Gervinho

It is always a great pleasure to fight for your own country. ”

In Ivory Coast it's very hard to have normal shoes, so just imagine football boots - they were considered a true luxury. ”

As a child I dreamed of playing for Arsenal, because I loved them. Now I hate them for the way Wenger treated me. ”

Thanks to football my family are able to live well. ”

Football really has saved my family and it's true that it saves a lot of families in Africa. It gives us the means to be able to give a better life to our loved ones. ”

I don't know what I would have done had I not become a footballer. I've always wanted to do that, even when my family would try to stop me playing football so that I went to school. ”

When I went to the academy, we watched Arsenal because of Guillou's connection with Arsene. ”

I have got lots of confidence in my own ability and I know I have got to keep up my standards. ”

Wenger never had faith in me. ”

At Lille, my coach has much confidence in me. This is something very important to me. ”