Who are we to ask God if it is his will.

People don't have to believe in you for you to succeed. Just work hard, when you succeed, they will believe.

I heard the South African 'keeper had been killed and I thought it was probably one of their former goalkeepers, but when I confirmed it was Senzo Meyiwa, I was shattered.

Every game is very difficult, no game is easy. All games are hard, but just different. So we just have to get ourselves prepared for every particular match because of the intensity and so on.

Our audacity to rise from our losses makes Nigeria the number one footballing nation in Africa!

I remember when Samuel Okwaraji died on the field, I was mute and I didn't even know what I was doing or what I was saying.

My future does not depend on me but on any decision by the Togo federation.

Senzo Meyiwa was just a young kid and was already becoming one of the best goalkeepers in Africa.

I felt sorry for Senzo Meyiwa family and for the people of South Africa because it's a shame we lost such a huge talent. In all the games he had played I think he didn't concede any goal.

If you lose, it's the coach's fault and if you win, the players are credible, they are indispensable, so whatever happens it's going to be the coach.

Effort does matter

Our South Australian farmers left their holdings in the hands of their wives and children too young to take with them, but almost all of them returned to grow grain and produce to send to Victoria.

We all have scars [...] Better by far for them to be worn on the outside.

The wise speak only of what they know

But I'm still a work in progress. My mother calls me quite frequently with various critiques of my performance on TV and other public events. She's usually pretty severe with her comments.

When you stop learning you stop growing.

You can't be fixed. You can't be saved.

We don't have to be defined by the things that we did or didn't do in our past- Four

Children always know when their mothers are crazy - they just never admit it, not out loud, to anyone.

You are the only warmth in my heart. The only sunshine my winter has ever known. (Talon)