When I knew I had the chance to play for Liverpool I couldn't refuse it. — Nicolas Anelka Copy Share Image
We need to show character whenever we concede a goal and try to make a comeback. — Nicolas Anelka Copy Share Image
Football is my life and when I am happy on the pitch I am happy off the field as well. — Nicolas Anelka Copy Share Image
I've played as a striker all my life. To play on the right or the left is always difficult. — Nicolas Anelka Copy Share Image
The Hawthorns has a good atmosphere, like many of the Premier League stadiums. — Nicolas Anelka Copy Share Image
I did very little at Real Madrid. I would have liked to do much more but I didn't get the chance. — Nicolas Anelka Copy Share Image
I played and scored for all of the teams I played for except in Turin. — Nicolas Anelka Copy Share Image
The jobs of manager and director of football are too big for one individual - this I realised very quickly. — Nicolas Anelka Copy Share Image
Honestly, when someone speaks to me about Juventus I try to change the subject immediately. I'm ashamed of the transfer! — Nicolas Anelka Copy Share Image
I'm not going on the pitch just to score goals, I am going on there first to win and to play well… — Nicolas Anelka Copy Share Image
Nowhere is the same as England and that's why so many players want to come over here. That is why I would… — Nicolas Anelka Copy Share Image
I don't care about wages or fees, I just want to improve my football, which is a side to me that the… — Nicolas Anelka Copy Share Image
When I started to play football as far I was concerned I just played football. I didn't want all the stuff around… — Nicolas Anelka Copy Share Image
When I left Arsenal, it was because I had done everything there and a big club like Real Madrid wanted me and… — Nicolas Anelka Copy Share Image
When I left Arsenal I never said I didn't like England. I was very young and my problems were all in my… — Nicolas Anelka Copy Share Image
When the chance came to join a great club like Liverpool, I weighed up my options and it was obviously the best… — Nicolas Anelka Copy Share Image
I have always been proud and happy to wear France's colours. I have always been respectful of the team. But I need… — Nicolas Anelka Copy Share Image
Sometimes to rest, even to watch your team-mates from the bench, is not too bad. It is part of the game and… — Nicolas Anelka Copy Share Image
If you ask all the players who have played with me, they will never say anything wrong about me. — Nicolas Anelka Copy Share
When you have been coached by Ancelotti and other greats, it's hard to be coached by Domenech! — Nicolas Anelka Copy Share
I have been impressed by Carlo Ancelotti, Kevin Keegan, Arsene Wenger, Guus Hiddink, Christoph Daum and Sam Allardyce. — Nicolas Anelka Copy Share
When I started to play football as far I was concerned I just played football. I didn't want all the stuff around it, the… — Nicolas Anelka Copy Share
People must not lose sight of the fact that football is a game. I would find it healthy that it remain so. — Nicolas Anelka Copy Share
If, since the start, I'd played well and put in some good matches it would all have been too simple. — Nicolas Anelka Copy Share
For me, ever since the South Africa World Cup, the French team is part of the past. — Nicolas Anelka Copy Share
All I've ever wanted is to improve myself and become the best, which is the reason I joined Real in the first place. — Nicolas Anelka Copy Share
Sometimes to rest, even to watch your team-mates from the bench, is not too bad. It is part of the game and you try… — Nicolas Anelka Copy Share
