Nicolas Anelka
Nicolas Anelka

When I was playing for Chelsea, it was always tough to beat Albion.

Nicolas Anelka
Nicolas Anelka

The Hawthorns has a good atmosphere, like many of the Premier League stadiums.

Nicolas Anelka
Nicolas Anelka

I smile when I want to smile. I don't want to be forced.

Nicolas Anelka
Nicolas Anelka

Bolton was a family club and I liked it.

Nicolas Anelka
Nicolas Anelka

A lot of youngsters want to be footballers and a lot dont make it. It is very difficult but if your education is good and you work hard and do everything the best way, then why not?

Nicolas Anelka
Nicolas Anelka

Football is my life and when I am happy on the pitch I am happy off the field as well.

Nicolas Anelka
Nicolas Anelka

I think Martin Keown was the toughest. I liked playing against him in training because I knew it was just like a game situation.

Nicolas Anelka
Nicolas Anelka

I did very little at Real Madrid. I would have liked to do much more but I didn't get the chance.

Nicolas Anelka
Nicolas Anelka

With hindsight, if you want to play for Real Madrid, sacrifices need to be made but I was too young to understand. There are things I shouldn't have said or done. It was early in my career, maybe too early. I didn't know it was the only Champions League I'd win, for example.

Nicolas Anelka
Nicolas Anelka

Jurgen Klopp is a genius.

Nicolas Anelka
Nicolas Anelka

I don't miss playing for the national side, I am glad to be out of it.

Nicolas Anelka
Nicolas Anelka

I'm not going on the pitch just to score goals, I am going on there first to win and to play well and then, if I have the chance to score as well, that's even better.

Nicolas Anelka
Nicolas Anelka

For me the most important is on the pitch, I don't like too much speaking in the press. I will do the minimum. I will do it because I have to do it.

Nicolas Anelka
Nicolas Anelka

I know how to get the best out of the players.

Nicolas Anelka
Nicolas Anelka

I played and scored for all of the teams I played for except in Turin.

Nicolas Anelka
Nicolas Anelka

Being a coach is not the same as being a player.

Nicolas Anelka
Nicolas Anelka

I know the French mentality.

Nicolas Anelka
Nicolas Anelka

If one day I leave Shenhua, it will be the day I retire.

Nicolas Anelka
Nicolas Anelka

In football you need to be versatile sometimes, because the most important thing is to win games and enjoy your football.