Football Quote by Yannick Bolasie

I started realising I'm bigger and stronger than a lot of the full-backs. I was expecting everyone in the Prem to be so strong.

— Yannick Bolasie

My dad - Gaby Yala - played for the Congo national team as well, at Under-21 level. When I see him playing, even today,…

— Yannick Bolasie

When I left Bristol City for Palace, I just wanted to be playing football. I didn't care about the money I was getting or…

— Yannick Bolasie

Ian Holloway played wingers higher up and then wanted us to come back and receive the ball; Dougie Freedman didn't want us to come…

— Yannick Bolasie

I'm not going to try to live like Eden Hazard, for example. That's a totally different lifestyle. He's gonna have a bigger house, a…

— Yannick Bolasie

I go to play for Congo now and it's a reality check. You see how it is for some people and you don't take…

— Yannick Bolasie

I want to score goals. Everyone says that's the only part of my game that's missing. Before I was a pro I used to…

— Yannick Bolasie

Taking on defenders is what gives me a buzz.

— Yannick Bolasie

In Willesden I was surrounded by quite a few footballers, but a lot of them have fallen off, and that's not something I wanted…

— Yannick Bolasie

I've always just wanted to play football.

— Yannick Bolasie

Obviously, no-one's going to watch Belgian football. Nobody is going to watch Portuguese football. But I've played with some players who right now are…

— Yannick Bolasie

Darren Campbell has helped me out a lot with my sprinting mechanics. These are things I've always wanted to do, but neglected as I…

— Yannick Bolasie