Samuel Eto'o

I wanted to prove that a young boy coming from Africa was able to succeed and achieve a lot.

When I was growing up, I thought everything was a life of friendship, respect, and sharing. But I discovered that unfortunately, you have people who aren't behaving in the same way but have hatred.

All my coaches will tell you that I am a great professional.

I've been a role model in terms of discipline, and I have always been rigorous and professional.

I just want to see more understanding and less racism in sports.

Everything God gives me, I take, and he's given enormously during my career.

My job is to score goals.

I never say how many goals I'm going to score. My intention is to be happy and make sure that people around me are, too.

Nobody wins or loses a match; it's the team that wins or loses. You have to be looking to contribute towards the team goal.

The fact is, as all we strikers know, we tend to get judged just on the number of goals.

I'm the best goal-scorer in the history of the African Cup.

I have always said that the debate about who should play in goal is part of the game, but I never play in order to silence anyone.