"Being rich for us was something else. Rich for us was food to eat, drink to drink. You have a big plate in the middle of the table with some jollof rice and some chicken? You are rich that day, my friend" - Antonio Rudiger
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"For me, football was not about dreaming. It was about survival. It was almost like choosing to become a plumber or a baker or a lawyer. It was a way to provide. I would be lying to you if I said that I dreamed of having big cars or playing in the Champions League or whatever."
"I was in the kitchen one morning and I asked my mother for a little bit of money. I think it was for a school trip or something. It was just a few euros. But she couldn't give it to me. And I remember exactly what hurt me. It wasn't that she said no. It was the look on her face"
"We know our mums better than we know anyone else. What broke my heart was that I could see that she wanted so badly to give me the money, but she couldn’t. And I literally said to myself, “I've to be a man now. I have to get my family out.”
I was like 8 years old. Seriously."
I was like 8 years old. Seriously."
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