Kolo Toure

You can't keep changing managers. Every time the players have to adapt to a new strategy and the thinking of the new…

— Kolo Toure

Yaya was much better than Sergio Busquets at Barcelona. But he was behind him in the pecking order and he found that…

— Kolo Toure

It's always a difficult situation to lose 1-0 away from home.

— Kolo Toure

I think it's very important to have a good defensive team.

— Kolo Toure

We are professional players and when we go out we want to play well and win.

— Kolo Toure

I think you say that strikers win you games, but defenders win titles and I think that's really important.

— Kolo Toure

There is great respect for Liverpool in the Ivory Coast.

— Kolo Toure

I'm a professional footballer and, to me, playing regularly is the most important thing; money is secondary.

— Kolo Toure

We all make mistakes. But we learn from it.

— Kolo Toure

The manager has to make rotations, otherwise the players will get tired.

— Kolo Toure

You need to be honest, even if you hurt people.

— Kolo Toure

For me the most important is the club, the team.

— Kolo Toure

I love playing at the same club as my brother.

— Kolo Toure

Strikers need to score goals and when they don't their confidence is affected.

— Kolo Toure

In official competitions there are mistakes you don't make or you pay for it dearly.

— Kolo Toure

Martin Keown was really competitive but Thierry Henry was similar, he wanted to win every game.

— Kolo Toure

I had six years at Arsenal but the last two were very difficult.

— Kolo Toure

I will keep playing for the national team until I feel I can't offer them anything.

— Kolo Toure

I remember the best defenders were Baresi and Cannavaro - you don't have to be really tall.

— Kolo Toure

Any team can fall down but it's about how they react to defeat that matters.

— Kolo Toure

It is very difficult to leave your team for a month to play in the African Nations. But you are playing for…

— Kolo Toure

You know that in a lot of games it is only decided towards the end. Players get tired and when you have…

— Kolo Toure

When you do a good tackle, or block, the Kop they really appreciate that and they let you know it.

— Kolo Toure

I know my qualities, I've got nothing to prove here in England, they know me here.

— Kolo Toure

I won the title with Arsenal in 2004 and it is harder to defend it the following season.

— Kolo Toure