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.
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I am proud to be an African.
I am an African and I am very proud of that.
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.
I always felt that I had to leave a legacy on the African continent. As I was only the third player to come to the NBA from Africa, I felt I had to do my best to recruit more young Africans to come and play in the NBA - and also find a way to bring the NBA to Africa.
As a rugby player, you strive to be an All Black, win a World Cup, and win a Super Rugby title.
Inside me I'm Ghanaian, and I'm proud to be African. But of course I'm Italian. I was born in Italy. I've never been to Africa in my life, but I will go one day.
Arthur Ashe had been the first black athlete to play Johannesburg at the time of apartheid.
I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
I have always regarded myself, in the first place, as an African patriot.
I'm a black American, and I'm proud to represent who and where I'm from - unapologetically. There's no shame in my game.
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