Quotes by Didier Drogba

About Didier Drogba:

Didier Yves Drogba Tébily is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Canadian club Montreal Impact. He is the all-time top scorer and former captain of the Ivory Coast national team. He is best known for his career at Chelsea, for whom he has scored more goals than any other foreign player and is currently the club's fourth highest goal scorer of all time. In a 2012 poll, Chelsea fans voted Drogba the club's greatest ever player. He has also been named African Footballer of the Year twice, winning the accolade in 2006 and 2009.
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In football, the good thing is things can change in a second.

Didier Drogba

I feel at home when I go to London.

Didier Drogba

Having a stadium in France named after a footballer from the Ivory Coast, even if I'm proud of my France-Ivory Coast background, is a great proof of integration.

Didier Drogba

People have an opinion of Africa and it is not so good, but we have to let sport unite us all.

Didier Drogba

Football can generate excitement and bring people together.

Didier Drogba

I prefer people to see me as an Ivorian and as a patriot.

Didier Drogba

When you don't win games, yeah, you lose confidence. That's normal.

Didier Drogba

I believe a lot in destiny and I think that if something didn't happen, it was for a reason.

Didier Drogba

In England, I've never really had a problem with racism.

Didier Drogba

When I arrived in France, I cried every day. Not because I was in France - I could have been anywhere - but because I was so far, far away from my parents. I missed them so much.

Didier Drogba

People think footballers are all like robots - we can control everything on the pitch. But your heart is beating 200 times a minute; it's very, very physical.

Didier Drogba

Coaches can teach you two things: confidence and technique.

Didier Drogba

I have won many trophies in my time, but nothing will ever top helping win the battle for peace in my country.

Didier Drogba

Author Bio

  • NameDidier Drogba
  • DescriptionIvorian football player
  • AliasesDidier Yves Drogba Tébily
  • BornMarch 11, 1978
  • CountryFrance; Ivory Coast
  • ProfessionAssociation Football Player; Sportsperson