Desire Oparanozie

"You know, with all the hard work we put in everyday, we definitely aren’t the only ones that want the best things of life. But this is the real world, and in the real world some of us take what we can get. But the truth is, there’s literally nothing wrong in wanting more, cos some of us actually deserve more"

"When you wholeheartedly love a person, you work on those toxic traits, you learn to communicate, you listen to each others feelings, respect each other's decisions and encourage each other."

"Fighting through in my youth, for father land, sweat and blood."

"Beginning of a new chapter for a few more prints on the sands of time. The journey continues, this time in Asia."

"We got off to a winning start and that is a wonderful memory to have. We had a great side in that tournament and should have advanced to the second round."

"We knew that we would probably have to win the game to progress, but I was injured and could not play. That was very frustrating, sitting on the sidelines and not being able to help the team."

"Playing in France has been good. I feel very welcome here. I've been happy since I got here and things have really improved compared to the other places that I've played in in Europe. It all started in New Zealand though. Playing there in a FIFA-organised tournament was a great platform for me. The experience was very good and I thought if I could play at this level, I could play at the World Cup. I told myself: 'Why not go all the way?"

"Though I’ve had a successful career, I won’t entirely say I’m fulfilled because I still believe there’s room for improvement and that gets me working extra hard."

""There were remuneration accumulating from way back 2016 up until 2019, and one of the challenges was offsetting that of the present players in the team, and leaving out the ones that were no longer in the team, which I stood against. I can’t turn my back to such injustice because I’ve collected mine.”"