55 Quotes by Riyad Mahrez

My early memories of my dad were taking me to play football when I was six - they are happy ones. They are my favourites.

Even when I was young, I had a reputation for it. I would play with my friends outside, and I was doing all the things you see now a long time ago. I've always done the flip-flap, even when I was young. Stepovers, dummies - I love to dribble. If you speak with my friends, they will say I'm the same Riyad.

You can be first, and then in six games, you can be 12th. The results can just flip, and everybody can forget.

We were definitely not rich, but we were not poor. My mum always came home from work and did everything so that we ate well.

Sometimes you see me on the pitch, and you think I'm playing on the street.

When you're in an academy, every day you're in at 9 A.M., and it's, 'Do this, do that,' but we just came with our football.

It's better to have a lot of different qualities in the team; it's a good mix.

When there is a Brazilian who is lighting things up, he is at Real Madrid before you know it!

For every footballer, to finish in the top ten of the Ballon d'Or is a dream.