Sadio Mane
Religion is very important to me. I respect the rules of Islam, and I pray five times a day, always.Collection: Religion
The best thing you can do is remember your home town.Collection: Home
Football was always my dream. I started playing at the age of five, and I'm still playing now.Collection: Age
The first time I watched a World Cup game was in 2002. That was the first time Senegal had ever qualified for the World Cup, and it was great moment that I will never forget in my life. I was ten years old at the time, and that experience of watching my country in a World Cup is what inspired me to become a footballer.Collection: Experience
Ever since I started playing football, I've always taken the number 10 shirt.
You have to believe in yourself and believe in what you are doing all the time.
If you want to be successful when you play, you have to be free in your mind, and that happens if you know that everything is taken care of - you just focus on the football.
Everyone likes Klopp. He is one of the best in the world, and for us to have the chance to have him as a coach makes us all happy.
All I can do is do my best: score goals, give assists, and do my best for my team.
I just try to work harder and harder every day to improve and get better and better.
I think it's a personal pride to hear everyone talking about me.
I didn't dream about becoming a professional: I dreamed about becoming the best in the world.
A good thing for footballers is not to think too much, especially when you've got to move to a big team like Liverpool, because that's when you start to confuse your mind.
I think everything is possible.
The power of Liverpool Football Club is the collective. We always do everything together; this is our power.
I'm someone who likes to listen, who likes to watch, and who likes to learn.
My first hero to wear the number 10 shirt was Ronaldinho.
I was born in a village where there had never been a footballer who'd made it in the major championships.
Officials are human beings, and sometimes we all make mistakes.
I am more focused on the games; things like contracts I leave with my agent.
I prefer Liverpool. The way we play is good for all of our players.
I would prefer to play for and against an attacking team, but I am now used to playing against defensive teams.
The people in Senegal like me, so I am happy.
Since I was two or three years old, I remember always being with the ball. I would see kids playing on the street, and would join them.
It makes it easy for a player when you've got really good teammates and when everyone wants the same thing.
I really don't like not being able to help my teammates.
I am different as soon as I am on the pitch, because I had to fight so much and work so hard to become a professional footballer, so I have to give everything that I can.
When I finish games, I want to have the feeling that I helped my team as much as I could, and the fans saw I was determined to win.
Honestly, I don't know the word 'pressure,' because football is my job. I always enjoy it.
The wrong team wanted me, by the way - of course United. I spoke with Van Gaal, and they even made an offer, but for me, it was not the right club and not the right moment.
It is very exciting to be playing in the Champions League because it is the dream of every player in the world.
I wanted to be Ronaldinho. I studied him a lot. He was my hero.
When you see the rival make a certain pass, you don't need to look behind you. You know 100 per cent that all your teammates will go with you.
It's the rival that gives you the tempo depending on who is on the ball or who a pass is played to. That is the little secret.
I was a very good dribbler as a young player, but now that I've got more experience, there are some useless things that I don't do anymore.
It was a normal childhood, like the childhoods of all children my age: going to school, playing in the street with friends, spending time at home with my family.
I won't touch alcohol.
It was a bit difficult in England at first with the weather and the rain, but I love the football culture in this country.
I was brought up correctly and in the right way, and my parents are very proud of the fact that I am a professional footballer.
Jurgen Klopp is like my father.
Sometimes it is difficult to play against teams who just drop back and try to defend.
I never doubted how I could help the team, and I never stopped working hard every day in training.
Whenever I play, I know I have the support to help me.
This is something you have to accept in football. Someone will say you are overpriced, but I did not think about it. Maybe I was overpriced, but I believe in my quality and want to get better. If you know what you can do for your team, it becomes no problem, and you don't even think about it.
I remember that when I was little, my parents felt that I should study to become a teacher. They thought football was a waste of time and I'd never succeed at it.
If you have Real to face, you have to think about them - they are one of the best teams in the world.
We are Liverpool, we are strong, and we can beat any team in the world.
It was a tough moment for me when I was in Senegal, especially when I was young. I was born in a village, I grew up there, and they don't like football.
I knew I was going to be a football player; I just didn't know how. It was the only thing I was doing, the only thing that I knew. Always training, training, training, training.
When I was three or four, only football was in my head. I went 10 years, and nothing changed - only football, football, football. The strange thing is, nobody played football in my family before.