Ball Quote by Jay-Jay Okocha

Without a doubt, Ivory Coasts Didier Drogba hits the ball the hardest..

— Tim Howard

Going through my time as a coach in Zimbabwe and in South Africa, I know for a fact if there is anything dodgy in…

— Bruce Grobbelaar

The African greats who were playing when I was growing up inspired me - players like George Weah, Abedi Pele, Tony Yeboah, Kalusha Bwalya,…

— Michael Essien

We were more than teammates. So many of these guys - NG, Kova, Ziyech, Lukaku - they are like my brothers. That's very rare…

— Antonio Rudiger

It was a tough moment for me when I was in Senegal, especially when I was young. I was born in a village, I…

— Sadio Mane

The toughest defenders I've faced are Alessandro Nesta, Paolo Maldini, Ivan Cordoba, Ciro Ferrara and Walter Samuel.

— Filippo Inzaghi

It's not to say I don't want African players to hustle and play hard, but I also wanted to show we can do more.…

— Pascal Siakam

I am very proud to be African. I want to defend African people, and I want to show to the world that African players…

— Yaya Toure

I never chased around with the opposition or got too well acquainted with them, because when the time in the ballgame came up where…

— Vernon Law

In the 1970s you would have had lots of black goalkeepers and defensive midfield players but never made it professionally because the perception was,…

— John Barnes

Rio Ferdinand is the hardest opponent I have faced - strong and quick. He didn't kick you. He was so classy. I could do…

— Robinho

I had very good players around me in the team, like in the German national team. Andreas Brehme was one of my best partners…

— Lothar Matthaus