Nwankwo Kanu Quotes

I believe the more you come to Europe, it makes you a better player, and it gives them an advantage because the African style is different from the European style.

Nwankwo Kanu

• Style
• Player
• Advantage

Trophies are good, but saving somebody who could die, giving them hope of a life, that means a lot to me.

Nwankwo Kanu

• Hope
• Giving
• Saving

You have to know your strengths and tell yourself you're the best.

Nwankwo Kanu

• Best
• Tell
• Strengths

I think you need people who can advise you; that is more important that an agent. They are important because they help players move, but I have some experience of agents working with players who have done things not to help the player but to help themselves.

Nwankwo Kanu

• Help
• Player
• Advise

When you're growing up, you have your heroes, and you hear about people going off to other countries to play football, but when you're so young, you're not thinking about that. You just play. No referee, no rules.

Nwankwo Kanu

• Football
• Growing Up
• Heroes

A talented footballer comes over, his family depends on him, and if his agent or club don't treat him well, he might not succeed, and then he feels he's let everyone down. For years, African players have been exploited.

Nwankwo Kanu

• Players
• Club
• Exploited

You can have an ankle or shoulder injury, and in six or eight months, you're healed. But if the heart stops for a few moments, that's it.

Nwankwo Kanu

• Heart
• Stop
• Injury

We've seen some players dying from playing football, and the questions are why can't the medical team stop it from happening.

Nwankwo Kanu

• Stop
• Football
• Dying

Life is difficult in Africa, even getting three square meals.

Nwankwo Kanu

• Life
• Difficult
• Africa

My dad played football - and tennis as well - and so did my brothers. My dad was chairman of our local club, Spartans, for a while. But back when I was a boy, people didn't think of football as a career.

Nwankwo Kanu

• Think
• Career
• Football