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"These games are very important for us"

"I think they are good preparation for the Africa Cup of Nations, and, when you look at South Africa, they have a very good team and have qualified for the World Cup; it will be a very tough game. We are ready to perform"

"I can tell that we have a very good team, even though we lost the past few games"

"Our team is very good and there are some shuffles, new changes in the technical stuff, but we are very much ready for the game, and the technical staff is very excited for the games"

"It is a very good thing to be fair"

"They deserve the chances. We have seen some countries that have appointed their local coaches, and they have done well. So I think local coaches deserve their chances too, and also they interact with the players very well. They speak our language, which makes things easier"

"The most important thing is that we don’t stop dreaming, it’s very important for us as a nation to keep dreaming until one day we qualify for the World Cup. The World Cup qualifiers are gone, and we need to focus on the AFCON"

"Honestly, I come from a very poor family and it was very difficult for us to survive. For us to survive I was the one who was killing animals in the bush"

"Not really a poacher because a poacher is somebody with a gun, I used to hunt animals with dogs. It was very difficult to survive and I used to kill animals for the family to survive"

"That was at the age of 9, 10 to 16. I used to play football in the village. Like in the morning, I would go hunt animals and later in the afternoon I would go for training"

"I think I never paid attention so much to school. It was very difficult. You can't go to school without food, but I used to do it."

"I had a lot of teams interested in me. I had two teams in the Premier League and I met them in England and they explained how they wanted me to play"

"I had two teams from the top five in France - I also met with them. But I spoke to Gerrard and after he talked to me, I felt I had to move to Rangers"

"I believe I've made the right decision. Even if I had the options again, I'd still make the same decision. I'd still choose Rangers"

"What attracted me to Rangers was how the coach explained what he wanted from me. Gerrard talked to me like a real man. I knew he could help me in my career"

"I am really happy for the move [to Scotland]. I think it's a big move and I have made it at the right time"

"Looking where I am coming from, people can't believe that I am here today, people can't believe that now I am in Europe playing in big teams"

"When I was a kid, I was having dreams of playing for the national team and playing outside Zambia."

"When I joined this team in Chipata, everyone was laughing at me. They were laughing at my shoes, my clothes but I believed that I should be a very good example to testify the goodness of God"