“After an injury, I think you have to be strong mentally.”
― Olivier Giroud
“Football, if I can say, is an everlasting new beginning. You always question yourself, but you have to be ready not just mentally but physically as well. You have to be fit and take care of your body.”
― Olivier Giroud
“You have to have faith in your own qualities; that is part of being a footballer: being strong in your head. That is more than half of the quality you need to be a football player.”
― Olivier Giroud
“It’s nice to be at the top, but the most difficult thing is to stay at the top.”
― Olivier Giroud
“I have certain values. I know where I come from. I am a hard worker. I’m conscious of my luck.”
― Olivier Giroud
“It’s nice to be cheered, but I’ll always have a good attitude on the pitch.”
― Olivier Giroud
“Football is very hard, and people see only the nice part of the job.”
― Olivier Giroud
“I have created a shell around me, in the good and the bad moments.”
― Olivier Giroud
“David Beckham is a top man. I love the guy and what he can show in terms of style as well. He’s really classy, an icon.”
― Olivier Giroud
“I am here to win trophies, you know, to help the team to reach our targets. I feel blessed to have the opportunity to bring my small thing to the big machine. You know, for Chelsea.”
― Olivier Giroud
“When you are a striker like me, you always play for the teammates.”
― Olivier Giroud
“It was frustrating at Arsenal, obviously. For a year and a half, it went from bad to worse. I could no longer continue like that. I could not bring myself to spend another year at Arsenal and remain a reserve, even a second reserve.”
― Olivier Giroud
“I have a very good contract at Chelsea, but Dortmund really wanted me.”
― Olivier Giroud
“It’s a massive club, and I am proud to sign for Chelsea, and I’m looking forward to playing.”
― Olivier Giroud
“You have to communicate – you have to click – to find automatic reactions with your teammates.”
― Olivier Giroud
“It takes time to adapt to become an Arsenal player.”
― Olivier Giroud
“We don’t have the money of the Manchester clubs or Chelsea. Arsenal builds its team through training, through recruiting players who can become something. Arsenal has less money than some other clubs, so we have to fight with other values.”
― Olivier Giroud
“When I was young, I looked up to Andriy Shevchenko. He was so elegant, and on the pitch as well.”
― Olivier Giroud
“I have never been in a cage fighting UFC. It would be nice to try.”
― Olivier Giroud
“It is really nice to play in the Champions League, because we play against the best teams and the best competition in Europe.”
― Olivier Giroud
“You need to have a great way of life – you have to eat well, to sleep well.”
― Olivier Giroud
“Fortunately, I’m OK with my body. I try to take care of it. I played a lot of games over a season for several years, so, touch wood, I will stay fit and healthy.”
― Olivier Giroud
“Even if we don’t play fantastically, with good passing and precision and finesse, the most important thing is to win.”
― Olivier Giroud
“Second seasons are always better. In the first year, I felt a little bit of pressure. Maybe sometimes I didn’t play naturally. I didn’t feel relaxed on the pitch when I was ready to try something. It’s complicated to explain.”
― Olivier Giroud
“When you are a striker, you need to give a lot of effort for the team, to keep the opponent under pressure, to press them, to win the ball fast – that’s what I try to do to help the team. After that, I try to make some goals.”
― Olivier Giroud
“Starting games with the French national team helped me bounce back when it was getting difficult with Arsenal.”
― Olivier Giroud
“I try to be a leader on the pitch rather than off it.”
― Olivier Giroud
“If you are good on the pitch, good in training, you will have your chance. I’m not worried about my place.”
― Olivier Giroud
“It was the force of the ball. It made my foot bone and ankle come together and cracked. I thought I had just twisted my ankle, but it was a clear fracture.”
― Olivier Giroud
“All of my career, I have been – how can I say this? – I have been through certain difficulties, and I have always tried to make it motivation to get better and better.”
― Olivier Giroud
“That’s why I love the Premier League – it’s the best championship; it is very hard.”
― Olivier Giroud
“The fact is that the coach wanted to recruit a new striker, and with Aubameyang’s signing at Arsenal, there were three top strikers, and that’s why I decided to leave.”
― Olivier Giroud
“I wanted to stay in the Premier League, and Chelsea was a great opportunity for me.”
― Olivier Giroud
“I don’t have an inferiority complex.”
― Olivier Giroud
“When people are talking about a player to come and take your place, you take it personally because it’s your position.”
― Olivier Giroud
“When I put my head in my hands after missing a chance, that annoys the coaches a little.”
― Olivier Giroud
“Diego Costa doesn’t show any emotion. I am more emotional. So I have learned to control my emotions.”
― Olivier Giroud
“I think communication is massive in football and in all sports in general.”
― Olivier Giroud
“For me the relationship you have with the coach is very important.”
― Olivier Giroud
“Chelsea is a strong team defensively, and they are quite efficient up front with great players, so I think I will enjoy it.”
― Olivier Giroud
“I feel really good at Arsenal.”
― Olivier Giroud
“It’s important to keep improving.”
― Olivier Giroud
“I know when I am good and when I am not good. I don’t need anyone to tell me.”
― Olivier Giroud
“Why did I choose Arsenal rather than Chelsea? Because it is a club I love, and I thought it would be easier for my adaptation.”
― Olivier Giroud
“Arsenal is a great club – the facilities are wonderful – but I feel it is a club that takes big care before signing a player, notably considering human values.”
― Olivier Giroud
“When you make the decision to join a great club, you know there is already a great forward.”
― Olivier Giroud
“I’ve always been lucky enough to have made the right decisions, if I can say that. I’ve always felt that I’ve had good fortune in that way.”
― Olivier Giroud
“The Premier League is my main target.”
― Olivier Giroud
“One thing is sure: I really enjoyed my five years at Arsenal.”
― Olivier Giroud
“The main thing is to work hard. When you work hard, you’ll be in the team. It’s as simple as that. And that’s what I’m going to do, put my head down, work hard, and see where it takes me.”
― Olivier Giroud
“I always work on my mind and my game.”
― Olivier Giroud
“There is always room for improvement, but I am happy with what I am doing on the pitch.”
― Olivier Giroud
“I work hard in training to be ready.”
― Olivier Giroud
“If I play, I try to give my best for the team.”
― Olivier Giroud
“I don’t want to big myself up, but goals like mine leave a mark on history because they’re rare.”
― Olivier Giroud
“I always give everything for my team.”
― Olivier Giroud
“I know too well how much I am going to miss football after my career for me to put up my own barriers.”
― Olivier Giroud
“I am a competitor, and I want to win again and again.”
― Olivier Giroud
“I love London! But the thing I love the most is the Premier League.”
― Olivier Giroud
“The Champions League is massive for a football player. There is nothing above it when you’re playing for a club.”
― Olivier Giroud
“My ambition is to win some trophies. That’s why I am playing football.”
― Olivier Giroud
“As for myself, in sport you have to question yourself every week and be ready in your head, and you have to be at 100% of determination if you want to keep going and win games; you cannot afford to be at 80% or 90%.”
― Olivier Giroud
“You always have to work hard and keep the faith.”
― Olivier Giroud
“Arsene Wenger gave me the possibility to bounce back.”
― Olivier Giroud
“As a striker, what you got used to on a daily basis, it is to be applauded when you score goals. When the opposite happens, it’s difficult.”
― Olivier Giroud
“Everybody gets criticised one day.”
― Olivier Giroud
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