Zitat des Tages von Yaya Toure:
The mentality with African and European people is different. In Africa, when you come from a difficult life, when it's not so easy to eat, not so easy to survive, you respect money when you start to earn it, and you respect people more. When you respect people, they will respect you, and your life is better for that.
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.
When you get the respect of the fans, it's very hard not to be happy.
Football brings you lots of lovely things, but then you have to realise that it's actually a job.
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.
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.
