Quotes About Yaya

#1. Iniesta - he is the Zinedine Zidane of the team, because he can do whatever you want him to with the ball.

Yaya Toure

#2. When you spend a lot of money on one player, you want him to prove himself, but the way football works, one day you can be good, the next you can be bad, and the next after that, you can be very bad. I have come to Manchester City to work very hard and to help my friends make Manchester City great.

Yaya Toure

#3. English football is so physical and fast that when you see a space, you have to go into it with all your speed.

Yaya Toure

#4. Saving the world happens one person at a time. Be at the front of the queue.

Yaya Toure

#5. I am a midfielder who is mainly involved in the defensive phases, even if I also like to help build moves - I would say that my foremost quality is my generosity.

Yaya Toure

#6. My parents were very active in the Civil Rights Movement. My father was a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) worker; my mother was a secretary with the Panthers.

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#7. Sometimes people fail to see that individual decisions have universal consequences.

Yaya Toure

#8. Currently poaching threatens the very existence of the African Elephant, and my worry is that if we do not act NOW, we could be looking at a future in which this iconic species is wiped out.

Yaya Toure

#9. I try to make my mood uplifting and peaceful, then watch the world around me reflect that mood.

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#10. When you get the respect of the fans, it's very hard not to be happy.

Yaya Toure

#11. To be honest, proper recognition has only come from the fans. I don't want to be hard, and I don't want to be negative, but I want to be honest.

Yaya Toure

#12. You must respect people, and you must respect money. My father said to me: 'When you respect money, money will respect you.'

Yaya Toure

#13. My family were very poor. I am one of nine siblings: two girls and seven boys. Only my brother and I play in Europe, and then three more work in Europe, and another plays in Tunisia. This family is a footballing family, but our lives have not always been good.

Yaya Toure

#14. Cristiano Ronaldo has done massive things in both the Premier League and in the Champions League, but Messi is the best though and I am convinced that next year he will win the Ballon d'Or.

Yaya Toure

#15. When we play at the World Cup, any African will back any African team. Because we want to hear the different approach to African football. We want to hear that Africans can do well, and Africans do well.

Yaya Toure

#16. Before I was a cosplayer, I was a fan artist. I would draw my favorite characters and sell the pieces at art auctions. But once I discovered cosplay, it was like, 'I don't have to draw my favorite characters, I can become my favorite characters.'

Yaya Han

#17. People need to make a stand and be clear that trading in ivory is immoral and unacceptable.

Yaya Toure

#18. Protecting the environment is really important to everyone's welfare - that of our children, as well as that of the future generations.

Yaya Toure

#19. We can all be weak, but we all have to make a conscious decision to be strong.

Yaya Toure

#20. I was always the freaky Asian girl who drew these weird-looking Barbie dolls in class.

Yaya Han

#21. Hardcore fans have a vision in their head, and if they look at your cosplay of it, you may not fit their vision.

Yaya Han

#22. It can literally change someone's life; it's very positive for young teenagers to get into cosplay if they do it with their friends or with supervision from their parents - it can really foster their social skills.

Yaya Han

#23. Each one of us has to work hard to achieve our collective dream for a healthier planet.

Yaya Toure

#24. We had already planned my wedding when my brother passed away in 2012. When you're grieving, you don't necessarily want to think about something like that, but my brother told me that he wanted me to, so we went ahead and did it.

Yaya DaCosta

#25. I just had a normal African childhood; we played football a lot, but it was always in the street and always without shoes. Boots were very expensive, and when there are seven in your family, and you say you want to buy a pair, your father wants to kill you.

Yaya Toure

#26. Cosplayers love Disney princesses. We all grew up with them. We identify with one or more princesses.

Yaya Han

#27. I have committed to contribute in raising general public awareness, as well as inspiring broad, positive, committed action against illegal trade. It is an on-going and tough fight, but I believe that if we all join our hands, we can conquer!

Yaya Toure

#28. I discovered cosplay because I was going to an anime convention and did some research, and found out people dressed up as characters. I made a very badly put-together costume because I felt this desire to dress up.

Yaya Han

#29. My biggest concern and main engagement with UNEP is focused on endangered species and illegal wildlife trade - mostly elephants, rhinos, etc.

Yaya Toure

#30. The illegal wildlife trade threatens not only the survival of entire species, such as elephants and rhinos, but also the livelihoods and, often, the very lives of millions of people across Africa who depend on tourism for a living.

Yaya Toure

#31. Happiness is the bomb cosmetic! When I'm smiling, sometimes I'm giving thanks for all the things I have rather than worrying about the things I don't.

Yaya DaCosta

#32. I will never forget how I have been treated here by the fans, the club and the owners, and nothing would give me greater pleasure than to finish my career as a Manchester City player.

Yaya Toure

#33. I am very proud to be African. I want to defend African people, and I want to show to the world that African players can be as good as the Europeans and South Americans.

Yaya Toure

#34. I feel at home in a lot of places, but I am truly an African-American.

Yaya DaCosta

#35. On the pitch and for life generally, I keep my center by remembering that I am part of a team and if I don't do my part, I let down not just my team but everyone who follows it.

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#36. The fans sing my name around the world. When I meet fans, they ask, 'How are you? All good with your family?'

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#37. I roll from my bedroom into my workroom in the morning and craft-craft-craft.

Yaya Han

#38. The content that Jessica Nigri puts out, really displays cosplay in the wrong light.

Yaya Han

#39. I represent my country, but I also represent the continent of Africa when I play in Europe. That's why it's important to try to achieve something big.

Yaya Toure

#40. Football brings you lots of lovely things, but then you have to realise that it's actually a job.

Yaya Toure

#41. You get something, if you do something

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#42. Companies are hiring cosplayers to be promotional spokes models for them. There are cosplayers trying to develop a cult following even though they've only been cosplaying for less than a year or two. It's all about the social media or Facebook likes.

Yaya Han

#43. For me, I've such a steady presence throughout the community that I think if anyone can raise up to the challenge of presenting the face of cosplay, it could be me. Not to be vain, but I've had the training to be in this position.

Yaya Han

#44. So many of us, we love these things that come from Japan. We play the video games every day, we read the manga, people watch the cartoons, they absolutely love it.

Yaya Han