Quotes & Sayings About Yaya

I roll from my bedroom into my workroom in the morning and craft-craft-craft. — Yaya Han

I discovered cosplay because I was going to an anime convention and did some research, and found out people dressed up as characters. I made a very badly put-together costume because I felt this desire to dress up. — Yaya Han

We can all be weak, but we all have to make a conscious decision to be strong. — Yaya Toure

The fans sing my name around the world. When I meet fans, they ask, 'How are you? All good with your family?' — Yaya Toure

Football brings you lots of lovely things, but then you have to realise that it's actually a job. — Yaya Toure

Iniesta - he is the Zinedine Zidane of the team, because he can do whatever you want him to with the ball. — Yaya Toure

I am a midfielder who is mainly involved in the defensive phases, even if I also like to help build moves - I would say that my foremost quality is my generosity. — Yaya Toure

Sometimes people fail to see that individual decisions have universal consequences. — Yaya Toure

Currently poaching threatens the very existence of the African Elephant, and my worry is that if we do not act NOW, we could be looking at a future in which this iconic species is wiped out. — Yaya Toure

The mentality with African and European people is different. In Africa, when you come from a difficult life, when it's not so easy to eat, not so easy to survive, you respect money when you start to earn it, and you respect people more. When you respect people, they will respect you, and your life is better for that. — Yaya Toure

I feel at home in a lot of places, but I am truly an African-American. — Yaya DaCosta

Hardcore fans have a vision in their head, and if they look at your cosplay of it, you may not fit their vision. — Yaya Han

I am very proud to be African. I want to defend African people, and I want to show to the world that African players can be as good as the Europeans and South Americans. — Yaya Toure

When we play at the World Cup, any African will back any African team. Because we want to hear the different approach to African football. We want to hear that Africans can do well, and Africans do well. — Yaya Toure

My family were very poor. I am one of nine siblings: two girls and seven boys. Only my brother and I play in Europe, and then three more work in Europe, and another plays in Tunisia. This family is a footballing family, but our lives have not always been good. — Yaya Toure

I will never forget how I have been treated here by the fans, the club and the owners, and nothing would give me greater pleasure than to finish my career as a Manchester City player. — Yaya Toure

Each one of us has to work hard to achieve our collective dream for a healthier planet. — Yaya Toure

So many of us, we love these things that come from Japan. We play the video games every day, we read the manga, people watch the cartoons, they absolutely love it. — Yaya Han

I just had a normal African childhood; we played football a lot, but it was always in the street and always without shoes. Boots were very expensive, and when there are seven in your family, and you say you want to buy a pair, your father wants to kill you. — Yaya Toure

Off pitch, I keep things simple. I enjoy spending time with my family. I never forget my roots and regularly give back to children in West Africa. I support several youth associations, and I am also involved in the protection of the forest in my country [Ivory Coast]. When away from home, I mostly miss people and enjoying a good laugh with my peers. — Yaya Toure

The illegal wildlife trade threatens not only the survival of entire species, such as elephants and rhinos, but also the livelihoods and, often, the very lives of millions of people across Africa who depend on tourism for a living. — Yaya Toure

It can literally change someone's life; it's very positive for young teenagers to get into cosplay if they do it with their friends or with supervision from their parents - it can really foster their social skills. — Yaya Han

To be honest, proper recognition has only come from the fans. I don't want to be hard, and I don't want to be negative, but I want to be honest. — Yaya Toure

You must respect people, and you must respect money. My father said to me: 'When you respect money, money will respect you.' — Yaya Toure

On the pitch and for life generally, I keep my center by remembering that I am part of a team and if I don't do my part, I let down not just my team but everyone who follows it. — Yaya Toure

English football is so physical and fast that when you see a space, you have to go into it with all your speed. — Yaya Toure

I was always the freaky Asian girl who drew these weird-looking Barbie dolls in class. — Yaya Han

Cosplayers love Disney princesses. We all grew up with them. We identify with one or more princesses. — Yaya Han

Protecting the environment is really important to everyone's welfare - that of our children, as well as that of the future generations. — Yaya Toure

Before I was a cosplayer, I was a fan artist. I would draw my favorite characters and sell the pieces at art auctions. But once I discovered cosplay, it was like, 'I don't have to draw my favorite characters, I can become my favorite characters.' — Yaya Han

Happiness is the bomb cosmetic! When I'm smiling, sometimes I'm giving thanks for all the things I have rather than worrying about the things I don't. — Yaya DaCosta

Saving the world happens one person at a time. Be at the front of the queue. — Yaya Toure

We had already planned my wedding when my brother passed away in 2012. When you're grieving, you don't necessarily want to think about something like that, but my brother told me that he wanted me to, so we went ahead and did it. — Yaya DaCosta

My biggest concern and main engagement with UNEP is focused on endangered species and illegal wildlife trade - mostly elephants, rhinos, etc. — Yaya Toure

When you spend a lot of money on one player, you want him to prove himself, but the way football works, one day you can be good, the next you can be bad, and the next after that, you can be very bad. I have come to Manchester City to work very hard and to help my friends make Manchester City great. — Yaya Toure

I think 'Heroes of Cosplay' will show a lot of the positive things, like how much effort it takes to make a costume. These people on the show aren't taking shortcuts. As long as that effort gets through to the viewers, we will be inspirational. Then there will be people who watch the show that want to get in and hands-on make outfits. — Yaya Han

You get something, if you do something — Yaya Nurcahyadin

The content that Jessica Nigri puts out, really displays cosplay in the wrong light. — Yaya Han

I represent my country, but I also represent the continent of Africa when I play in Europe. That's why it's important to try to achieve something big. — Yaya Toure

I have committed to contribute in raising general public awareness, as well as inspiring broad, positive, committed action against illegal trade. It is an on-going and tough fight, but I believe that if we all join our hands, we can conquer! — Yaya Toure

For me, I've such a steady presence throughout the community that I think if anyone can raise up to the challenge of presenting the face of cosplay, it could be me. Not to be vain, but I've had the training to be in this position. — Yaya Han

Companies are hiring cosplayers to be promotional spokes models for them. There are cosplayers trying to develop a cult following even though they've only been cosplaying for less than a year or two. It's all about the social media or Facebook likes. — Yaya Han

I try to make my mood uplifting and peaceful, then watch the world around me reflect that mood. — Yaya DaCosta

When you get the respect of the fans, it's very hard not to be happy. — Yaya Toure

People need to make a stand and be clear that trading in ivory is immoral and unacceptable. — Yaya Toure

My parents were very active in the Civil Rights Movement. My father was a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) worker; my mother was a secretary with the Panthers. — Yaya DaCosta

Cristiano Ronaldo has done massive things in both the Premier League and in the Champions League, but Messi is the best though and I am convinced that next year he will win the Ballon d'Or. — Yaya Toure