George w Quote by Michael Essien

Didier Drogba and Samuel Eto'o, two fantastic African footballers. So successful. And very nice characters as well. I got the luck to know them…

— Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

I appreciate the recognition as the best African international player and promise to do more to make Africa proud, thank you.

— Edouard Mendy

They called me Little Milla. He was one of the best in the world, not just in Africa. A lot of us think he…

— Samuel Eto'o

Africa has produced some good players.

— Frank Rijkaard

When I started Giants of Africa, I envisioned providing African youth access to the game and empowering them to achieve their greatest potential.

— Masai Ujiri

[ Won the 2015 African Player of the Year]meant everything to me. It was the first time a footballer from Gabon was elected Africa's…

— Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

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

There is so many good people in Africa. And a huge talent among the football players.

— Sven-Goran Eriksson

Africa has proven to produce some of the greatest athletes in the world, and it's a joy to be able to help grow that…

— Masai Ujiri

My family and our neighbors and friends thought of Africa and its Africans as extensions of the stereotyped characters that we saw in movies…

— Henry Louis Gates

I always felt that I had to leave a legacy on the African continent. As I was only the third player to come to…

— Dikembe Mutombo

The names of Dingane and Bambata, Hintsa and Makana, Squngthi and Dalasile, Moshoeshoe and Sekhukhuni, were praised as the glory of the entire African…

— Nelson Mandela