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"As a coach I am really proud to work for Spurs because the path they are giving to the African and Asian coaches, they have been doing it for ages, and it's brilliant. I respect that and I am fully grateful for that."

"I started to love football in Bouake when I was younger," he explained. "My oldest brother, he loves football, and he was playing for a team on the street close to the community. After that, my other brother Kolo started playing and I followed his path."

"At that time there were so many boys, seven boys, I started to be dedicated because, for me, the ball was my breathing time.""

"In the beginning it was tough because of the culture, the food, the acclimatisation - I needed to adapt"

"Since I arrived there my head just clicked, I knew I needed to adapt. It took me six or seven months, but I do it."

"When players retire from football, some think they should carry on more but for me I was relieved and happy"

"I’ve never been African champion in the 100m, so it’s something I’ve always wanted to accomplish"

"I think it’s consistent, I have no special objective as I’m just working on the first 60m of my 100m for this summer."

"I'm going back to prepare in the United States and I'll come back stronger. This isn't the end of my career."

"We need to set up relay camps because we’ve been getting away… We haven’t been doing no handoffs and no training, nothing. We just kind of come to competition and just kind of wing based on talent."