44 Quotes by Michael Essien

I'm the kind of person who likes to be lonely. I got my head down and focused on getting fit.

I don't think I've still got things to show Carlo Ancelotti. He has seen me play a lot, even before he was our manager, and he knows what I can do.

I've always enjoyed getting forward, pushing up-field to help us in our attacks, but I think you can still do that from a central position, too. You don't have to sit deep all the time.

Teams struggle when they come to Stamford Bridge and, if we score one or two, everything seems to open up for us. We need to work hard to get into that position in the first place, but you can see what happens once we are ahead.

Ghanaians and English people enjoy football the same.

I still feel Ghanaian, but my mentality is more European.

I'm not a difficult person. I just want to enjoy my football until I hang up my boots.

I always spend my summer in Ghana. I don't go anywhere else.

My children have to know where they come from and the way of life in Africa.