Dimitri Payet Quotes
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I feel more satisfaction - and attach greater value - to providing assists then scoring myself.
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I still try to treat football as a game even if there are now other considerations at stake, especially economic ones.
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After Le Havre, I became the youngest player in the first division in Reunion. I made my debut at 16. That's how I got spotted by Nantes.
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As long as I can play at a certain level, that's what I'll do.
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The number of French players Arsenal have brought through is very impressive, and many of the players who arrived, especially the young ones, were unknown when they arrived to the general public.
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My managers understood that when I sulk, they talk to me. It's a way for me to be heard.
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I don't have to justify my behaviour.
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I'm living a boyhood dream.
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I am used to moving homes in football, and it seems to be a recurring theme in my career.
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There were times when I didn't think I would even be at the European Championship. so to be walking off the field, having scored the winning goal in front of our home fans, just got too much for me.
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I had spent four years at Le Havre, and when they told me they weren't keeping me, because I wasn't good for the second division, that hit me hard.
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When it's complicated at family level, that can stop you from being at ease in your job.
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I try to put on a show while being effective because the spectators come to be entertained by beautiful play.
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I have kids, so I can understand the image that footballers have. They are fans of some players; I see in their eyes. They admire and try to imitate their gestures, their words, their celebrations. They love Ronaldo and Messi. Since Euro 2016, though, they have no right to pronounce the name of Ronaldo!
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I don't blame Le Havre. Back then, I wasn't an easy person to handle. I was always one of the first to mess around. So there were a lot of reasons why my adventure stopped at that point.
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Many players in the French squad play in the Premier League or have played in the Premier League, so I knew about the level.
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The level here in England is much higher than in France.
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I have very special memories of the West Ham fans.
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I'm usually a No. 10, and the thing I most enjoy is helping my team-mates and creating goal-scoring chances for them.
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Playing 4-5-1, I could have all the liberty in the world - it was complicated to express myself.
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If I'm forced to leave West Ham, it will be done according to the rules - the club will have its share of the cake.
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Arsenal are a special club for many French supporters. I watched them a lot, especially during the 'Invincible' era when they had Thierry Henry, Patrick Vieira, Sylvain Wiltord, and Robert Pires.
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When things are going well on the pitch, it is because I know I have the coach behind me.
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Speaking to the coach has been my number-one criterion at every club I've played for to find out what he expects from me, how he will make me improve, and that he'll play me.