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Jay-Jay Okocha

(1973) Association Football Player

99 quotes in 312 categories

Jay-Jay Okocha is an association football player.

Quick Facts About Jay-Jay Okocha

Born: August 14, 1973
Profession: Association Football Player

About Jay-Jay Okocha

[Wikidata] Nigerian footballer... | [Wikipedia] Augustine Azuka "Jay-Jay" Okocha is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He had 73 caps for the Nigeria national team between 1993 and 2006, scoring 14 goals, and was a member of three FIFA World Cup squads. He is regarded as one of the greatest African fo

Quotes by Jay-Jay Okocha · Page 2

I came out of a background of want, but today I give glory to God.

Background

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I always ask God if it is his will, and if so, then let it be. Whatever comes out of it I…

Accept

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I'd say the player whose style most resembles mine would be Neymar. That's because I played with a sense of joy and…

Fans

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You can come up with whatever tactics you want as a coach but if you don't have the tools to execute you…

Coach

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Well, I think sometimes I am brutally honest.

Brutally honest

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There were very few TV sets when I grew up... We could not see matches and did not know too many players.…

Children

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I've trained my whole life to be a winner and if I know two things it's that to be the best takes…

Best

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I should have got a medal at Neunkirchen, my first club in Germany.

Club

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I think I maximised my opportunity at Bolton, changing the mindset of the people from when I arrived till the time I…

Left

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I experienced life in a struggling team at Eintracht Frankfurt, but I was still young then and didn't understand what it meant…

Life

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If you score goals late on it's not the sign of a lucky team, it's the sign of a fit team who…

Fight

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I don't mind if we play ugly and win, as long as we win.

Long

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I don't walk around with a bible or preach to people and I don't want to disturb my team-mates on match days…

Best

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For me, there is no limit to success.

Limit

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I felt like a prisoner. In Qatar, you need a sponsor to get a work permit and you cannot leave the country…

Cannot

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I'm friends with Igor Yanovsky from when we played together at PSG and he suggested a few Russian dishes to me. I…

Dishes

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Education from six-year-old to 14 is compulsory in Nigeria, but the simple fact is that a lack of resources, coupled with peoples'…

Books

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I love showing off my skills on the pitch. You can make opposing players look stupid.

I love

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I think it's always easier to sit on the outside and act as if you have the best solution.

Always

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

Any

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Aboutrika has done well with Egypt, winning the Nations Cup in Ghana, as well as helping Ahly win the Champions League for…

Done

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How can you be a giant of the sport when you are not consistent?

Consistent

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

Bench

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It's not easy to break into an Arsenal team from youth.

Arsenal

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Traditionally it's been difficult for Africans to play over here, mainly because the African calendar is very different to that in Europe.…

Difficult

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