in style for our fans in the stadiums and around the world.
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Obligation
Stadiums
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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.
Samuel Eto'o / Soccer Player
Intention
Score
Be Happy
Me Goals People
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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.
Samuel Eto'o / Soccer Player
Loses
Contribute
Wins
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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.
Samuel Eto'o / Soccer Player
Affection
Never Forget
Always Me Will
Me Fans Feel
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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.
Samuel Eto'o / Soccer Player
Colleagues
Figures
Defensively
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The money I have earned has given me the opportunity to give back to the people who do not have the same opportunities as me.
Samuel Eto'o / Soccer Player
Earned
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I come from one of the poorest countries in the world, and Cameroon is also one of the most beautiful countries in the world.
Samuel Eto'o / Soccer Player
Cameroon
Poorest
Most Beautiful Beautiful World
Beautiful Most Beautiful World
Most Beautiful
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Messi is God, as a person and even more as a player. I knew him when he was a boy and I’ve watched him grow. He deserves it all.
Samuel Eto'o / Soccer Player
Boys
Messi
Player
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I have the belief that all the qualified teams can create surprises at the World Cup and not just the traditional top favourites.
Samuel Eto'o / Soccer Player
Qualified
World Cup
Cup
Teams
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I have always said that the debate about who should play in goal is part of the game, but I never play in order to silence anyone.
Samuel Eto'o / Soccer Player
Debate
Silence
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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.
Samuel Eto'o / Soccer Player
Character
Coaches
Great Character Game
Played
Game
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By God's grace and strength of my work, I've managed to build a respectable image that I use to serve both my continent and my country.
Samuel Eto'o / Soccer Player
Grace
Respectable
God Work Strength
Continent
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A lot of people criticised me when I opted to leave Italy for Russia. However, I'm convinced that I made the right decision to leave Inter.
Samuel Eto'o / Soccer Player
Right Decision
Russia
Decision Me People
Italy
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In all things, you need a good organization. You can have the best player in the world; if you do not have the best team, you will not win.
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All Things
Best Good World
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I experienced great sadness with our elimination from the 1990 World Cup, with many penalties. I still have that feeling of injustice in me.
Samuel Eto'o / Soccer Player
Elimination
Injustice
Penalties
Sadness
World Cup
Great World Me
Cup
Experienced
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My relationship with Laporta? I always had a direct relationship with him, in that if I said something, we would be able to discuss it like men.
Samuel Eto'o / Soccer Player
Discuss
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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.
Samuel Eto'o / Soccer Player
Footballer
Manage
Limit
Play Football
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Cameroon can win the World Cup. People think I am crazy when I say this, but if you believe you have the best team in the world, you are stronger.
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Cameroon
World Cup
Best Believe World
Cup
Best World Believe
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My dream was to become a footballer, hope to become the best someday. And I worked for it. And I'll tell you that the work is the magic of success.
Samuel Eto'o / Soccer Player
Footballer
Someday
Success Best Work
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At Inter, I was the best-paid player in the world. But it's not a question of money, because when I go out onto the pitch, I only have one thing in mind - winning.
Samuel Eto'o / Soccer Player
Onto
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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.
Samuel Eto'o / Soccer Player
Success Money People
Certain Level
Teams
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Football is beautiful. Football is beautiful because whether you win, draw, or lose, you can go and shake your opponent's hand, whether they're white or black or red or blue.
Samuel Eto'o / Soccer Player
Blue
Red
Draw
Opponent
Shake
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Football stadiums are just a reflection of what is going on in society. Many times in stadiums, people just feel more relaxed and say what they think when they're somewhere else.
Samuel Eto'o / Soccer Player
Reflection
Relaxed
Somewhere Else
Stadiums
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I grew up in a family where my father always told me, defend your ideas when you think your ideas are good, and struggle to get your story written. And I've always fought for that.
Samuel Eto'o / Soccer Player
Family
Grew
Ideas
Struggle
Written
Good Always Struggle
Family Good Father
Family Good Always
Defend
Fought
Story
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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.
Samuel Eto'o / Soccer Player
English Football
Adapt
Fitter
Stayed
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I have been to the States many times. What I enjoy most is the feeling of being undercover, that no one recognizes me. When I go to the airport almost anywhere in Europe or Africa, I am recognized.
Samuel Eto'o / Soccer Player
Undercover
Airport
Recognized
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When I was growing up, I thought everything was a life of friendship, respect, and sharing. But I discovered that unfortunately, you have people who aren't behaving in the same way but have hatred.
Samuel Eto'o / Soccer Player
Friendship
Life Respect People
Behaving
Sharing
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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.
Samuel Eto'o / Soccer Player
Fitness
Championship
Levels
Premier League
Seasons
Premier
Stayed
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It is important to feel the support of my family. Mentally, I can get away from everything that is football when I come home to be with them. Yes, work is a pleasure, but there will always be family.
Samuel Eto'o / Soccer Player
Family Work Home
Mentally
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A child comes to see his father play, have fun, make people happy, and what does he see? He sees people booing his father for being black. They make monkey noises. They throw bananas at his teammates and all that.
Samuel Eto'o / Soccer Player
Bananas
Booing
Teammates
Have Fun
Monkey
Noises
Sees
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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.
Samuel Eto'o / Soccer Player
Chelsea
Love Money Me
Attract
Cheering
More Than Anything
Premiership
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They called me Little Milla. He was one of the best in the world, not just in Africa. A lot of us think he did not win the best player in the world award just because he was African. It was an honour to have the name - he was an inspiration.
Samuel Eto'o / Soccer Player
Honour
Best World Me
Award
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Sometimes, the fact that you're a footballer makes you think that racism can't happen to you because you bring that passion and you express a lot of things. When it happened to me, I couldn't believe it, and in that moment, I decided to walk off the pitch.
Samuel Eto'o / Soccer Player
Footballer
Racism
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Jose Mourinho is one of the best managers with whom I have worked. I had a chance not only to have him as a coach but as a colleague, a friend, a big brother. I had a chance to learn from him, and he was open to receiving advice from me as well, even though I think he knew it all.
Samuel Eto'o / Soccer Player
Chance
Advice
Brother
Managers
Receiving
Best Me Advice
Best Chance Me
Big Brother
Open
Friend
Coach
Colleague
Though
Whom
Worked
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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.
Samuel Eto'o / Soccer Player
Different Opinions
Lively
Relaxed
Sight
Experienced
Opinions
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Why don't you think we should dream of an African team winning the World Cup for the first time? People never allow this thought to cross their minds, and it is shameful. When you try to even say it, people look at you as if you're joking, but they forget that dreaming is the first step to success.
Samuel Eto'o / Soccer Player
Shameful
Winning
World Cup
Success Time World
African
Allow
Success Time Look
Dreaming
Cross
Cup
First Step
Joking
Minds
Step
Time People
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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.
Samuel Eto'o / Soccer Player
Black
Found
Happened
Madrid
Peanuts
Racism
Real
Salute
Against
Played
Pitch
Deal
Often
Danced
Fist
Front
Held
Making
Monkey
Point
Same Thing
Threw
Ways
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