Adama Traore

My dream was to be a football player.

— Adama Traore

I am working every day.

— Adama Traore

My life in Middlesbrough is good.

— Adama Traore

The happiest I can be is when we win games.

— Adama Traore

Ronaldinho changed everything for me.

— Adama Traore

I'm going to return to Barca.

— Adama Traore

I learned a lot from Ronaldinho and Messi.

— Adama Traore

My training? I don't do weights. It's hard to believe, but I don't do weights.

— Adama Traore

Maybe there is no player who is faster than me in the world.

— Adama Traore

There were gangs in the school I went to. They fought each other constantly.

— Adama Traore

That has to help if you know the mentality of your opponent, and how he wants to play.

— Adama Traore

It's genetic. I exercise, but I gain mass very quickly.

— Adama Traore

I played my first game of football when I was 3 1/2 years old.

— Adama Traore

It is nice to be known on 'Fifa 19' as the fastest player in the world.

— Adama Traore

I've always been quick, ever since I was little.

— Adama Traore

I didn't leave Barca well. I left because I wasn't given an opportunity. If I had been given one, maybe I could…

— Adama Traore

When you know someone has belief in you and likes the way you play, it is great to work together.

— Adama Traore

No matter the competition, Premier League or Europa League or cup, I want to win. This is the truth.

— Adama Traore

Clearly Bolt would beat me over 100 metres on the track. But on grass, over 30 metres with a ball at my…

— Adama Traore

I don't have resentment towards Barca, only good memories, but if Real Madrid called me I would think about that offer in…

— Adama Traore

What I have learnt from my time at Barcelona is the invisible work that goes on off the pitch. It's about the…

— Adama Traore

Whatever excuses I can make to you about playing so many games, there is no point - the point is we have…

— Adama Traore

I think the time I spent at Aston Villa was difficult. It was a difficult time and a difficult moment for the…

— Adama Traore

Darren Campbell, the British Olympic sprinter, was my sprint coach at Middlesbrough - yet the best advice he gave me was to…

— Adama Traore

One moment that changed my mentality was the first time I went to Mali when I was six. Soon after that trip,…

— Adama Traore

Players like Messi and Xavi are always hungry. Whatever the game or the competition - even if it is table-tennis - they…

— Adama Traore

I almost missed the chance to join Barcelona because I was on holiday in Mali visiting my parents' family for the first…

— Adama Traore

I didn't leave Barcelona in the best way but I took the decision to leave and I don't regret it. There were…

— Adama Traore

I know my game is about trying to get past players and I know that if a bad tackle is coming my…

— Adama Traore

About Mali, they came to my house. We spoke and after that, the guy posed for a picture giving me a Mali…

— Adama Traore

Messi could maybe get away with not trying 100% because he's the best player in the world. But he's the first at…

— Adama Traore

I know the way I play is with speed and ability.

— Adama Traore

We wanted to be footballers, not part of some gang.

— Adama Traore

Any situation in the game when you have the ball you can see there are good opportunities.

— Adama Traore

We know about Portuguese football, we know the Portuguese culture.

— Adama Traore

My heroes were Ronaldinho and Ronaldo, and now it is Messi.

— Adama Traore

People are thinking I am running so fast on the pitch, but I think it's slow.

— Adama Traore

We have to play the game, you can't go on to the pitch thinking the game is already lost.

— Adama Traore

I don't think that there is anyone quicker than me in the Premier League.

— Adama Traore

If I am the same Adama as yesterday, then it is one day I have lost.

— Adama Traore